What are typical ping times for a WLAN?

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Is it typical that ping times be higher when ping'ing machines within my LAN because I'm using wireless clients and encryption on top of that?

ie. Computers "lan3" and "lan5" are wireless laptop machines on my LAN connected by a Linksys WAP54G, BEFSR41, WPC54G, and a DELL MiniPCI WLAN card. The first response is always high then the ping time are normal. Either at 1ms or 3ms.

C:\Documents and Settings\win05>ping lan3

Pinging lan3 [192.168.0.3] with 32 bytes of data:

Reply from 192.168.0.3: bytes=32 time=285ms TTL=255 Reply from 192.168.0.3: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=255 Reply from 192.168.0.3: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=255 Reply from 192.168.0.3: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=255

Ping statistics for 192.168.0.3: Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss), Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds: Minimum = 1ms, Maximum = 285ms, Average = 72ms

C:\Documents and Settings\win05>ping lan5

Pinging lan5 [192.168.0.5] with 32 bytes of data:

Reply from 192.168.0.5: bytes=32 time=284ms TTL=255 Reply from 192.168.0.5: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=255 Reply from 192.168.0.5: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=255 Reply from 192.168.0.5: bytes=32 time

Lance · Accepted Answer

I dunno, but here are my ping times too. I'm pinging from a wired machine through a wireless router to a repeater.

Lance

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C:\>ping 192.168.1.2

Pinging 192.168.1.2 with 32 bytes of data:

Reply from 192.168.1.2: bytes=32 time=5ms TTL=64 Reply from 192.168.1.2: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=64 Reply from 192.168.1.2: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=64 Reply from 192.168.1.2: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=64

Ping statistics for 192.168.1.2: Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss), Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds: Minimum = 1ms, Maximum = 5ms, Average = 2ms

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bumtracks · Answer

fwiw;dlink wifi g router/compex pc card laptopC:WINDOWS>ping mikesdeskPinging mikesdesk [192.168.0.12] with 32 bytes of data:Reply from 192.168.0.12: bytes=32 time

Global Wanderer · Answer

My ping times are below: generally less than 1ms. This is from a pc plugged into a Belkin F5d8230-4 Pre-N router which, in turn, passes the ping along to a wireless pc about 35 ft away (with 3 walls and several other obstructions in between).

Pinging 192.168.2.100 with 32 bytes of data:

Reply from 192.168.2.100: bytes=32 time> my LAN because I'm using wireless clients and encryption on top of

What are typical ping times for a WLAN?

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