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Is this ping good ? What it means "time=8ms" ?

• Reply from 202.89.66.2 : bytes=32 time=3ms TTL=121 Reply from 202.89.66.2 : bytes=32 time=4ms TTL=121 Reply from 202.89.66.2 : bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=121 Reply from 202.89.66.2 : bytes=32 time=8ms TTL=121 Reply from 202.89.66.2 : bytes=32 time=10ms TTL=121 Reply from 202.89.66.2 : bytes=32 time=36ms TTL=121 Reply from 202.89.66.2 : bytes=32 time=15ms TTL=121 Reply from 202.89.66.2 : bytes=32 time=8ms TTL=121 Reply from 202.89.66.2 : bytes=32 time=3ms TTL=121 Reply from 202.89.66.2 : bytes=32 time=3ms TTL=121 Reply from 202.89.66.2 : bytes=32 time=4ms TTL=121 Reply from 202.89.66.2 : bytes=32 time=5ms TTL=121 Please explain what is the significance of every part ? time=8ms ? TTL=121 ? is it good to have more "time=***ms?" -Thank you !

• Answer:

  8ms is very good. I would imagine that this kind of ping speed is probably on your own network. 8ms (the LATENCY) refers to the amount of time it took to receive the packet from the IP address. Lower is better (faster transmission of the required information). TTL (Time To Live) is: A timer value included in packets sent over TCP/IP-based networks that tells the recipients how long to hold or use the packet or any of its included data before expiring and discarding the packet or data. For DNS, TTL values are used in resource records within a zone to determine how long requesting clients should cache and use this information when it appears in a query response answered by a DNS server for the zone. This is lifted from: http://www.webhostingtalk.com/showthread.php?t=48270 And might be a little involved for you... Bytes is the size of the packet. From 202.xx.xx.x is the IP address that you're pinging (resolved from the DNS address if you used one). So, for example: Google lives at - 173.194.41.67 Hope this helps!