please forward to Joe Simpson, I do not have his email handy.

from unixgen.muohio.edu  ( ~ 4 sec)

$
$ ping -s foyer2.osc.edu
PING foyer2.osc.edu: 56 data bytes
64 bytes from foyer2.osc.edu (192.148.248.53): icmp_seq=0. time=4057. ms
64 bytes from foyer2.osc.edu (192.148.248.53): icmp_seq=1. time=4137. ms
64 bytes from foyer2.osc.edu (192.148.248.53): icmp_seq=2. time=4147. ms


From redhawk (similar results)
<mulnx31|combarje> % ping foyer2.osc.edu   (~ 3sec)
PING foyer2.osc.edu (192.148.248.53) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from foyer2.osc.edu (192.148.248.53): icmp_seq=0 ttl=244
time=2990 ms
64 bytes from foyer2.osc.edu (192.148.248.53): icmp_seq=1 ttl=244
time=2968 ms


From a machine at Arizona:  a lot faster??????????

 <dyer.rc.arizona.edu|Colombia|jaimeco> % ping -s foyer2.osc.edu
PING foyer2.osc.edu: 56 data bytes
64 bytes from foyer2.osc.edu (192.148.248.53): icmp_seq=0. time=45. ms
64 bytes from foyer2.osc.edu (192.148.248.53): icmp_seq=1. time=44. ms







> David Woods wrote:
>
>>I'm wondering if we are seeing the lag to access the network license at
>> OSC.
>>
>>I tried the 8.1 compilers, which aren't on the Ibrix file system, and it
>>is also slow.  When I ping foyer2.osc.edu, which is their license server,
>>the time lag is almost 4 seconds.  If this happens a couple of times when
>>the compiler is used, this could explain why the compilers seem so slow.


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