So Bill right the larger the number the longer it takes to ping. Is a faster ping time better than a slower one?
Thanks. > On Jun 8, 2017, at 1:04 PM, Lee Larson <leelar...@me.com> wrote: > > On Jun 8, 2017, at 12:22 PM, Harry Jacobson-Beyer <harr...@me.com > <mailto:harr...@me.com>> wrote: > >> I’ve been using PIA for about a month now. One thing I have noticed is that >> locations outside the U.S. have much faster speeds than the U.S. At least >> that’s what I assume. For instance, If I connect via Singapore the app says >> 252ms (which I think is a speed indication). If I connect to Switzerland I >> get 133ms. But connections within the U.S. range from 105ms in Seattle to >> 40ms in Florida. >> >> Can anyone explain what’s happening here. And am I correct in assuming the >> ms ratings are speed? > > That’s a ping time. Ping is an old network diagnostic tool that sends a > special packet to a target and then waits for an acknowledgement. The > round-trip time is given in milliseconds. (The name comes from thinking of it > as sonar on a submarine.) It’s one of the commands available in Network > Utility. > > You can also do it yourself pretty easily in the terminal with the ping > command: > > Aragorn:~ leelarson$ ping www.apple.com <http://www.apple.com/> > PING e6858.dsce9.akamaiedge.net <http://e6858.dsce9.akamaiedge.net/> > (23.63.208.82): 56 data bytes > 64 bytes from 23.63.208.82: icmp_seq=0 ttl=55 time=34.448 ms > 64 bytes from 23.63.208.82: icmp_seq=1 ttl=55 time=31.225 ms > 64 bytes from 23.63.208.82: icmp_seq=2 ttl=55 time=32.057 ms > 64 bytes from 23.63.208.82: icmp_seq=3 ttl=55 time=32.617 ms > 64 bytes from 23.63.208.82: icmp_seq=4 ttl=55 time=31.382 ms > ^C > --- e6858.dsce9.akamaiedge.net <http://e6858.dsce9.akamaiedge.net/> ping > statistics --- > 5 packets transmitted, 5 packets received, 0.0% packet loss > round-trip min/avg/max/stddev = 31.225/32.346/34.448/1.163 ms > > > L^2 > > --- > Lee Larson > leelar...@me.com <mailto:leelar...@me.com> > > They say such nice things about people at their funerals that it makes me > sad that I'm going to miss mine by just a few days. — Garrison Keillor, > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > MacGroup mailing list > Posting address: MacGroup@erdos.math.louisville.edu > Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/macgroup@erdos.math.louisville.edu/> > Answers to questions: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup/>
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