Physically Impossible Ping Times (opens in new tab)

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42 pointsnotpopcorn4y ago3 comments

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This is clever, normally you need an anycast setup to get low pings from around the world.

ay4y ago

Anycast setup will get you actual low ping times.

This trick doctors the timestamps within the payload, so it reports as if the ping time was shorter.

It is a subtle but quite important difference.

How many of you tried to click on the test button without thinking ? I just caught myself doing just that!

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This is clever, normally you need an anycast setup to get low pings from around the world.

ay4y ago

Anycast setup will get you actual low ping times.

This trick doctors the timestamps within the payload, so it reports as if the ping time was shorter.

It is a subtle but quite important difference.

How many of you tried to click on the test button without thinking ? I just caught myself doing just that!

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse