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tweetiepooh · 09-01-2012, 10:35

Still amazes me that anything uses ping (ICMP) for anything other than what it was designed for. It is a low priority traffic and when things get busy will get delayed or even dropped to allow for higher priority (TCP/UDP) traffic.

When things get really busy, ping will get lousy as that's how it should work. Now that's not to say that having bad ping and especially packet loss is acceptable especially where it degrades a service. Infinity may be better now while not many are on it, what's going to happen when that service gets really busy?

09-01-2012, 10:35	#26
tweetiepooh Virgin Media Employee Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Winchester Services: Staff MyRates BB: VM 1Gb TV: VM XL Phone : VM XL Posts: 3,350	Re: Can you see something wrong here? Video Still amazes me that anything uses ping (ICMP) for anything other than what it was designed for. It is a low priority traffic and when things get busy will get delayed or even dropped to allow for higher priority (TCP/UDP) traffic. When things get really busy, ping will get lousy as that's how it should work. Now that's not to say that having bad ping and especially packet loss is acceptable especially where it degrades a service. Infinity may be better now while not many are on it, what's going to happen when that service gets really busy? __________________ I work for VMO2 but reply here in my own right. Any help or advice is made on a best-effort basis. No comments construe any obligation on VMO2 or its employees.