Ping-time
Quite a technical question: what does affect ping time? I have replied to myself in this way:
a) net congestion
b) inter-AS routing
c) the two peer's TCP/IP congestion (and middle routers, too)
d) the speed of the line you're on (???)
If it's true that point d) does affect ping time, why is it a measure to see if a host is reliable? If I am on a dial-up connection I will get different measures than if I were on a DSL line!
And when I ping a host, it is correct to stop the other net traffic on my computer? Or this shouldn't change measures? (it actually does)
And finally, can you post average stats of typical ping times on different lines? e.g., with a 56k modem what should I expect from a reliable host? And with a ADSL line? ect.
Anybody?
