Re: [lwip-users] about PING timeout for first package

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Alain M. wrote:
> That is normal PING behaviour, you may even get it on Linux 
> ocasionaly... (pinging a Win machine :)
>
> The explanation is simple: Before sending the ping to the destination 
> machine, the system has to resolve ARP and this may take some time. Only 
> after that the ping will be sent. So if the network is slow (gprs) or 
> the desination machine is slow (win) i may happen.
>   

Since hist network (GPRS) is PPP-based, are you sure that the 
explanation applies to his situation? When using PPP, ARP should not be 
needed/used and every outgoing packet should be sent to the PPP peer, so 
no resolve timeout should occur...

Simon