erm... Not in my book it isn't.
It's the maximum number of routers it will be passed through before it stops being passed on. There's more info on it here: http://www.tru64unix.compaq.com/docs/base_doc/DOCUMENTATION/V50A_HTML/MA N/MAN8/0288____.HTM Each time a packet goes through a router it's ttl gets decremented. If it has a high ttl then it's not been through many routers. If it has a low ttl it will have been through more. The problem is knowing what the starting value was. I think it's 128 on windows. Whether it's high or low won't necessarily tell you anything about the speed of a connection, but a lower number will often correspond to a slower connection because of all the routers each packet has to go through. Spike Stephen Milligan Team Macromedia - ColdFusion Co-author 'Reality Macromedia ColdFusion MX: Intranets and Content Management' http://spikefu.blogspot.com > -----Original Message----- > From: Rich Wild [mailto:r.wild@;e-mango.com] > Sent: 14 November 2002 16:12 > To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' > Subject: RE: [ cf-dev ] PING time - what's TTL? > > > TTL = Time To Live > > Higher number is slower (its number of seconds) > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Ross Williams [mailto:webmaster@;rawnet.com] > > Sent: 14 November 2002 15:12 > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: [ cf-dev ] PING time - what's TTL? > > > > > > Hi, > > > > I'm trying to guage the response time between two boxes - > > what does TTL > > mean when returned from a ping? Does a high number mean faster or > > slower? > > > > R > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > > Ross Williams > > Managing Director, Rawnet Limited > > Direct Phone : +44 (0) 1344 393 440 > > Switchboard : +44 (0) 1344 393 040 > > ------------------------------------------------------- > > rawnet ltd > > Atrium Court > > Bracknell [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Berkshire Tel : +44 (0) 1344 393 040 > > RG12 1BW, UK http://www.rawnet.com > > ------------------------------------------------------- > > This message may contain information which is legally > > privileged and/or > > confidential. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby > > notified that any unauthorised disclosure, copying, > > distribution or use > > of this information is strictly prohibited. Such notification > > notwithstanding, any comments, opinions, information or conclusions > > expressed in this message are those of the originator, not of rawnet > > limited, unless otherwise explicitly and independently > indicated by an > > authorised representative of rawnet limited. > > ------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > > > -- > > ** Archive: > http://www.mail-archive.com/dev%> 40lists.cfdeveloper.co.uk/ > > > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] For > > human help, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > -- > ** Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/dev%40lists.cfdeveloper.co.uk/ > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] For human help, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -- ** Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/dev%40lists.cfdeveloper.co.uk/ To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For human help, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
