Пора вспомнить про RFC 1149 (wikipedia.org/wiki/IP_посредством_почтовых_голубей)

vegard@gyversalen:~$ ping -c 9 -i 900 10.0.3.1
 PING 10.0.3.1 (10.0.3.1): 56 data bytes
 64 bytes from 10.0.3.1: icmp_seq=0 ttl=255 time=6165731.1 ms
 64 bytes from 10.0.3.1: icmp_seq=4 ttl=255 time=3211900.8 ms
 64 bytes from 10.0.3.1: icmp_seq=2 ttl=255 time=5124922.8 ms
 64 bytes from 10.0.3.1: icmp_seq=1 ttl=255 time=6388671.9 ms

--- 10.0.3.1 ping statistics ---
 9 packets transmitted, 4 packets received, 55% packet loss
 round-trip min/avg/max = 3211900.8/5222806.6/6388671.9 ms