On Sun, 2006-07-02 at 20:17 +0300, Dotan Cohen wrote: > On 02/07/06, Les Mikesell <lesmikesell@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Run traceroute to various places and note where the delays or > > dropped packets start. Normally you will see a response from > > every router in the path and the round trip time for three > > packets. Some may block the ports used or the icmp response > > so a '*' response isn't necessarily a problem, especially > > if it picks up on subsequent hops. Keep in mind that the > > time is for the round trip and problems can happen in either > > direction. If you see consistent delays or drops happening > > somewhere, paste the traceroute into an email to your ISP. > > > > Thanks, Les. I started doing mtr, and discovered that the router is > dropping ~2% of the packets, the infrastructure is dropping ~14% of > the packets, and the ISP is dropping ~8% of the packets. all the other > hops are losing between 2% to 10% as well. What values are considered > normal? Thanks. > > Dotan Cohen > http://gmail-com.com If you google internet transfer speed you should find sites that allow you to test your upload and download speeds. I just did that and a site with pitstop in its name, for example, provides that free service. > -- ======================================================================= We all agree on the necessity of compromise. We just can't agree on when it's necessary to compromise. -- Larry Wall ======================================================================= Aaron Konstam telephone: (210) 656-0355 e-mail: akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
