just realized that I didn't really spell out my thinking very well. This page may help you see why I think mtu is involved.
http://help.expedient.net/broadband/mtu.shtml my theory is essentially that your server os is newer than your linksys. On Wed, Feb 11, 2009 at 5:12 PM, Dana <[email protected]> wrote: > 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:288176 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
