On 18 Jan 2013, at 00:23, Ian McLaughlin <ian at platinum.net> wrote: On 2013-01-17, at 9:19 PM, Cory Smelosky <b4 at gewt.net> wrote: What's the latency like? [root at zork ~]# ping 192.168.42.1 -c 10 PING 192.168.42.1 (192.168.42.1) 56(84) bytes of data. 64 bytes from 192.168.42.1: icmp_seq=1 ttl=255 time=4.45 ms 64 bytes from 192.168.42.1: icmp_seq=2 ttl=255 time=3.40 ms 64 bytes from 192.168.42.1: icmp_seq=3 ttl=255 time=4.40 ms 64 bytes from 192.168.42.1: icmp_seq=4 ttl=255 time=3.30 ms 64 bytes from 192.168.42.1: icmp_seq=5 ttl=255 time=4.46 ms 64 bytes from 192.168.42.1: icmp_seq=6 ttl=255 time=2.87 ms 64 bytes from 192.168.42.1: icmp_seq=7 ttl=255 time=8.04 ms 64 bytes from 192.168.42.1: icmp_seq=8 ttl=255 time=3.42 ms 64 bytes from 192.168.42.1: icmp_seq=9 ttl=255 time=3.38 ms 64 bytes from 192.168.42.1: icmp_seq=10 ttl=255 time=4.52 ms --- 192.168.42.1 ping statistics --- 10 packets transmitted, 10 received, 0% packet loss, time 9004ms rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 2.878/4.229/8.042/1.395 ms Oooooh. Not bad at all. Not too much jitter and doesn't seem lossy. This is at the same time as I'm saturating the 10Mbps part of the network with a local FTP of a 22Gb file that I need to move over to my Alpha machine. 22GB at 10Mbps? That could take you a while. ;) Great stress test though. Also, HECnet needs some leased lines between locations for maximum authenticity. Along with period-accurate modems. ;) I wonder how many telcos will still give you a plain leased line over POTS... I am very happy. Ian