1 second ping times on a LAN

[Howard Lowndes]

On Tue, 12 Nov 2002, Matthew Hawkins wrote:

> Howard Lowndes (lannet at lannet.com.au) wrote:
> > Can anyone explain why I get this on a LAN:
> [--snip--]
> > --- 192.168.40.129 ping statistics ---
> > 8 packets transmitted, 7 packets received, 12% packet loss
> > round-trip min/avg/max/mdev = 999.649/1000.568/1000.789/0.656 ms
>
> Try distancing the tin cans further apart so the string is more taut, it
> makes for a better signal ;-)

It's a bloody long piece of string between Albury and Melbourne :)

It seems like it might be a 3com piece of string.

>
>

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