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
