On Mon, Sep 26, 2011 at 11:56 PM, Larry Finger
[off-list ref] wrote:

Of course, it should take a little over 4 sec. Try adding the -D switch to
the ping command. Does repeating the ping command immediately change the
timing?

There you go:
~ > ping -Dc5 fritz.box
PING fritz.box (192.168.178.1) 56(84) bytes of data.
[1317074796.140468] 64 bytes from fritz.box (192.168.178.1):
icmp_req=1 ttl=64 time=1.19 ms
[1317074804.154425] 64 bytes from fritz.box (192.168.178.1):
icmp_req=2 ttl=64 time=1.52 ms
[1317074812.165947] 64 bytes from fritz.box (192.168.178.1):
icmp_req=3 ttl=64 time=1.20 ms
[1317074820.177252] 64 bytes from fritz.box (192.168.178.1):
icmp_req=4 ttl=64 time=1.23 ms
[1317074828.187470] 64 bytes from fritz.box (192.168.178.1):
icmp_req=5 ttl=64 time=1.76 ms

Nope, it doesn't.