general network question on ping

I have two networked servers their ip addresses are: 47.50.2.150 and
47.50.2.151 with subnetmask of 255.255.255.0.

the result from ping each other is: ping -t server2

Pinging server2[47.50.2.150] with 32 bytes of data:

Reply from 10.98.2.150: bytes=32 time=46ms TTL=128
Reply from 10.98.2.150: bytes=32 time=46ms TTL=128
Reply from 10.98.2.150: bytes=32 time=46ms TTL=128
Reply from 10.98.2.150: bytes=32 time=-16ms TTL=128
Reply from 10.98.2.150: bytes=32 time=46ms TTL=128
Reply from 10.98.2.150: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128
Reply from 10.98.2.150: bytes=32 time=86ms TTL=128
Reply from 10.98.2.150: bytes=32 time=-16ms TTL=128
Reply from 10.98.2.150: bytes=32 time=46ms TTL=128
Reply from 10.98.2.150: bytes=32 time=46ms TTL=128

what does it mean to have a time =86 ms and -16 ms?

thanks.

"light_wt" <lightwt@discussions.microsoft.com> ha scritto nel messaggio
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> what does it mean to have a time =86 ms and -16 ms?[/color]

In the first case, the answer to the ping came 86 ms after the ping was
sent.

In the second one, the answer came before the question... you've probably
found a hole in the space-time continuum :-)

It must be some timing error in your system, you of course can't get
negative times for a ping.


Massimo

hey thanks...

yea, there is a patch from AMD to fix the negative value. it's surprising
to know it is not the nic...

:)


"Massimo" wrote:
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> "light_wt" <lightwt@discussions.microsoft.com> ha scritto nel messaggio
> news:BE984BAA-9E93-49B7-836B-988801584818@microsoft.com...
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> > what does it mean to have a time =86 ms and -16 ms?[/color]
>
> In the first case, the answer to the ping came 86 ms after the ping was
> sent.
>
> In the second one, the answer came before the question... you've probably
> found a hole in the space-time continuum :-)
>
> It must be some timing error in your system, you of course can't get
> negative times for a ping.
>
>
> Massimo
>
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