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Just wondering. My first hop to Sympatico (my DSL ISP) is on average about 50 ms. This seems to be a limitation of the PPPoE setup.
However, if I use the Windows ping command to the Globe (ie. ping www.globeandmail.com -t) it ALWAYS reads 10 ms total. How does that work? Does this mean that once the route is established the first hop ping time is no longer valid? Ie. the ping times for the hops are not cumulative?
Trace Routing... www.theglobeandmail.com [199.246.67.250] with 32 bytes of data:
01] 061 ms 030 ms 120 ms 64.229.64.1 [HSE-Toronto-ppp173586.sympatico.ca]
02] 020 ms 010 ms 010 ms 206.108.100.25 [dis17-toronto63-fe2-1-0.in.bellnexxia.net]
03] 010 ms 010 ms 010 ms 206.108.98.97 [core1-toronto63-pos11-8.in.bellnexxia.net]
04] 010 ms 020 ms 020 ms 206.108.107.142 [core1-toronto12-pos6-0.in.bellnexxia.net]
05] 010 ms 010 ms 010 ms 206.108.97.70 [dis1-toronto12-pos6-0.in.bellnexxia.net]
06] 010 ms 020 ms 020 ms 206.47.214.162 [No DNS Entry]
07] 010 ms 010 ms 010 ms 199.246.67.250 [www.theglobeandmail.com]
Trace Route statistics for: 199.246.67.250 Packets: Sent = 21 Received = 21 Loss = 0 [0.00%] RT Times: Min = 10ms Max = 120ms Avg = 21.00ms
I am using a Windows 2000 box with a Linksys 4-port DSL router and a cheap 10BaseT D-Link NIC.
In other words, if I'm already pinging servers at 10 ms does that mean cable is NOT going to speed up gaming? How does that first 50 ms factor into this?
However, if I use the Windows ping command to the Globe (ie. ping www.globeandmail.com -t) it ALWAYS reads 10 ms total. How does that work? Does this mean that once the route is established the first hop ping time is no longer valid? Ie. the ping times for the hops are not cumulative?
Trace Routing... www.theglobeandmail.com [199.246.67.250] with 32 bytes of data:
01] 061 ms 030 ms 120 ms 64.229.64.1 [HSE-Toronto-ppp173586.sympatico.ca]
02] 020 ms 010 ms 010 ms 206.108.100.25 [dis17-toronto63-fe2-1-0.in.bellnexxia.net]
03] 010 ms 010 ms 010 ms 206.108.98.97 [core1-toronto63-pos11-8.in.bellnexxia.net]
04] 010 ms 020 ms 020 ms 206.108.107.142 [core1-toronto12-pos6-0.in.bellnexxia.net]
05] 010 ms 010 ms 010 ms 206.108.97.70 [dis1-toronto12-pos6-0.in.bellnexxia.net]
06] 010 ms 020 ms 020 ms 206.47.214.162 [No DNS Entry]
07] 010 ms 010 ms 010 ms 199.246.67.250 [www.theglobeandmail.com]
Trace Route statistics for: 199.246.67.250 Packets: Sent = 21 Received = 21 Loss = 0 [0.00%] RT Times: Min = 10ms Max = 120ms Avg = 21.00ms
I am using a Windows 2000 box with a Linksys 4-port DSL router and a cheap 10BaseT D-Link NIC.
In other words, if I'm already pinging servers at 10 ms does that mean cable is NOT going to speed up gaming? How does that first 50 ms factor into this?