Many routers prioritize ICMP traffic below standard traffic. Thus ping (and tracert) times do not always indicate what "normal" packets see.
-sc > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Thursday, May 27, 2010 12:32 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: RE: Speaking of Ping... > > Speaking of Ping. > > I'm trying to determine if something is goofy with our new fiber-wan > installation. Ping times across it are 1ms, which is good. But when moving > data over the fiber-wan and saturating it for test purposes (the link is capped > at 15mb right now), I see pings jumping up to 25ms and averaging around > 20ms, with an occasional time out too (1 of every 10 ping fails on averge > when the line is saturdated during testing). I'm inquiring with then fiber > company about this as it doesn't seem normal to me?? So far they are saying > nothing is wrong. > > J > > > > > Original Message: > ----------------- > From: Maglinger, Paul [email protected] > Date: Thu, 27 May 2010 11:13:02 -0500 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Ping... > > > Sorry for the "ping", but I don't think I'm getting messages back that I'm > sending to the list. Either that or the message isn't making it to the list to > begin with, in which case I won't get any replies because y'all won't see it. > > -Paul > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ > <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > mail2web.com - What can On Demand Business Solutions do for you? > http://link.mail2web.com/Business/SharePoint > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ > <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
