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Harry Edmon wrote: > > Would it be useful to have unidata.ssec.wisc.edu or motherlode to ldmping > air89.atmos.washington.edu and sunny89.atmos.washington.edu to see if there > are > times with large pings, or if there is a difference between the two? > > -- > Dr. Harry Edmon E-MAIL: address@hidden > 206-543-0547 address@hidden > Dept of Atmospheric Sciences FAX: 206-543-0308 > University of Washington, Box 351640, Seattle, WA 98195-1640 Harry, Here are some interesting results from unidata.ssec.wisc.edu: unidata{ldm}: ldmping air89.atmos.washington.edu -i 2 Feb 11 18:57:14 State Elapsed Port Remote_Host rpc_stat Feb 11 18:57:25 SVC_UNAVAIL 10.151608 0 air89.atmos.washington.edu h_clnt_create(air89.atmos.washington.edu): Timed out while creating connection Feb 11 18:57:25 NAMED 0.132212 0 -i gethostbyname(-i): lookup failed Feb 11 18:57:35 SVC_UNAVAIL 9.996276 0 2 h_clnt_create(2): Timed out while creating connection ^Cunidata{ldm}: unidata{ldm}: nslookup air89.atmos.washington.edu Server: dns1.ssec.wisc.edu Address: 128.104.108.26 Non-authoritative answer: Name: air89.atmos.washington.edu Address: 128.95.89.44 unidata{ldm}: stty erase ^? unidata{ldm}: snlookup 128.95.89.44 ksh: snlookup: not found unidata{ldm}: nslookup 128.95.89.44 Server: dns1.ssec.wisc.edu Address: 128.104.108.26 Name: air89.atmos.washington.edu Address: 128.95.89.44 unidata{ldm}: ldmping -i2 sunny89.atmos.washington.edu Feb 11 18:59:49 State Elapsed Port Remote_Host rpc_stat Feb 11 18:59:49 RESPONDING 0.308341 388 sunny89.atmos.washington.edu Feb 11 18:59:51 RESPONDING 0.062863 388 sunny89.atmos.washington.edu Feb 11 18:59:53 RESPONDING 0.061369 388 sunny89.atmos.washington.edu Feb 11 18:59:55 RESPONDING 0.060747 388 sunny89.atmos.washington.edu Feb 11 18:59:57 RESPONDING 0.059798 388 sunny89.atmos.washington.edu Feb 11 19:00:00 RESPONDING 0.059185 388 sunny89.atmos.washington.edu Feb 11 19:00:02 RESPONDING 0.059079 388 sunny89.atmos.washington.edu Feb 11 19:00:04 RESPONDING 0.060561 388 sunny89.atmos.washington.edu Feb 11 19:00:06 RESPONDING 0.060264 388 sunny89.atmos.washington.edu Feb 11 19:00:08 RESPONDING 0.060316 388 sunny89.atmos.washington.edu Feb 11 19:00:10 RESPONDING 0.061443 388 sunny89.atmos.washington.edu Anne -- *************************************************** Anne Wilson UCAR Unidata Program address@hidden P.O. Box 3000 Boulder, CO 80307 ---------------------------------------------------- Unidata WWW server http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/ ****************************************************