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    • DustinB3403D
      DustinB3403
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      Is this going across a VoIP phone or something that might have be a bottle neck?

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      • Mike DavisM
        Mike Davis @DustinB3403
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        @DustinB3403 said in ever see a ping like this?:

        It doesn't look any different than any other ping.... am I missing something?

        Check out the ping times, it climbs from 1ms to 8ms and then drops back down to 1ms.

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        • Mike DavisM
          Mike Davis
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          no, it's from a server to a network printer on a LAN.

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          • DustinB3403D
            DustinB3403
            last edited by

            I see that, but . . . it doesn't mean the issue is with the network, it could just be the device.

            Or whatever its connected too.

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            • RojoLocoR
              RojoLoco
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              Does the printer have a replaceable NIC? The hardware might be starting to crap out.

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              • IRJI
                IRJ
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                I mean that type of ping time isn't usually too much of an issue for a printer as long as it is receiving print jobs. It isn't like you are sending 100GB to a printer.

                I have this gut feeling that your barking up the wrong tree here. Like @DustinB3403 said, I would suspect something is going on at the device level and I am not sure it is the NIC.

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                • scottalanmillerS
                  scottalanmiller
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                  Ring buffer filling up likely.

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                  • DashrenderD
                    Dashrender @IRJ
                    last edited by

                    @IRJ said in ever see a ping like this?:

                    I mean that type of ping time isn't usually too much of an issue for a printer as long as it is receiving print jobs. It isn't like you are sending 100GB to a printer.

                    I have this gut feeling that your barking up the wrong tree here. Like @DustinB3403 said, I would suspect something is going on at the device level and I am not sure it is the NIC.

                    Was he barking? or was he just inquiring to something that seemed like odd behavior?

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                    • Mike DavisM
                      Mike Davis
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                      The printer is working. I was just wondering if anyone else had seen that behavior before.

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                      • DashrenderD
                        Dashrender @scottalanmiller
                        last edited by

                        @scottalanmiller said in ever see a ping like this?:

                        Ring buffer filling up likely.

                        What do you think would be filling the buffer?

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                        • scottalanmillerS
                          scottalanmiller @Dashrender
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                          @Dashrender said in ever see a ping like this?:

                          @scottalanmiller said in ever see a ping like this?:

                          Ring buffer filling up likely.

                          What do you think would be filling the buffer?

                          Ring buffers are tiny. It would be getting filled with ICMP caching or something of that nature.

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                          • Mike DavisM
                            Mike Davis
                            last edited by

                            hmmm... That network has 3 other printers of that same model and none of them act like that, so maybe there is something flaky going on in the hardware of that particular one.

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                            • DashrenderD
                              Dashrender @Mike Davis
                              last edited by

                              @Mike-Davis said in ever see a ping like this?:

                              hmmm... That network has 3 other printers of that same model and none of them act like that, so maybe there is something flaky going on in the hardware of that particular one.

                              What brand model?

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                              • MattSpellerM
                                MattSpeller @Mike Davis
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                                @Mike-Davis said in ever see a ping like this?:

                                The printer is working. I was just wondering if anyone else had seen that behavior before.

                                Never seen anything like it - very interesting

                                Have you run pings to other devices on your network to eliminate some possibilities?

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                                • thanksajdotcomT
                                  thanksajdotcom
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                                  I've seen this before. Usually it's latency on the network causing fluctuation in ping times, when it's local. When it's remote, there are so many variables and links in the chain, as it were, it's hard to know where the issues lies exactly. But it could be latency, failing NIC, failing port, old cable in the wall causing issues, EMI, etc.

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                                  • DashrenderD
                                    Dashrender @thanksajdotcom
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                                    @thanksajdotcom said in ever see a ping like this?:

                                    I've seen this before. Usually it's latency on the network causing fluctuation in ping times, when it's local. When it's remote, there are so many variables and links in the chain, as it were, it's hard to know where the issues lies exactly. But it could be latency, failing NIC, failing port, old cable in the wall causing issues, EMI, etc.

                                    It could be a bad networking cable. Had an AS400 once that had huge problems because of a bad LAN cable.

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                                    • Mike DavisM
                                      Mike Davis
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                                      It's a Zebra GK420d label printer. I can ping any other device on the LAN with pings <1ms.

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                                      • Mike DavisM
                                        Mike Davis @Dashrender
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                                        @Dashrender said in ever see a ping like this?:

                                        It could be a bad networking cable. Had an AS400 once that had huge problems because of a bad LAN cable.

                                        It could easily be a bad patch cable. I've never seen one act like that, but who knows. It's cheap and easy to test.

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                                        • thanksajdotcomT
                                          thanksajdotcom @Mike Davis
                                          last edited by

                                          @Mike-Davis said in ever see a ping like this?:

                                          It's a Zebra GK420d label printer. I can ping any other device on the LAN with pings <1ms.

                                          Change the cable and go from there.

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