Slow versus fast VAXen

[John Klos <john%ziaspace.com@localhost>]

One more thing - what is different between the 4000/30 and the 4000/60 
with regards to timing? Both are running netbsd-6, but the 4000/30 is 
showing ping times in increments of 10 ms:

claire: {6} ping google.com
PING google.com (74.125.224.99): 52 data bytes
64 bytes from 74.125.224.99: icmp_seq=0 ttl=57 time=20.000 ms
64 bytes from 74.125.224.99: icmp_seq=1 ttl=57 time=30.000 ms
64 bytes from 74.125.224.99: icmp_seq=2 ttl=57 time=30.000 ms
64 bytes from 74.125.224.99: icmp_seq=3 ttl=57 time=30.000 ms
64 bytes from 74.125.224.99: icmp_seq=4 ttl=57 time=30.000 ms
64 bytes from 74.125.224.99: icmp_seq=5 ttl=57 time=40.000 ms
64 bytes from 74.125.224.99: icmp_seq=6 ttl=57 time=30.000 ms
64 bytes from 74.125.224.99: icmp_seq=7 ttl=57 time=30.000 ms

A 4000/60, on the other hand... but it jumps to 200 ms when the network is 
completely idle:

gaia: {1} ping google.com
PING google.com (74.125.224.133): 52 data bytes
64 bytes from 74.125.224.133: icmp_seq=0 ttl=56 time=108.149 ms
64 bytes from 74.125.224.133: icmp_seq=1 ttl=56 time=189.728 ms
64 bytes from 74.125.224.133: icmp_seq=2 ttl=56 time=37.478 ms
64 bytes from 74.125.224.133: icmp_seq=3 ttl=56 time=210.956 ms
64 bytes from 74.125.224.133: icmp_seq=4 ttl=56 time=51.152 ms
64 bytes from 74.125.224.133: icmp_seq=5 ttl=56 time=56.896 ms
64 bytes from 74.125.224.133: icmp_seq=6 ttl=56 time=201.141 ms
64 bytes from 74.125.224.133: icmp_seq=7 ttl=56 time=201.070 ms
64 bytes from 74.125.224.133: icmp_seq=8 ttl=56 time=181.716 ms
64 bytes from 74.125.224.133: icmp_seq=9 ttl=56 time=200.309 ms
64 bytes from 74.125.224.133: icmp_seq=10 ttl=56 time=200.432 ms
64 bytes from 74.125.224.133: icmp_seq=11 ttl=56 time=200.096 ms
64 bytes from 74.125.224.133: icmp_seq=12 ttl=56 time=200.038 ms


Hmmm... what's also strange is that another 4000/60 on the same ethernet 
segment as an OS X box is showing very different ping times than the OS X 
machine (the OS X machine is pinging the VAX while the VAX pings the OS X 
machine):

maia: {3} ping6 chococat
PING6(56=40+8+8 bytes) 2001:470:a068:2a::90 --> 
2001:470:a068:2a:6233:4bff:fe0c:6d3e
16 bytes from 2001:470:a068:2a:6233:4bff:fe0c:6d3e, icmp_seq=0 hlim=64 
time=3.236 ms
16 bytes from 2001:470:a068:2a:6233:4bff:fe0c:6d3e, icmp_seq=1 hlim=64 
time=198.183 ms
16 bytes from 2001:470:a068:2a:6233:4bff:fe0c:6d3e, icmp_seq=2 hlim=64 
time=198.052 ms
16 bytes from 2001:470:a068:2a:6233:4bff:fe0c:6d3e, icmp_seq=3 hlim=64 
time=249.127 ms
16 bytes from 2001:470:a068:2a:6233:4bff:fe0c:6d3e, icmp_seq=4 hlim=64 
time=5.438 ms
16 bytes from 2001:470:a068:2a:6233:4bff:fe0c:6d3e, icmp_seq=5 hlim=64 
time=197.265 ms
16 bytes from 2001:470:a068:2a:6233:4bff:fe0c:6d3e, icmp_seq=6 hlim=64 
time=197.565 ms
16 bytes from 2001:470:a068:2a:6233:4bff:fe0c:6d3e, icmp_seq=7 hlim=64 
time=197.519 ms
16 bytes from 2001:470:a068:2a:6233:4bff:fe0c:6d3e, icmp_seq=8 hlim=64 
time=197.493 ms
16 bytes from 2001:470:a068:2a:6233:4bff:fe0c:6d3e, icmp_seq=9 hlim=64 
time=197.556 ms


OS X machine:

Chococat:~ john$ ping6 maia
PING6(56=40+8+8 bytes) 2001:470:a068:2a:6233:4bff:fe0c:6d3e --> 
2001:470:a068:2a::90
16 bytes from 2001:470:a068:2a::90, icmp_seq=0 hlim=64 time=2.461 ms
16 bytes from 2001:470:a068:2a::90, icmp_seq=1 hlim=64 time=1.708 ms
16 bytes from 2001:470:a068:2a::90, icmp_seq=2 hlim=64 time=1.709 ms
16 bytes from 2001:470:a068:2a::90, icmp_seq=3 hlim=64 time=1.729 ms
16 bytes from 2001:470:a068:2a::90, icmp_seq=4 hlim=64 time=1.679 ms
16 bytes from 2001:470:a068:2a::90, icmp_seq=5 hlim=64 time=2.119 ms
16 bytes from 2001:470:a068:2a::90, icmp_seq=6 hlim=64 time=1.779 ms
16 bytes from 2001:470:a068:2a::90, icmp_seq=7 hlim=64 time=4.386 ms
16 bytes from 2001:470:a068:2a::90, icmp_seq=8 hlim=64 time=1.650 ms


Hmmm...

John