Relative Ping times

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johnny-c

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Let me start by saying I don't care about my ping time. I was just wondering whether it was good or bad relative to other people's ping times.

I average 180ms to a local .co.za site, with 0% loss. Is this good?
 
My average ping on a gaming server is around 140ms that is from DBN to JHB so it also depends which co.za site your refering to as for the 0% loss that is awesome I still get around 5-15% loss on my connection :) all in all that is about right :)

Regards
Cerberus
 
Please make sure you include TimeOfDay and also no of packets (especially with loss count) since these are definitely factors.

ping www.is.co.za
time 20:27
avg 151ms
loss 6%
packets 59
 
Well here is mine using dos pings.And a little more info.
Tower: 102(SunningDale DBN)
Signal Strength: 22%

ping www.is.co.za
time 9:30pm
avg 122ms
loss 5%
packets 60

And another ping to is.co.za
Time: 9:50pm
Avg: 122ms
Minimum = 88ms, Maximum = 452ms, Average = 122ms
loss: 3%
packets: 60

Regards
Cerberus
 
Log-on to tower 50 Northcliff.
Signal 12%
On-line for 3 days - no down time at all and still going strong.

Here is my ping. Is it good or bad?

Resolving host 'www.sentech.co.za'
Pinging [66.18.65.115] x 4 with 32 bytes of data

Reply from 66.18.65.115 : bytes=32 : time=96 ms
Reply from 66.18.65.115 : bytes=32 : time=140 ms
Reply from 66.18.65.115 : bytes=32 : time=158 ms
Reply from 66.18.65.115 : bytes=32 : time=178 ms
Min=96 : Max=178 : Ave=143 ms : Packetloss = 0%

Josandre
 
Connect_Signal_Strength = 12%
Lights = 3
Just did a more detailed report:

22:04 on Monday, 19 April 2004
Pinging www.is.co.za [196.35.72.14] with 32 bytes of data

Reply from 196.35.72.14: bytes=32 time=90ms TTL=119
Reply from 196.35.72.14: bytes=32 time=105ms TTL=119
Reply from 196.35.72.14: bytes=32 time=186ms TTL=119
Reply from 196.35.72.14: bytes=32 time=126ms TTL=119
Reply from 196.35.72.14: bytes=32 time=101ms TTL=119
Reply from 196.35.72.14: bytes=32 time=118ms TTL=119
Reply from 196.35.72.14: bytes=32 time=121ms TTL=119
Reply from 196.35.72.14: bytes=32 time=221ms TTL=119
Reply from 196.35.72.14: bytes=32 time=157ms TTL=119
Reply from 196.35.72.14: bytes=32 time=89ms TTL=119
Reply from 196.35.72.14: bytes=32 time=150ms TTL=119
Reply from 196.35.72.14: bytes=32 time=183ms TTL=119
Reply from 196.35.72.14: bytes=32 time=100ms TTL=119

Ping statistics for 196.35.72.14:
Packets: Sent = 13, Received = 13, Lost = 0 (0% loss)
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 89ms, Maximum = 221ms, Average = 134ms

Seems to spike a bit now...
 
<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by johnny-c</i>
<br />Connect_Signal_Strength = 12%
Lights = 3
Just did a more detailed report:

22:04 on Monday, 19 April 2004
Pinging www.is.co.za [196.35.72.14] with 32 bytes of data

Reply from 196.35.72.14: bytes=32 time=90ms TTL=119
Reply from 196.35.72.14: bytes=32 time=105ms TTL=119
Reply from 196.35.72.14: bytes=32 time=186ms TTL=119
Reply from 196.35.72.14: bytes=32 time=126ms TTL=119
Reply from 196.35.72.14: bytes=32 time=101ms TTL=119
Reply from 196.35.72.14: bytes=32 time=118ms TTL=119
Reply from 196.35.72.14: bytes=32 time=121ms TTL=119
Reply from 196.35.72.14: bytes=32 time=221ms TTL=119
Reply from 196.35.72.14: bytes=32 time=157ms TTL=119
Reply from 196.35.72.14: bytes=32 time=89ms TTL=119
Reply from 196.35.72.14: bytes=32 time=150ms TTL=119
Reply from 196.35.72.14: bytes=32 time=183ms TTL=119
Reply from 196.35.72.14: bytes=32 time=100ms TTL=119

Ping statistics for 196.35.72.14:
Packets: Sent = 13, Received = 13, Lost = 0 (0% loss)
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 89ms, Maximum = 221ms, Average = 134ms

Seems to spike a bit now...
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This is my ping to the above IP.
Software running at the same time:-

Internet explore Messenger with Webcam active and Webvacuum downloading in the background.

