"u" stands for microseconds (10E-6). 500 usecs is the same as .5ms. New
versions of ping on linux have this.


On Wed, 7 Mar 2001, John Miller wrote:

> I have 2 windows machines connected to my linux which is connected to the
> Internet via cable modem.  The connection was working fine yesterday when I
> retrieved my e-mail.  To night the windows machines can't get out and when
> I ping from windows to linux I get packet loss.  When I ping from linux to
> the windows machines I get about an 11% loss.  On the ping lines time = 501
> to about 587 usec. I am not sure what the 'u' stands for I am used to
> seeing an 'm' there.
>
> Anyone have any ideas what my problem might be or where to begin.  The only
> change I made was Monday night I finished installing KDE 2.1
>
> John Miller
>
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