neevarp
Regulars
I don't think one will face request time-out issues while pinging the local gateway. This server will be located close-by and there will not be much 'detrimental' factors in between us and the gateway. The ping time to my local default gateway is just 18ms. However, once the traffic leaves the gateway, we can expect time-outs. This request getting timed out (once the packet leaves the local gateway) is too bad for reliance (in fact, I have never come across such a pathetic scenario with Airtel or BSNL).