PING

***** PING *****   

Command : ping
Usage   : ping []

This command displays statistics about the network latency or "lag"
on the connection between the ICC server and someone's computer
(yours, if no player is specified), and attempts to make another
such measurement.  

It shows the mean, number of samples, and standard deviation for the
current login session.  All measurements are given in millseconds
(thousandths of a second).  Then, a "ping" message is sent from ICC
to the timestamp or graphical interface program of the specified
player.  That program then returns a message to the ICC.  You are
shown the time taken by this round trip, in milliseconds.

Please note that the "ping" message used in all of these measurements
is sent within the same data stream as other ICC information.
It is not the same as a stand-alone UNIX ping, and typically
has much higher round-trip time because all the other data must
make it through also.

Ping only works if the player is running a timestamp client.

The "lagstats" command gives information on the average lag for
all players.


See also: lag, lagstats, timestamp