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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.rmit.EDU.AU!news.unimelb.EDU.AU!munnari.OZ.AU!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!swrinde!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!lade.news.pipex.net!pipex!news.be.innet.net!bofh.dot!INbe.net!news.nl.innet.net!bofh.dot!INnl.net!hunter.premier.net!bofh.dot!netaxs.com!bofh.dot!usenet From: Jed Clear <clear@netaxs.com> Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.os.linux.networking Subject: Re: traceroute numbers? Date: Tue, 28 May 1996 18:45:54 -0400 Organization: Net Access - Philadelphia's Original ISP Lines: 11 Message-ID: <31AB8222.4BEA@netaxs.com> References: <slrn4qdkig.g6v.map@marikit.iphil.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: wyndmoor2-7.slip.netaxs.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.01Gold (Win95; I) Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.protocols.tcp-ip:45024 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:20242 comp.os.linux.networking:39968 Miguel A.L. Paraz wrote: > > Hi, > > In the output of traceroute (under Unix), what do the three timing > numbers (followed by 'ms') mean? Why are there three times that > are different from each other, and not just one? > ms=milliseconds. The three times are minimum/average/maximum. They differ because of network loads and possibly using different routes. -Jed