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Wed Mar 11 16:46:39 EDT 2009
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5 <a href=3D"http://tran-01-so-3-0-0-0.chrl.twtelecom.net/"
target=3D"_blank">tran-01-so-3-0-0-0.chrl.twtelecom.net</a> (<a
href=3D"http://66.192.242.83/" target=3D"_blank">66.192.242.83</a>) =
11.216 ms<br>
15.932 ms 12.966 ms<br>
6 <a href=3D"http://sl-gw25-atl-11-0.sprintlink.net/" =
target=3D"_blank">sl-gw25-atl-11-0.sprintlink.net</a>
(<a href=3D"http://144.223.47.109/" =
target=3D"_blank">144.223.47.109</a>)
43.524 ms 78.588<br>
ms 79.817 ms<br>
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5 <a href=3D"http://66.192.240.22/" =
target=3D"_blank">66.192.240.22</a>
(<a href=3D"http://66.192.240.22/" target=3D"_blank">66.192.240.22</a>)
12.108 ms 12.603 ms 11.341 ms<br>
6 <a href=3D"http://equinix.ash.cw.net/" target=3D"_blank">
equinix.ash.cw.net</a> (<a href=3D"http://206.223.115.73/" =
target=3D"_blank">206.223.115.73</a>)
22.974 ms 22.492 ms 21.183 ms<br>
7 <a href=3D"http://so-7-0-0-dcr2.amd.cw.net/" =
target=3D"_blank">so-7-0-0-dcr2.amd.cw.net</a>
( <a href=3D"http://195.2.10.250/" target=3D"_blank">195.2.10.250</a>)
114.699 ms 112.953 ms<br>
110.524 ms<br>
8 <a href=3D"http://so-4-0-0-ycr2.skt.cw.net/" =
target=3D"_blank">so-4-0-0-ycr2.skt.cw.net</a>
(<a href=3D"http://206.24.147.198/" target=3D"_blank"> =
206.24.147.198</a>)
130.159 ms<br>
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4 <a href=3D"http://66-194-17-105.static.twtelecom.net/"
target=3D"_blank">66-194-17-105.static.twtelecom.net</a> (<a
href=3D"http://66.194.17.105/" target=3D"_blank">66.194.17.105 </a>) =
4.379 ms
5.681<br>
ms 3.796 ms<br>
5 <a href=3D"http://66.192.251.27/" =
target=3D"_blank">66.192.251.27</a>
(<a href=3D"http://66.192.251.27/" target=3D"_blank">66.192.251.27</a>) =
65.738
ms 65.757 ms 65.204 ms<br>
6 * * * <br>
7 <a href=3D"http://58.229.14.41/" =
target=3D"_blank">58.229.14.41</a> (<a
href=3D"http://58.229.14.41/" target=3D"_blank">58.229.14.41</a>) =
221.330 ms
220.193 ms 220.977 ms<br>
8 <a href=3D"http://58.229.12.30/" target=3D"_blank"> =
58.229.12.30</a>
(<a href=3D"http://58.229.12.30/" target=3D"_blank">58.229.12.30</a>) =
224.661
ms 221.868 ms 216.257 ms<br>
<br>
So, from these few examples, you can see that network latency is<br>
introduced in places 2,3,5,10 hops away from you that neither you nor =
<br>
your provider have any control over, nor hopes of fixing.<br>
<br>
Now, what I came here to say: YOU CAN'T ASK THE QUESTION =
"HOW MANY<br>
PLAYERS CAN I SUPPORT" AND EXPECT A REALISTIC ANSWER, assuming that =
you <br>
are talking about player experience, or people playing on a LAN.<br>
<br>
BTW, I work for Internet Systems Consortium (<a =
href=3D"http://www.isc.org/"
target=3D"_blank">www.isc.org</a>) on the BIND<br>
and DHCP training and support team. We get questions all the time =
<br>
asking "how big a server do I need to serve X number of zones and =
to<br>
support Y number of recursive clients... I CAN'T ANSWER THAT =
QUESTION<br>
EITHER, and for mostly the same reasons.<br>
<br>
Thanks for your time and patience in reading this entire e-mail. <br>
<br>
{and if you've actually read this far, please quit asking about =
sizing<br>
servers, K? THX!}<br>
<br>
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