| The transit time of packets through the WHOI network
is generally less than 6 ms for any possible path. Sluggish
response from local resources is more likely due to server
congestion, protocol incompatibilities, and application syntax
errors. To see whether the delay is in the network, try pinging
some different hosts. Diagnosis is greatly facilitated if
trace routes can be made. Please report slowness problems
and your test results to the CIS
Help Desk. See Troubleshooting
The bandwidth between the core switches at Smith, Redfield
and Clark is 4 Gigabits per second (Gbps). The bandwidth
from the core switches to the edge switches is either 1
Gbps or 100 Megabits per second (Mbps). The bandwidth to
the Internet is currently about 18 Mbps. We have multiple
Internet circuits to Genuity (formerly GTE) and to Qwest.
Transit of packets across the Internet is affected by many
variables. We generally try to help resolve connectivity
issues that arise, but these commercial carriers are beyond
our tactical control.
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