He probably means the variable latency of some internet connections, often caused by dropped, then retransmitted packets. Tracert can tell you some things about your connection if you run it repeatedly and watch where the latency changes. IIRC, there is a program called Visual Traceroute that might make this easier to observe.
At 01:37 PM 11/2/2003 -0800, Steve Rubin wrote: >Ping bursts? Why is it that gaming kiddies have a language of their own when it >comes to networking? > >On Sun, Nov 02, 2003 at 08:58:50PM -0000, R. Simkins wrote: >> Hi all, >> >> I'm playing net games, I want to find out where the ping bursts I am >> experiencing come from. It is either the connection or dropped packets, but >> I dont know which. >> >> Anyone had a similar problem or have an idea what is happening? >> >> Cheers, >> >> Rob >> >> >> -- >> general wireless list, a bawug thing <http://www.bawug.org/> >> [un]subscribe: http://lists.bawug.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > >-- >Steve Rubin / AE6CH / Phone: (408)406-1308 >Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] / N57DL / http://www.tch.org/~ser/ >-- >general wireless list, a bawug thing <http://www.bawug.org/> >[un]subscribe: http://lists.bawug.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > "The Net treats censorship as damage and routes around it." - John Gilmore "Government is like a fire, useful in the fireplace, but if it gets out of it's place, it will consume everything you own." - George Washington -- general wireless list, a bawug thing <http://www.bawug.org/> [un]subscribe: http://lists.bawug.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless
