[NTLUG:Discuss] Latency times on ping and traceroute

[Greg Edwards]

Steve wrote:
> 
> I was measuring the latency from home to some machines and noticed that 
> if I ping an ip address, the first ping is a lot higher than the rest.
> 


> 
> What's with the high initial round trip time?
> 
> Steve
> 

Steve,

The first pass has to find the host and later packets already know the 
path to get there.  Your ISP may not be as close to a smart router as 
the school's so the initial search isn't as fast.

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