[thelist] New to evolt?
Judah McAuley
judah at alphashop.com
Wed Jan 10 17:55:27 CST 2001
>to quote Beericous 4.12: "Show a man how to tap a keg, and he'll drink for
>a night. *Teach* a man how to tap a keg and he'll drink for the rest of
>his life." Wiser words were never spoken, and the same principles hold
>true here on thelist. We're all about sharing, and we invite you to share
>as well. :)
I thought the quote was "Show a man how to tap a keg, and he'll drink for a
night or two. Teach a man how to brew and he'll have drinking buddies for
life." Perhaps we should start a separate evolt beer
appreciation/brewing/drinking/pub crawling list?
Alright, this one needs a tip, so here goes...
<tip type="Fun with Traceroute" author="Judah McAuley">
Several people have commented on the usefulness of traceroute for
trying to figure out where network bottlenecks lay (lie?). If you want to
get a reasonable picture of what your network connectivity looks like to
the rest of the world or you are evaluating a potential new ISP/Hosting
service, then a good place to start is:
http://www.boardwatch.com/Find_Backbone.htm
This is ISPWorld's index of Traceroute Servers. They will allow you to
traceroute from major Internet connection points (like Mae-East and
Mae-West) to a host and show you what path it takes and how long it takes
to get there. While this is a single snapshot in time, and traceroute is
by no means full-proof as a diagnostic tool, it is nonetheless a good
starting point.
If you want to have a further in-depth evaluation of a ISP/Backbone/Hosting
system, then you might also take a look at www.keynote.com
They provide availability and performance evaluations for all sorts of
systems (for a price). When evaluating a high-end hosting system, ask them
if the have Keynote monitoring statistics that you can request. It can
give you a very good picture of what their network looks like from all
sorts of places over time.
</tip>
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