Checking internet connection without a winbox

[Guillermo Garron]

Hi,

This is a really big email :) ..
i got lost, finally the problem was solved?
was it all about DNS problem
if yes .. try to use
4.2.2.2 it work great for me even i am in south america and the DNS server
is in US.

regards,

Guillermo.


On 7/15/06, Aaron Konstam <akonstam at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>
> On Sat, 2006-07-15 at 22:24 +0300, Dotan Cohen wrote:
> > On 15/07/06, Michael P. Brininstool <mikepb at hoplite.org> wrote:
> > > Dotan Cohen wrote:
> > > > I find that my internet connection is very slow. I speed test my
> > > > conection and it comes out at ~170 kilo bytes per second, which
> > sits
> > > > well with a 1.5 MBS line. When I ping google, I have about 80%
> > packet
> > > > loss, and the packets take 200-300 ms.
> > > >
> > > > My ISP says that the infrastuture company is to blame. The
> > > > infrastructure says that there is no problem with them, and that
> > my
> > > > router or computer is to blame. They have a windows tool to check
> > it,
> > > > but I've no winbox here right now. Until I run their tool and
> > > > eliminated my machine as the source of the problem, they won't
> > help me
> > > > pinpoint the problem.
> > > >
> > > > What can I do to pinpoint the problem, or at least discount my
> > machine
> > > > and my router as problematic? Thanks.
> > > >
> > > > Dotan Cohen
> > > > http://what-is-what.com
> I am sorry you are still having this problem. I thought you had already
> found a solution. Maybe its the bits are going right to left and not
> left to right (sorry a private joke related to Dotan being in Israel)
>
> I just tried something that might help. I pinged my router. No packets
> lost.  If you do that you could eliminate traffic from your machine to
> the router. Then as was suggested a combination of ping and traceroute
> should pinpoint where on the route trace the packets are beginning to be
> lost. It seems to me that would localize the problem.
>
> As an OT comment I was sorry to hear Haifa was now being attacked. I
> hope that has not impacted your life too much. I read a story that there
> is a Hasidic sect in Jerusalem that each night goes out on "Hitbodadut"
> to be alone to scream. That is want I want to do when I think of the
> situation is your region of the world at this time.
> --
> Aaron Konstam <akonstam at sbcglobal.net>
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