Sarà anche come dici tu, ma non noto una gran differenza (se non nel TTL)

Starting ping - May 23, 2003 11:27:13
Pinging maya.ngi.it [194.185.88.3]....
IP Address RTT(ms) TTL Bytes Received
194.185.88.3 54 244 64
194.185.88.3 54 244 64
194.185.88.3 53 244 64
194.185.88.3 55 244 64
194.185.88.3 55 244 64
Ping Successful
5 packets received out of 5 packets transmitted : 0% PACKET LOSS
Round Trip Time (in milliseconds) Max/Min/Av: 55/53/54

Starting ping - May 23, 2003 11:27:25
Pinging www.ngi.it [194.185.88.15]....
IP Address RTT(ms) TTL Bytes Received
194.185.88.15 55 117 64
194.185.88.15 56 117 64
194.185.88.15 55 117 64
194.185.88.15 53 117 64
194.185.88.15 54 117 64
Ping Successful
5 packets received out of 5 packets transmitted : 0% PACKET LOSS
Round Trip Time (in milliseconds) Max/Min/Av: 56/53/54