Glynn, you stumped me.. Explain the 64*10 reasoning? On 13 Jul 2001 15:32:06 +0100, Glynn Clements wrote: > Clearly a 1ms ping (with the default packet size of 64 bytes) is > impossible over a 9600bps connection. Assuming 1 start bit and 1 stop > bit, the transmission time each way is 64 * 10 / 9600 = 0.067 = 67ms, -- "Catch the Magic of Linux..." -------------------------------------------------------- Michael Peddemors - Senior Consultant LinuxAdministration - Internet Services NetworkServices - Programming - Security WizardInternet Services http://www.wizard.ca Linux Support Specialist - http://www.linuxmagic.com -------------------------------------------------------- (604)589-0037 Beautiful British Columbia, Canada - : send the line "unsubscribe linux-net" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org