Seems like the further away something is the higher the ping?

I’ve been 350ms ping according to speedtest.net lately, but when i turn my router-modem thing on off i get 11ms ping, so seems like router-modems can cause bad ping.

Anything else?

  • Helix 🧬
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    52 years ago

    Seems like the further away something is the higher the ping?

    Yes, the Round Trip Time (RTT), which most people call Ping because the program used to measure it via ICMP is called Ping, is dependent on the time it takes for a round trip.

    Ping sends a network packet to the destination, which then sends one back. Ping then measures the time this took.