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    • CCWTechC
      CCWTech @scottalanmiller
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      @scottalanmiller Dell PowerConnect 2748 and they have swapped it out. Also swapped NIC in server.

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      • scottalanmillerS
        scottalanmiller @CCWTech
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        @ccwtech said in Ping... Is a 2 or 4 ms return on ethernet significant?:

        @scottalanmiller Dell PowerConnect 2748 and they have swapped it out. Also swapped NIC in server.

        That's a smart switch. Is it report errors, a really busy port, or anything like that? It doesn't have a lot of data, but it does have some.

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        • scottalanmillerS
          scottalanmiller
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          What do desktops to desktops, or server to router, or desktops to router reporting? This should help you determine if the issue is desktop side, server side, or switch.

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          • CCWTechC
            CCWTech @scottalanmiller
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            @scottalanmiller said in Ping... Is a 2 or 4 ms return on ethernet significant?:

            What do desktops to desktops, or server to router, or desktops to router reporting? This should help you determine if the issue is desktop side, server side, or switch.

            Good point.

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            • dbeatoD
              dbeato @CCWTech
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              @ccwtech said in Ping... Is a 2 or 4 ms return on ethernet significant?:

              @scottalanmiller Dell PowerConnect 2748 and they have swapped it out. Also swapped NIC in server.

              That is an old switch by today's standard (I have had them) and many fail with that type of ping. I would recommend replacing it regardless, it might not be the issue but in our case we had to increase jumbo frames and adjust STP on the network.

              I have loved Dell Switches but the PowerConnect 28x and 27x had that issue at times where you could get random response of pings and the network is as idle as it can get.

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              • CCWTechC
                CCWTech @dbeato
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                @dbeato said in Ping... Is a 2 or 4 ms return on ethernet significant?:

                @ccwtech said in Ping... Is a 2 or 4 ms return on ethernet significant?:

                @scottalanmiller Dell PowerConnect 2748 and they have swapped it out. Also swapped NIC in server.

                That is an old switch by today's standard (I have had them) and many fail with that type of ping. I would recommend replacing it regardless, it might not be the issue but in our case we had to increase jumbo frames and adjust STP on the network.

                I have loved Dell Switches but the PowerConnect 28x and 27x had that issue at times where you could get random response of pings and the network is as idle as it can get.

                I didn't have the opportunity to look at the switch before they replaced it but this is a switch their local IT company gave them as a loaner to eliminate the switch as an issue.

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                • wrx7mW
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                  Could be that the either system (source or target) is doing something CPU intensive at that moment. Like if you are booting it up or something. If you are consitently getting that, try pinging to another system on the same switch, swapping a cable, running to a different wall port and switch port, then switch, etc.

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                  • dbeatoD
                    dbeato @CCWTech
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                    @ccwtech said in Ping... Is a 2 or 4 ms return on ethernet significant?:

                    @dbeato said in Ping... Is a 2 or 4 ms return on ethernet significant?:

                    @ccwtech said in Ping... Is a 2 or 4 ms return on ethernet significant?:

                    @scottalanmiller Dell PowerConnect 2748 and they have swapped it out. Also swapped NIC in server.

                    That is an old switch by today's standard (I have had them) and many fail with that type of ping. I would recommend replacing it regardless, it might not be the issue but in our case we had to increase jumbo frames and adjust STP on the network.

                    I have loved Dell Switches but the PowerConnect 28x and 27x had that issue at times where you could get random response of pings and the network is as idle as it can get.

                    I didn't have the opportunity to look at the switch before they replaced it but this is a switch their local IT company gave them as a loaner to eliminate the switch as an issue.

                    Man it might be better than the ones they had for sure. Can you test the ping directly to the edge router? Or to the Servers Specifically? All that bypassing the switch.

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                    • CCWTechC
                      CCWTech
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                      That's their main switch. No other switches to bypass.

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                      • JaredBuschJ
                        JaredBusch @CCWTech
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                        @ccwtech said in Ping... Is a 2 or 4 ms return on ethernet significant?:

                        That's their main switch. No other switches to bypass.

                        The point was ping something besides the server.

                        The server has all kinds of reason to provide bad responses.

                        If nothing else pings with odd response times, it means it is the server.

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