With all due respect, why would I care about to the satellite and back, I do NOT ever communicate with the satellite. I do not know of ANY VSAT customer that communicates with the satellite that would define round trip as did you.
My round trip is to the node I communicate with. I though that would be obvious within the context of the discussion ... Erik Goldoff IT Consultant Systems, Networks, & Security ' Security is an ongoing process, not a one time event ! ' -----Original Message----- From: Ken Cornetet [mailto:ken.corne...@kimball.com] Sent: Friday, April 30, 2010 10:40 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: www.Sunbelt-software.com down? It depends on how you define "round trip". I was thinking in terms of a round trip meaning to the satellite and back. But, you are correct in that a ping packet would travel 100,000 miles "round trip" from client to host to client. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~