From: "Geo" 

"Paul Ranson"  wrote in message
news:4215e1f4{at}w3.nls.net...
> Remember the computer is a million times faster than the network. It sends
a
> bunch of packets and receives a bunch of packets, the time taken to
process
> a packet is tiny compared to the response time of a DNS server. It can all
> be done at the same time on the same thread, the choice really depends on
> how you like to interface to your network API.

If that's true, why is tracert so slow compared to the unix traceroute? Is
it just doing serial communications and waiting for each response before
doing the next? I always found that annoying and wished MS would fix it
because it makes NT look bad compared to any unix.

Geo.

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