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[Geoffrey]

Too funny...

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Subject: Microsoft violates Mean Value Theorem
Resent-Date: Mon, 13 May 2002 11:12:53 -0700 (PDT)
Resent-From: 0xdeadbeef at petting-zoo.net
Date: Mon, 13 May 2002 11:12:25 -0700
From: gkm at petting-zoo.net (glen mccready)
To: ale at ale.org
To: 0xdeadbeef at petting-zoo.net


Forwarded-by: Nev Dull <nev at sleepycat.com>
From: Greg Rose <ggr at qualcomm.com>
To: ale at ale.org

While investigating a VPN problem, I ran "ping" from a Windows2000 box
across a lossy link which crosses the Pacific Ocean 4 times to get the
response back to me.

Ping statistics for xx.xx.xx.xx:
       Packets: Sent = 120, Received = 99, Lost = 21 (17% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
       Minimum = 550ms, Maximum =  691ms, Average =  468ms

So, the average time for those packets is significantly less than the
minimum time, eh? They've clearly divided the total time for successful
replies by the number of total packets *sent*, not *received*. Smart, huh?
It certainly looks like that Windows ping command is much more efficient
than the competition!

Greg.

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-- 
Until later: Geoffrey		esoteric at 3times25.net

I didn't have to buy my radio from a specific company to listen
to FM, why doesn't that apply to the Internet (anymore...)?


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