Tower 50 Northcliff- 3 lights - 12% signal.
Resolving host '196.35.72.14'
Pinging [196.35.72.14] x 13 with 32 bytes of data

Reply from 196.35.72.14 : bytes=32 : time=90 ms
Reply from 196.35.72.14 : bytes=32 : time=96 ms
Reply from 196.35.72.14 : bytes=32 : time=142 ms
Reply from 196.35.72.14 : bytes=32 : time=119 ms
Reply from 196.35.72.14 : bytes=32 : time=138 ms
Reply from 196.35.72.14 : bytes=32 : time=96 ms
Reply from 196.35.72.14 : bytes=32 : time=200 ms
Reply from 196.35.72.14 : bytes=32 : time=142 ms
Reply from 196.35.72.14 : bytes=32 : time=196 ms
Reply from 196.35.72.14 : bytes=32 : time=120 ms
Reply from 196.35.72.14 : bytes=32 : time=99 ms
Reply from 196.35.72.14 : bytes=32 : time=159 ms
Reply from 196.35.72.14 : bytes=32 : time=155 ms
Min=90 : Max=200 : Ave=134 ms : Packetloss = 0%
 
Just to highlight the difference a little time makes..

signal 20%/4 lights
tower 36 (Sunnyside) @ 2518MHz

ping www.is.co.za
time 22:25
avg 102
loss 8%
packets 58

ping www.sentech.co.za
time 22:30
avg 107
loss 4%
packets 61
min 81

The above includes one bittorrent download running at avg 6-10KB/sec. Also the usual, Yahoo, skype, dyndns etc

So two hours ago my ping was 50ms higher. 123 lets all ping at the same time to compare
[:D]
 
Yip I know that. Im perfectly happy with my pings anyway. Since international pings are better than ADSL [:D] which means somehow Telkom blows a 100ms "lead"...

Was just pointing out the ping variability to mr johnny-c
 
hehe just did a couple of pings on our corporate T1 just for comparative purposes..

Pinging www.mweb.co.za [196.2.63.110] with 32 bytes of data:
Ping statistics for 196.2.63.110:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 28ms, Maximum = 35ms, Average = 30ms

Pinging news24.com [196.30.80.10] with 32 bytes of data:
Ping statistics for 196.30.80.10:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 31ms, Maximum = 34ms, Average = 32ms

niiiiiice!
pity they don't allow gaming on our corporate network..
nasty firewall! [}:)]
 
yea, I agree with giving it up.

All of your loss statistics are also flawed. You must limit the number of packets (ie 'ping -c 100 www.poorpinghost.co.za')

If you just ping randomly and then cancel some packets may not have had time to be recived and you will get false packet loss.

- Colin Alston
colin at alston dot za dot org

"Warning: Use with extreme caution."
 
<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by pmik</i>
<br />hehe just did a couple of pings on our corporate T1 just for comparative purposes..

Pinging www.mweb.co.za [196.2.63.110] with 32 bytes of data:
Ping statistics for 196.2.63.110:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 28ms, Maximum = 35ms, Average = 30ms

Pinging news24.com [196.30.80.10] with 32 bytes of data:
Ping statistics for 196.30.80.10:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 31ms, Maximum = 34ms, Average = 32ms

niiiiiice!
pity they don't allow gaming on our corporate network..
nasty firewall! [}:)]
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News24 is hosted by good ol' mweb.

And if you can't get through a measly firewall... nuff said [:D] [:p]

Why do you have to "put your two cents in"... but it's only a "penny for your thoughts"? Where's that extra penny going to?
 
Noone, it's not a question of not being able to get through the firewall. It's a question of contravening corporate acceptable use policies on the network and having my ass fired.
 
I'd love to see noone get through a "measly" firewall that is simply blocking everything except port 80 and port 23 outbound

- Colin Alston
colin at alston dot za dot org

"Warning: Use with extreme caution."
 
That's not so hard, what's more difficult is getting past a firewall that doesn't NAT at all and runs an NTLM authentication and only allows browsing with an authenticated proxy connection [;)]

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Yes, technically it's not. But there is a firewall in the chain aswell.

But most people see "bypassing the firewall" as "getting onto IRC, Playing games online etc through the company network"

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While we're on the subject.. Is there a way that I can autenticate my PC or a PC on a non-transparent proxy to make it seem like a transparent proxy? For example, a user on my LAN uses an account (user/pass) to get web access but lets say he uses Instant Messenger X (make believe) which doesnt have proxy settings. I need to make it possible to use that app given a proxy account. Is it possible? And dont tell me Control Panel -&gt; Internet Options -&gt; LAN settings because thats only for IE/Outlook.
 
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