There's this thing called bufferbloat... On Wed, Dec 21, 2022 at 11:58 AM William Herrin <b...@herrin.us> wrote: > > On Wed, Dec 21, 2022 at 9:10 AM Jason Iannone <jason.iann...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Here's a question I haven't bothered to ask until now. Can someone please > > help me understand why I receive a ping reply after almost 5 seconds? > > > > 64 bytes from 4.2.2.2: icmp_seq=398 ttl=54 time=4915.096 ms > > 64 bytes from 4.2.2.2: icmp_seq=399 ttl=54 time=4310.575 ms > > 64 bytes from 4.2.2.2: icmp_seq=400 ttl=54 time=4196.075 ms > > 64 bytes from 4.2.2.2: icmp_seq=401 ttl=54 time=4287.048 ms > > 64 bytes from 4.2.2.2: icmp_seq=403 ttl=54 time=2280.466 ms > > 64 bytes from 4.2.2.2: icmp_seq=404 ttl=54 time=1279.348 ms > > 64 bytes from 4.2.2.2: icmp_seq=405 ttl=54 time=276.669 ms > > Hi Jason, > > This usually means a problem on the Linux machine originating the > packet. It has lost the ARP for the next hop or something similar so > the outbound ICMP packet is queued. The glitch repairs itself, > briefly, releasing the queued packets. Then it comes right back. > > Regards, > Bill Herrin > > > -- > For hire. https://bill.herrin.us/resume/
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