RE: Thats all folks!

> From: Draper, Dale
>
> Why does everyone always, and I mean always, assume they are the only
> traffic on a network when giving out numbers like this?
> I know, I know, an assumption must be made, but why always the unrealistic
> idealistic one?

I wasn't assuming that, Dale.  I was just pointing out that the amount of
data on the line doesn't equate to one-second response time.  The problem is
that webfacing is notoriously fat, and it doesn't have to be that way.

I did note that my "real world" access time was 1/4 second.  Did you read
that?  The same program running straight 5250 is about 10 times as fast.  I
wish I could make HTML run as fast as 5250 - I'm working on it <grin>.


> My ping response time to my AS400 is slower than the time you are talking
> about on the same line. 50ms max, 12ms average, just pinging it. What size
> packet is that? Smaller than any webpage you can think up I imagine.

I have no idea what's wrong with your network.  My ping time is regularly
0ms, which I assume means under 1ms.  There's something strange about a
network that requires 12ms for a local ping.

Joe