On Fri, 29 Jun 2007, greg wm wrote: > running a "ping google.com" at the linux server shows ping times of > around 40ms, and shows dropouts of several seconds or several minutes > every few minutes. comcast of course does not support linux, and wants > a windows machine attached to diagnose. i'm waiting to hear whether the > dropouts continue or not with the windows machine connected to the > modem. > > meanwhile the windows machine surprisingly shows ping times of around > 20ms. we've gone back and forth between the machines over a couple > days, and the difference is consistent. but why should they be > different? the linux server is ~ a year old, the windows machine ~ 3 > years old. Do you have any wacky firewall rules set up on the Linux box? Any weird network configuration? Do you get an IP from the same subnet on both the Windows and Linux boxes? What do traceroutes look like? It could be that you are getting an IP from a different box on the Windows side. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ | nate carlson | natecars at natecarlson.com | http://www.natecarlson.com | | depriving some poor village of its idiot since 1981 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------