Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.3 4.3bsd-beta 6/6/85; site ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Path: utzoo!decvax!ucbvax!BRL.ARPA!ron From: ron@BRL.ARPA (Ron Natalie) Newsgroups: mod.protocols.tcp-ip Subject: Re: Why is the ARPANet in such bad shape these days? Message-ID: <8609281308.aa17760@SEM.BRL.ARPA> Date: Sun, 28-Sep-86 13:08:42 EDT Article-I.D.: SEM.8609281308.aa17760 Posted: Sun Sep 28 13:08:42 1986 Date-Received: Sun, 28-Sep-86 20:27:31 EDT Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Organization: The ARPA Internet Lines: 5 Approved: tcp-ip@sri-nic.arpa It may not use gateways, but the ping wars between the BBN gateways impact all net performance as their random behaviour wreaks havoc with the IMPs virtual circuit set up time. -Ron