I use ping -i 10 node all the time so that the pings only come out every
10 seconds. This is important since it takes 6-8 seconds to ping through 6
nodes!
On Sat, 5 Sep 1998, Pete Rossi WA3NNA wrote:
>
> When I try to ping local nodes, I often see ping times in excess of
> 30 seconds. Channel activity is very low, yet I send out a ping ICMP
> packet and don't get a response for 30-40 and sometime over 60 seconds.
>
> These are local nodes.. Direct routes.
>
> Response from other stations is so slow, that I can do virtually nothing.
> Exchanges take so long that a telnet login usually can not be
> completed since the login will time-out before I can get my password
> entered. Often, half way through the login, it acts like the other
> node sort of forgets what it is doing and just stops responding... Like
> I start telnet... finally about 2 minutes later I get a Login prompt,
> enter my usercode, then nothing....... as if it forgot all about me.
> Other times it will eventually come back with a password prompt. I can
> actually login successfully maybe 1 out of 10 times.
>
> Signals to and from the other stations are strong. There is virtually
> no other activity on the channel. It is just SO SLOW that it becomes
> useless.
>
> Is this a configuration issue or simply the blazing speed that one has
> to live with at 1200 baud?
>
> Does TCP/IP packet *REALLY* work at 1200 baud? I have been struggling
> with this stuff for going on 2 years now and have yet to get anything
> that even remotely approaches what I would consider acceptable operation.
>
>
> ---
>
> Pete Rossi - WA3NNA
> uyxvkkf@commtest.co.nz
>
Best wishes
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