I just checked it again this morning and now the ping times are good. It must have been some temporary problem. Brian Cluff [brian@napita brian]$ ping mume.pvv.org PING fire.pvv.org (129.241.210.221): 56 data bytes 64 bytes from 129.241.210.221: icmp_seq=0 ttl=234 time=249.7 ms 64 bytes from 129.241.210.221: icmp_seq=1 ttl=234 time=227.2 ms 64 bytes from 129.241.210.221: icmp_seq=2 ttl=234 time=224.3 ms 64 bytes from 129.241.210.221: icmp_seq=3 ttl=234 time=215.9 ms 64 bytes from 129.241.210.221: icmp_seq=4 ttl=234 time=223.2 ms 64 bytes from 129.241.210.221: icmp_seq=5 ttl=234 time=216.8 ms 64 bytes from 129.241.210.221: icmp_seq=6 ttl=234 time=251.8 ms 64 bytes from 129.241.210.221: icmp_seq=7 ttl=234 time=256.8 ms 64 bytes from 129.241.210.221: icmp_seq=8 ttl=234 time=217.6 ms --- fire.pvv.org ping statistics --- 9 packets transmitted, 9 packets received, 0% packet loss round-trip min/avg/max = 215.9/231.4/256.8 ms [brian@napita brian]$ traceroute mume.pvv.org traceroute to fire.pvv.org (129.241.210.221), 30 hops max, 38 byte packets 1 10.78.66.1 (10.78.66.1) 14.167 ms 8.007 ms 7.741 ms 2 10.0.211.101 (10.0.211.101) 9.469 ms 9.949 ms 12.864 ms 3 c1-pos4-0.phnxaz1.home.net (24.7.74.165) 8.967 ms 13.167 ms 7.855 ms 4 c1-pos2-0.sndgca1.home.net (24.7.65.134) 19.375 ms 15.930 ms 15.618 ms 5 c1-pos1-0.anhmca1.home.net (24.7.64.69) 17.749 ms 42.281 ms 27.545 ms 6 c1-pos1-0.snjsca1.home.net (24.7.65.165) 79.257 ms 40.063 ms 27.556 ms 7 bb2-pos1-0.paix.nap.home.net (24.7.74.170) 27.336 ms 26.768 ms 29.030 ms 8 if-5-0-0.bb1.PaloAlto.Teleglobe.net (207.45.200.237) 62.568 ms 49.526 ms 35.604 ms 9 if-4-4.core1.PaloAlto.Teleglobe.net (207.45.223.182) 28.492 ms 36.240 ms 29.668 ms 10 if-10-2.core1.NewYork.Teleglobe.net (207.45.223.113) 94.230 ms 121.230 ms 96.573 ms 11 if-0-2.core2.London.Teleglobe.net (195.219.0.189) 210.640 ms 163.043 ms 221.308 ms 12 if-4-0.core1.London.Teleglobe.net (195.219.96.69) 168.276 ms 166.007 ms 207.687 ms 13 if-10-0.core1.Paris.Teleglobe.net (195.219.96.90) 185.786 ms 187.361 ms 180.246 ms 14 if-0-0.core1.Paris2.Teleglobe.net (195.219.96.98) 186.462 ms 242.369 ms 247.563 ms 15 if-8-0.core1.Frankfurt2.Teleglobe.net (195.219.15.206) 193.642 ms 190.363 ms 193.273 ms 16 if-1-0.core2.Stockholm.Teleglobe.net (195.219.96.18) 204.359 ms 211.927 ms 233.863 ms 17 e-gw.teleglobe.net (195.219.88.194) 199.569 ms 200.483 ms 200.530 ms 18 no-gw.nordu.net (193.10.68.30) 205.564 ms 204.389 ms 203.271 ms 19 oslo-gw1.uninett.no (193.10.68.50) 236.889 ms 234.938 ms 216.129 ms 20 trd-gw.uninett.no (128.39.0.250) 218.793 ms 294.659 ms 212.135 ms 21 ntnu-gw2.ntnu.no (158.38.0.222) 217.712 ms 220.490 ms 215.849 ms 22 sb-gw.ntnu.no (129.241.76.130) 210.867 ms 226.953 ms 223.532 ms 23 fire.pvv.org (129.241.210.221) 213.327 ms 224.817 ms 221.740 ms ----- Original Message ----- > Hello Brian, > > Monday, March 05, 2001, 9:24:57 PM, you wrote: > > I hope that was a temporary glitch :) If you could rerun it maybe at a > later time, that would be great. With Sprint Broadband, I get usually > around 300ms at night. Flaky 500ms during day. > > That address is a MUD. This is the thing I wasted much on my youth on > and where I met my wife and I didn't get around to playing it for like > 2 yrs, because of bad links... > > Thanks for your help and keep em coming! :) > > -Armin > > > BC> HOLY CRAP!!! what is that first one??? a satellite connection???? Thats > BC> the only thing that I have ever seen that gets ping times that bad > BC> consistently. > > BC> Brian Cluff > > BC> Here's the results you requested.... > > BC> [brian@napita brian]$ ping mume.pvv.org > BC> PING fire.pvv.org (129.241.210.221): 56 data bytes > BC> 64 bytes from 129.241.210.221: icmp_seq=0 ttl=234 time=1023.3 ms > BC> 64 bytes from 129.241.210.221: icmp_seq=1 ttl=234 time=1004.9 ms > BC> 64 bytes from 129.241.210.221: icmp_seq=2 ttl=234 time=1025.9 ms > BC> 64 bytes from 129.241.210.221: icmp_seq=3 ttl=234 time=1029.0 ms > BC> 64 bytes from 129.241.210.221: icmp_seq=4 ttl=234 time=1028.8 ms > BC> 64 bytes from 129.241.210.221: icmp_seq=5 ttl=234 time=1012.7 ms > BC> 64 bytes from 129.241.210.221: icmp_seq=6 ttl=234 time=986.7 ms > BC> 64 bytes from 129.241.210.221: icmp_seq=7 ttl=234 time=990.2 ms > BC> 64 bytes from 129.241.210.221: icmp_seq=8 ttl=234 time=977.6 ms > BC> 64 bytes from 129.241.210.221: icmp_seq=9 ttl=234 time=972.1 ms > > BC> --- fire.pvv.org ping statistics --- > BC> 11 packets transmitted, 10 packets received, 9% packet loss > BC> round-trip min/avg/max = 972.1/1005.1/1029.0 ms