ghe wrote:
...> I have a script pinging my ISP (details below) and I don't understand
> the results. Some output:
>
>> 2391 Thu Feb 26 01:14:39 2009 -- 5 packets, time 45ms == max rtt: 351.654 ms
>> 2392 Thu Feb 26 01:14:45 2009 -- 5 packets, time 46ms == max rtt: 344.855 ms
...
>
> What I don't understand is how the maximum round trip time can be 350 ms
> when it takes only 50 ms for the test. Can anyone explain this?
I don't know, but my first guess is that that maximum is the maximum
during the current ping run. My second is that the first time is an
average.
Daniel
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