ok, I actually got around to googling. Assuming you are actually running a server OS on your server, I am going to guess that the issue relates to mtu size as I've seen stuff like this before, esp with intervening hardware that is older or non-enterprise. This is one suggested fix, which looks like it might help and won't hurt if it doesn't help.
http://help.expedient.net/broadband/mtu_ping_test.shtml There also seems to be a bug related to multiple processors, but I find this less plausible, based on nothing in particular except my almost total lack of information <g> I have to mention that some of the Google results in gaming forums you get on the string "negative ping times" are completely wrong. One guy thought perhaps the problem was that the results were over the maximum! (There is no maximum; take it from a chick that pings hanoi and bankok and singapore. Maximum == the highest value returned by your ping, lol. ) Investigate that MTU size thing and let me know if that doesn't help. Dana On Wed, Feb 11, 2009 at 5:00 PM, Dana <[email protected]> wrote: > wierd question -- does the dell box have more than one cpu? Google > seems to know about a bug related to this (?) > > On Wed, Feb 11, 2009 at 7:07 AM, Scott Raley -ITC <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Its an xp pro client on a Dell computer with Broadcom controller. Only >> 10pc's on the network using a Linksys switch and router to DSL. No VPN, he >> is sitting at the PC. No load balancing, NTP or anything special. We do >> have PC Anywhere running on the PC's so they can get to them from on the >> road but that has been running for a period longer then this network issue >> cropped up. >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Dana [mailto:[email protected]] >> Sent: Tuesday, February 10, 2009 7:22 PM >> To: cf-community >> Subject: Re: network issue >> >> >> what os and what hardware? (ie is this a cisco shop, is load balancing >> in play? Is he using a vpn? To answer your question, no I have never >> seen a negative number. Any ntp going on? Sorry, I don't remember how >> big your network is. >> >> On Mon, Feb 9, 2009 at 2:48 PM, Scott Raley -ITC <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> A user on the network says they have to reboot their computer every >> morning >>> to gain access back to share drives on the network. Their settings are >> fine >>> and exactly the same as the other 4 in his office but I noticed when I do >> a >>> ping down to the server, more then 50% of his responses say time=-72ms >>> >>> Bad network card? Never seen a negative number? >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:288174 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
