Checking internet connection without a winbox

[Aaron Konstam]

On Mon, 2006-07-03 at 00:07 +0300, Dotan Cohen wrote:
> On 02/07/06, Aaron Konstam <akonstam at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> > I see, looking back at what you originally said, that the overall
> > transfer speed is ok but you are loosing packets in the transfer. I need
> > to read things more carefully.
> 
> No problem, you probably picked up that trait studying at the Technion :)
> 
> > I assume the conclusion you were leaning towards was a problem in the
> > route between you and google. Which seems right to me.
> >
> > However, I need to learn something. tracroute when I run it does not
> > report lost packets, even if I use the -I option. What am I missing?
> 
> Have you seen mtr? I just discovered it. Great tool- give it a shot.
> 
mtr certainly seems to be more useful for the problem you are trying to
solve. I guess I learned something.
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Aaron Konstam <akonstam at sbcglobal.net>