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by mulmen 1994 days ago
The FAQ [1] addresses both of these questions. See numbers 8 and 15, respectively.

[1]: https://www.ibiblio.org/harris/500milemail-faq.html

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Thanks for that link.

> Well, to start with, it can't be three milliseconds, because that would only be for the outgoing packet to arrive at its destination. You have to get a response, too, before the timeout will be aborted. Shouldn't it be six milliseconds?

> Of course. This is one of the details I skipped in the story. It seemed irrelevant, and boring, so I left it out.

I don't understand, so it was in fact 6 ms?