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What is it? Does the packet size effect network latency? How do you measure it?

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Network Latency is a lag or a delay in the network. It can be used to describe the amount of time it take a data packet to get from point A to point B.

There are several things that cause network latency :
Transmission method and speed, Propagation, Router processing , storage time on various machines through out the network, etc etc.

You can measure it by sending data from to controlled servers and seeing how much time it takes to get there.

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