Hi
When i use ping.exe in (W2k) i got response time = 300 ms ,but when i use pingplotter i got 2 ms.

if i look at the network trafic in a packet analyser it looks like this
when i use ping.exe i got "ICMP echo reply" from the pinged host
in pingplotter i got "ICMP time exceded" from the pinged host.
I know you are using TTL to get routing path but have the "ICMP time exceded" higer priority? can this cause this behavior?