SBUF consistent speeds

[andrewjr]

How come your latency is so bad

my latency is between 13ms and 15 ms, using a command prompt

Pinging google.com [173.194.41.73] with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 173.194.41.73: bytes=32 time=13ms TTL=58
Reply from 173.194.41.73: bytes=32 time=14ms TTL=58
Reply from 173.194.41.73: bytes=32 time=14ms TTL=58
Reply from 173.194.41.73: bytes=32 time=14ms TTL=58

[jdsimp1234]

andrewjr

can u do me favour run a ping to a USA website, i wanna see what the pings are like to the usa...

[jdsimp1234]

i notice TTL=58

is that a good TTL?

as normal adsl TTL Default is set to 150/146...

[andrewjr]

andrewjr

can u do me favour run a ping to a USA website, i wanna see what the pings are like to the usa...

Pinging washingtonpost.com [208.185.109.100] with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 208.185.109.100: bytes=32 time=86ms TTL=247
Reply from 208.185.109.100: bytes=32 time=86ms TTL=247
Reply from 208.185.109.100: bytes=32 time=86ms TTL=247
Reply from 208.185.109.100: bytes=32 time=86ms TTL=247

i notice TTL=58

is that a good TTL?

as normal adsl TTL Default is set to 150/146...

no idea

[fazedup]

TTL = Time To Live.

A timer value included in packets sent over TCP/IP-based networks that tells the recipients how long to hold or use the packet or any of its included data before expiring and discarding the packet or data. For DNS, TTL values are used in resource records within a zone to determine how long requesting clients should cache and use this information when it appears in a query response answered by a DNS server for the zone.

[andrewjr]

so is 58 good or bad

[fazedup]

so is 58 good or bad

Not exactley sure, I get 58 to google.com and 247 to bbc.co.uk
I think, but don't quote me, that it is a predetermined value. A figure set by your computer when you ping. I don't think there is a good or bad.

[fazedup]

From wikipedia;

"The TTL field is set by the sender of the datagram, and reduced by every router on the route to its destination. If the TTL field reaches zero before the datagram arrives at its destination, then the datagram is discarded and an ICMP error datagram (11 - Time Exceeded) is sent back to the sender. The purpose of the TTL field is to avoid a situation in which an undeliverable datagram keeps circulating on an Internet system"

[andrewjr]

ah thanks for that, 247 to bbc for me as well.

lets see if we can get this thread back track now, veered off a bit