Ping vs. latency

[phych]

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Are these interchangable terms? If not,
how can I view my ping for a given
server in CS:S?

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Orange, CA 92866

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Phych committed to the eternal aether...:

> Are these interchangable terms?

Yes, same thing.

 

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"Phych" <me@noway.net> wrote in message
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> Are these interchangable terms? If not,
> how can I view my ping for a given
> server in CS:S?

They are similar. Ping is how long it takes to get to a place one way,
latency is the total time there and back, ie, the constant delay.

If I am wrong I am sure someone will correct me, but I'm probably right 😛

 

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Lief committed to the eternal aether...:

> "Phych" <me@noway.net> wrote in message
> news:11j8sml9208c724@corp.supernews.com...

>> Are these interchangable terms? If not,
>> how can I view my ping for a given
>> server in CS:S?

> They are similar. Ping is how long it takes to get to a place one way,
> latency is the total time there and back, ie, the constant delay.
>
> If I am wrong I am sure someone will correct me, but I'm probably right 😛

They both include the 'return trip'. Really different terms for exactly the
same thing

This is illustrated (in windows) if you open a command window and ping an
ip address (say 144.135.18.10 - telstra.com). The ping time is the time (in
milliseconds) it takes from when the (default) 32B packet is sent until
when the response is received. You can send bigger packets using the -l
switch, this makes the journet takes longer. I don't know how big the
paketss are or exactly how HL determines this ping/latency time, but when I
have tested the cmd window ping and the CS:S server browser ping, they are
always similar.

 

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"Damien McBain" <news@themadbomber.net> wrote in message
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> Lief committed to the eternal aether...:
>
>> "Phych" <me@noway.net> wrote in message
>> news:11j8sml9208c724@corp.supernews.com...
>
>>> Are these interchangable terms? If not,
>>> how can I view my ping for a given
>>> server in CS:S?
>
>> They are similar. Ping is how long it takes to get to a place one way,
>> latency is the total time there and back, ie, the constant delay.
>>
>> If I am wrong I am sure someone will correct me, but I'm probably right 😛
>
> They both include the 'return trip'. Really different terms for exactly the
> same thing
>
Yes remember that ping is short for ping pong, the term used by early system
developers to indicate a packet being sent then returned.

 

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On Sat, 24 Sep 2005 15:43:57 +0100, "DustJunky" <me@privacy.net>
wrote:

>Yes remember that ping is short for ping pong, the term used by early system
>developers to indicate a packet being sent then returned.

I believe the term is actually taken from sonar pings in submarines.
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PING is the name of the DOS command that checks latency...

So, more or less interchangeable in the typical context in which they are
used........




"Phych" <me@noway.net> wrote in message
news:11j8sml9208c724@corp.supernews.com...
> Are these interchangable terms? If not,
> how can I view my ping for a given
> server in CS:S?
>
> --
> Aaron Johannsen
> Sinrazon, Inc
> 153 South Cypress Street,
> Orange, CA 92866
>
> pH (714) 532-6878
> Fax (714) 532-1587
>

 

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"Andrew" <spamtrap@localhost.> wrote in message
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> On Sat, 24 Sep 2005 15:43:57 +0100, "DustJunky" <me@privacy.net>
> wrote:
>
>>Yes remember that ping is short for ping pong, the term used by early system
>>developers to indicate a packet being sent then returned.
>
> I believe the term is actually taken from sonar pings in submarines.

On some very old mini systems the command is pingpong

 

[Andrew]

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On Sun, 25 Sep 2005 17:47:34 +0100, "DustJunky" <me@privacy.net>
wrote:

>On some very old mini systems the command is pingpong

From the guy who wrote it:
http://ftp.arl.mil/~mike/ping.html
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"Damien McBain" <news@themadbomber.net> wrote in message
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> Phych committed to the eternal aether...:
>
> > Are these interchangable terms?
>
> Yes, same thing.

Oh.

I thought that "ping" was simply the communications delay (on the basis that
PING is a simple part of protocol, mostly unaffected by CPU speed etc).

Latency includes both PING and the CPU cycles in the measurement - so if the
CS client or server is slow it will affect latency.

 

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"Phych" <me@noway.net> wrote in message
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> Are these interchangable terms? If not,

no!

Latency is the time in which it takes for the client to "communicate and
respond" i.e. the time from the source sending a packet to the source receiving
a response, is the latency. Ping is simply Round-trip latency!

> how can I view my ping for a given
> server in CS:S?

Best way is to use a client machine that's not attached to your local
connection.

> --
> Aaron Johannsen
> Sinrazon, Inc
> 153 South Cypress Street,
> Orange, CA 92866
>
> pH (714) 532-6878
> Fax (714) 532-1587
>
>