Question

Why my pings are not equal?

Posted on September 29, 2018
Ubuntu 18.04 Server Optimization DigitalOcean
Asked by MythB

Hi, I just ping http://speedtest-fra1.digitalocean.com/ from my home pc i get 59ms avg ping when i try to ping my droplet(on fra1) from my home pc i get 80ms avg ping

so why my droplet pings are higher then digitalocean’s pings ? (+20)?

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MythB • September 29, 2018

Accepted Answer

My droplet to my pc ping is same as my pc to my dropley = 80ms see link below for traceroutes. first one is my pc to my droplet second is my pc to speedtest image

unixynet • September 29, 2018

Can you try a ping from frankfurt droplet to your PC? Also, a traceroute from your pc to your droplet and then from your pc to the speedtest. At least then you’ll know if you’re comparing apples to apples (same number of hops).

MythB • September 29, 2018

Yes my node is in Frankfurt. I have firewall but no any difference on or off - same pings happen Also i have a same VM on google cloud (Frankfurt). when i try to ping, i get same ping as (speedtest-fra1.digitalocean.com) = 59ms so from my pc to google Frankfurt VM ping = 59ms from my pc to speedtest-fra1.digitalocean.com = 59ms from my pc to my Frankfurt Droplet = 80ms

I dont get the point what behind on this results