On Wed, 16 Apr 1997, Geoff R Deasey wrote: > If you type ping -c 5 www.microsoft.com > how long does it take before you see the first > line ? > > This almost sounds like a DNS timeout.
Here is the output: bridge:~ ! ping -c 5 www.microsoft.com PING www.microsoft.com (207.68.137.59): 56 data bytes 64 bytes from 207.68.137.59: icmp_seq=0 ttl=49 time=214.8 ms 64 bytes from 207.68.137.59: icmp_seq=1 ttl=49 time=213.0 ms 64 bytes from 207.68.137.59: icmp_seq=2 ttl=49 time=218.7 ms 64 bytes from 207.68.137.59: icmp_seq=3 ttl=49 time=207.3 ms 64 bytes from 207.68.137.59: icmp_seq=4 ttl=49 time=207.4 ms --- www.microsoft.com ping statistics --- 5 packets transmitted, 5 packets received, 0% packet loss round-trip min/avg/max = 207.3/212.2/218.7 ms bridge:~ ! Just for comparison the central communication host of our university: bridge:~ ! ping -c 5 mlucom PING mlucom.urz.uni-halle.de (141.48.3.3): 56 data bytes 64 bytes from 141.48.3.3: icmp_seq=0 ttl=251 time=5.6 ms 64 bytes from 141.48.3.3: icmp_seq=1 ttl=251 time=5.5 ms 64 bytes from 141.48.3.3: icmp_seq=2 ttl=251 time=6.0 ms 64 bytes from 141.48.3.3: icmp_seq=3 ttl=251 time=5.8 ms 64 bytes from 141.48.3.3: icmp_seq=4 ttl=251 time=13.6 ms --- mlucom.urz.uni-halle.de ping statistics --- 5 packets transmitted, 5 packets received, 0% packet loss round-trip min/avg/max = 5.5/7.3/13.6 ms bridge:~ ! I don't know what times to expect. But why have lynx to look at www.microsoft.com (or any other host for instance). How to avoid looking at hosts which are situated oversea? Andreas. -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
