bryan wrote:
On Wed, Jun 14 2006 richard(a)helix.net.nz wrote:
bryan wrote:
Given the packet loss and latency at that hop, wireless seems a likely candidate.
Oh dear lord, ok I *was* going to leave this post alone, but sorry, I took the bait.
Uh oh. it looks like I'm just about to take a hammering. :-(
I'm dumbfounded as to who made the executive decision that wireless == lag ?
/me blames Woooooooooosh
Uh yeah, actually yes, my experience (however limited) has been that wireless connections are laggy.
I am open to suggestions otherwise.
Newsflash: not all wireless technologies are "laggy" and in fact a lot are really damn good, latency wise.
"Newsflash"? I accept that I have been, and can be wrong, but way to make me feel tiny.
Congestion/rate limiting, who knows.
(I shall now leave this thread alone so as not to inflict the wrath of t3h_d0n4ld)
Crafting a reply direct would have avoided wrath altogether, and saved me from the ridicule (however warranted).
Thanks for your heads up though, I will now take some time to look at other wireless tech before sticking my hand up again.
Back to lurking,
While you might see this kind of latency on end user Wifi Routers and a laptop or portable base unit (i.e Woosh) your extremely unlikely to see latency in a fixed base unit installation, mainly because your average end user doesn't really understand that their dinky little AP doesn't have the power to reach their laptop through 3 layers of brick/concrete. Latency on any kind of fixed installation wireless never really goes above 2-3ms over 5+ KM's, even then your likely to see the link stick to sub-1-ms* *Based on experience of ISM band 802.11 Radio equipment Back on topic given the state of DSL right now in some parts latency and packet loss like that could easily come from an overloaded DSL exchange. I'm curious to know why you need to know what the last hop is? -- ----------------------- Tristram Cheer Network Architect UberNetworks Level 1 2a Vine St Whangarei 0101 M:021-715-823 W:09-438-5472 F:09-438-5473