[thelist] network/performance diagnostic procedures

Gersten, John JGERSTEN at lchb.com
Fri Feb 12 00:08:19 CST 2010


Apologies for topping my own post, and further apologies for part of its
content: having just (finally) tried "Look in my PC," it turns out that
while doing precisely what it advertises, it also installs some
non-malicious but extremely irritating nagware. Stick with BelArc
Advisor, that one's never given me a lick of trouble.

I'd throw in a tip as further mea culpa, but the only tip I know is one
my dad was fond of spouting whenever he felt it was even marginally
appropriate: "don't bet the ponies."

We never owned any ponies; I'm still trying to figure out what the hell
he meant.

-John

 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: thelist-bounces at lists.evolt.org 
> [mailto:thelist-bounces at lists.evolt.org] On Behalf Of Gersten, John
> Sent: Thursday, February 11, 2010 11:55 AM
> To: thelist at lists.evolt.org
> Subject: Re: [thelist] network/performance diagnostic procedures
> 
> Not sure if this is entirely on-point, but yesterday 
> Lifehacker had an article about general pc troubleshooting 
> with a free program called "Look in my PC". The article is here:
> http://lifehacker.com/5468742/lookinmypc-is-a-must+have-tool-f
or-compute
> r-troubleshooting
> 
> I have not tried this yet, but the author of the post is 
> quite enthusiastic about the app.
> 
> I've had success in the past troubleshooting with another 
> free diagnostic program, BelArc Advisor, which can be found here:
> http://www.belarc.com/free_download.html
> 
> Again, these are not network-issue specific, but could 
> nevertheless shed light on possible problems.
> 
> HTH,
> 
> John
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: thelist-bounces at lists.evolt.org 
> > [mailto:thelist-bounces at lists.evolt.org] On Behalf Of Bob Meetin
> > Sent: Thursday, February 11, 2010 10:28 AM
> > To: thelist at lists.evolt.org
> > Subject: [thelist] network/performance diagnostic procedures
> > 
> > What are some of the common things regular human being (not network
> > officianatos) can do to troubleshoot download speed issues 
> to identify 
> > probable source or root cause?
> > 
> > Check PC and local router, reboot if necessary Ping or 
> check a website 
> > on a different route, google or yahoo for example Ping or 
> check other 
> > websites hosted by the same provider Run a broadband 
> speedtest utility
> > 
> >  From a unix prompt, traceroute?  What would one be looking for?
> > Anything else from unix prompt?
> > 
> >  From cPanel?
> > If you have SSH access to log into the server, what network or 
> > performance checking commands?
> > 
> > -Thx, Bob
> > 
> > 
> > 
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