Re: PM3 slower than PM2 (fwd)

Michael R. Wayne (wayne@msen.com)
Fri, 25 Apr 97 00:45:49 -0400

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+ >one and I still got ping times under 150ms... I heard some horrible ping
+ >numbers form PM3 users on this list...
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+ People have posted lower ping times than that several times - so I doubt
+ it is the PM, or no one would be faster.
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What are you doing to slow the lines down to 150ms?

We expect about 120ms in our "typical path" from user to server:

Win95 - 33.6Kmodem - USR MP16 or TC
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PM2E
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router - 33% loaded T1 - router
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PM3 server

My users will put up with 130. They complain past 140. It's worse
than I thought, the PM3 is at 170!

It doesn't really matter whether >I< think ping is a reasonable
benchmark, my users will quit if the ping times are long. We have a
PM3 announced in "test" mode right now, almost all the mail from our
testers reads like:
Hey, I got a 33.6 connect on the new number but the ping times suck.
What's wrong with these lines?
I'll go back to the analog lines, thanks.
typically including a few hundred lines of ping results reflecting the
problems they see.

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