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Wireshark-users: Re: [Wireshark-users] end-to-end delay calculation

From: "Fabiana moreno" <fvmoreno@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2008 11:37:38 +0000
so ... it is not reliable if i substract the time i hav in the client minus the time i have in the server to get my end the end delay? 

On 12/03/2008, Hansang Bae <hbae@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Fabiana moreno wrote:
> Hello there,
>
> I know wireshark is not able to calculate the end-to-end delay of a
> packet when streaming. I was just wondering if adjusting the clocks of
> my two computers(sender and receiver) to the network time protocol and
> having the sniffer at both ends i could calculate the end-to-end-delay
> tracing each packet. Does this sound logical?
>


It is within the limits of ntp.  Unless there is a WAN involved, the
packets are flying around at an order of magnitude faster than what ntp
can provide (ms resolution)

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Thanks,
Hansang
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