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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mira.net.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.hawaii.edu!news.uoregon.edu!vixen.cso.uiuc.edu!newsfeed.internetmci.com!nntp-hub2.barrnet.net!pacbell.com!amdahl.com!netcomsv!uu4news.netcom.com!davsys.com!news.irbs.com!not-for-mail From: jc@irbs.com (John Capo) Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.os.linux.networking Subject: Re: traceroute numbers? Date: 25 May 1996 16:00:03 -0400 Organization: IRBS Engineering Lines: 15 Message-ID: <4o7os3$ce8@goombay.irbs.com> References: <slrn4qdkig.g6v.map@marikit.iphil.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: goombay.irbs.com Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.protocols.tcp-ip:44963 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:20072 comp.os.linux.networking:39693 In article <slrn4qdkig.g6v.map@marikit.iphil.net>, Miguel A.L. Paraz <map@iphil.net> 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? > The round-trip time in milliseconds for each of the probe packets. See the man page for details. John Capo jc@irbs.com IRBS Engineering FreeBSD Servers and Workstations (954) 792-9551 Internet Consulting - ISP Solutions