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Why does ping not work/give very slow response?

April 26, 2017ping Response slow

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Why does ping not work/give very slow response?

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With satellite systems there is a certain amount of latency. A network tool like ping typically sends small data packets which accentuates this problem. Try using ping -t -w 2000 ‘address’ to get round this problem. Even so, ping is not a good testing tool for this type of network.