ping latency [7:57344]

please could anyone tell me what are the factors that affect a WAN link ping return time. does the latency has to do with the link quality or the amount of traffic over the link or what? please a need replies Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=57344&t=57344 ---

Re: ping latency [7:57344]

Things like serialization delay, propogation delay, ingress & egress queuing affect links. Also, when dealing with ICMP, keep in mind that the far end router needs to process and respond to the query, which might take a lot longer than it would for the router to forward a packet. Hence, your ping

Re: ping latency [7:57344]

and responding to an ICMP is not a high priority for the router. Dave Peter van Oene wrote: > > Things like serialization delay, propogation delay, ingress & egress > queuing affect links. Also, when dealing with ICMP, keep in mind that > the far end router needs to process and respond to t

Re: ping latency [7:57344]

traffic congestion on the circuit ""NIGEC Spar Engineers"" wrote in message news:200211131018.KAA02102@;groupstudy.com... > please could anyone tell me what are the factors that affect a WAN link > ping return time. does the latency has to do with the link quality or the > amount of traffic over t