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Old 23-06-2006, 15:39   #1
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Thumbs down Is this normal ....

Ok,

Ive been battling my connection for ages now, and am still seeing completely unstable pings... Someone at NTL network tech told me this was due to QoS etc on the routers.. Fair enough, so pinging the uBR isnt a good test. So i've pinged ntlworld.com on his recommendation, and am getting:

Pinging ntlworld.com [212.250.162.47] with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 212.250.162.47: bytes=32 time=33ms TTL=121
Reply from 212.250.162.47: bytes=32 time=9ms TTL=121
Reply from 212.250.162.47: bytes=32 time=9ms TTL=121
Reply from 212.250.162.47: bytes=32 time=27ms TTL=121
Reply from 212.250.162.47: bytes=32 time=12ms TTL=121
Reply from 212.250.162.47: bytes=32 time=9ms TTL=121
Reply from 212.250.162.47: bytes=32 time=8ms TTL=121
Reply from 212.250.162.47: bytes=32 time=15ms TTL=121
Reply from 212.250.162.47: bytes=32 time=10ms TTL=121
Reply from 212.250.162.47: bytes=32 time=9ms TTL=121
Reply from 212.250.162.47: bytes=32 time=10ms TTL=121
Reply from 212.250.162.47: bytes=32 time=10ms TTL=121
Reply from 212.250.162.47: bytes=32 time=9ms TTL=121
Reply from 212.250.162.47: bytes=32 time=10ms TTL=121
Reply from 212.250.162.47: bytes=32 time=12ms TTL=121
Reply from 212.250.162.47: bytes=32 time=12ms TTL=121
Reply from 212.250.162.47: bytes=32 time=16ms TTL=121
Reply from 212.250.162.47: bytes=32 time=9ms TTL=121
Reply from 212.250.162.47: bytes=32 time=8ms TTL=121
Reply from 212.250.162.47: bytes=32 time=18ms TTL=121
Reply from 212.250.162.47: bytes=32 time=17ms TTL=121
Reply from 212.250.162.47: bytes=32 time=10ms TTL=121
Reply from 212.250.162.47: bytes=32 time=14ms TTL=121
Reply from 212.250.162.47: bytes=32 time=8ms TTL=121
Reply from 212.250.162.47: bytes=32 time=9ms TTL=121
Reply from 212.250.162.47: bytes=32 time=9ms TTL=121
Reply from 212.250.162.47: bytes=32 time=25ms TTL=121
Reply from 212.250.162.47: bytes=32 time=9ms TTL=121
Reply from 212.250.162.47: bytes=32 time=15ms TTL=121
Reply from 212.250.162.47: bytes=32 time=8ms TTL=121
Reply from 212.250.162.47: bytes=32 time=10ms TTL=121
Reply from 212.250.162.47: bytes=32 time=11ms TTL=121
Reply from 212.250.162.47: bytes=32 time=14ms TTL=121
Reply from 212.250.162.47: bytes=32 time=9ms TTL=121
Reply from 212.250.162.47: bytes=32 time=10ms TTL=121
Reply from 212.250.162.47: bytes=32 time=18ms TTL=121
Reply from 212.250.162.47: bytes=32 time=8ms TTL=121
Reply from 212.250.162.47: bytes=32 time=36ms TTL=121
Reply from 212.250.162.47: bytes=32 time=26ms TTL=121
Reply from 212.250.162.47: bytes=32 time=17ms TTL=121
Reply from 212.250.162.47: bytes=32 time=20ms TTL=121
Reply from 212.250.162.47: bytes=32 time=10ms TTL=121
Reply from 212.250.162.47: bytes=32 time=10ms TTL=121
Reply from 212.250.162.47: bytes=32 time=9ms TTL=121
Reply from 212.250.162.47: bytes=32 time=11ms TTL=121
Reply from 212.250.162.47: bytes=32 time=13ms TTL=121
Reply from 212.250.162.47: bytes=32 time=24ms TTL=121
Reply from 212.250.162.47: bytes=32 time=11ms TTL=121
Reply from 212.250.162.47: bytes=32 time=19ms TTL=121
Reply from 212.250.162.47: bytes=32 time=36ms TTL=121
Reply from 212.250.162.47: bytes=32 time=11ms TTL=121
Reply from 212.250.162.47: bytes=32 time=11ms TTL=121
Reply from 212.250.162.47: bytes=32 time=9ms TTL=121
Reply from 212.250.162.47: bytes=32 time=9ms TTL=121
Reply from 212.250.162.47: bytes=32 time=12ms TTL=121
Reply from 212.250.162.47: bytes=32 time=11ms TTL=121
Reply from 212.250.162.47: bytes=32 time=12ms TTL=121
Reply from 212.250.162.47: bytes=32 time=10ms TTL=121
Reply from 212.250.162.47: bytes=32 time=9ms TTL=121

Ok so the actual responses are OK, it's not yet hit peak time... but they're all over the place? Is this all i can expect on cable, or do I have a problem like noise ingress somewhere?

Sometimes they peak into the 100ms ranges.

Cheers

Duncan
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