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Re: GigaRouter Latency?
From: Vadim Antonov <avg () quake net>
Date: Sat, 19 Oct 1996 17:31:35 -0700
Deepak Jain <deepak () jain com> wrote:
Latency in a router is only somewhat important for most network applications but on some applications it has a very serious effect. If anyone would like to flame me, please do it in private email and I am sure I will find the time to get back to you :).
I'd like to point out that 1 ns of latency equivalent to 1 ft of wire (more-less), so 1 ms of latency is 190 miles of wire. It is not a serious delay, when compared with typical thousand-mile backbone links. (1 ms is a _lot_ of time to route a packet). --vadim - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Current thread:
- GigaRouter Latency? Deepak Jain (Oct 19)
- Re: GigaRouter Latency? Nathan Stratton (Oct 19)
- <Possible follow-ups>
- Re: GigaRouter Latency? Vadim Antonov (Oct 19)
- Re: GigaRouter Latency? Paul A Vixie (Oct 20)