[thelist] Re: [work] ServerBeach... what does the world think?

[Anthony Ettinger]

--- 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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