[34963] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Network for Sale
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (davids)
Thu Feb 22 17:57:10 2001
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To: "Steven M. Bellovin" <smb@research.att.com>
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Date: Thu, 22 Feb 2001 14:39:02 -0800
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> And how does "delay" differ from RTT, except for the obvious constant
> factor?
>
> --Steve Bellovin, http://www.research.att.com/~smb
The RTT is the sum of two delays. There is no simple way to separate
the two. In general, you don't even know what path the return packets are
taking. This same problem applies to trying to measure packet loss and using
the results to influence routing decisions.
DS
