[thelist] Re: [work] ServerBeach... what does the world think?
Anthony Ettinger
apwebdesign at yahoo.com
Fri Sep 23 10:55:42 CDT 2005
--- Hershel Robinson <hershelr at netvision.net.il>
wrote:
> > e.g. In Windows command shell, at the C:\> prompt
> type:
> >
> > ping somedomain.com
>
> I use:
>
> tracert somedomain.com
>
> which generally gives more complete results and by
> examining the various
> hops along the way, I am generally able to see
> precisely how long the
> translatlantic hop is.
>
> > My other server in the US pings at 167ms, which
> gives you an idea of the
> > difference the transatlantic hops make. You
> wouldn't want to play Quake
> > off it, for example.
>
> I also see under 20ms for a local Israeli site and
> over 160ms for
> yahoo.com, which clearly appears to be physically
> located in the USA. At
> 5:30 AM EST, however, I generally get better results
> connecting to the
> US than I do once everybody wakes up over there. :)
Try Matt's Traceroute if you have a linux box handy.
Very cool.
Anthony Ettinger
ph: (408) 656-2473
blog: http://www.chovy.com
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