Ed Greshko wrote:
ping sends icmp echo requests. If a router or the end device silently
drops icmp packets you'll get 100% packet loss. ping is not always a
good network diagnostic tool....unless you knew ahead of time what
worked and what didn't.
> Post where others on the site say they have good access:
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http://www.rv.net/forum/index.cfm/fuseaction/thread/tid/23650556.cfm
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Access to that site from here in Taiwan is just fine.
Oh, FWIW, you can use a tool such as "tcpping" and get
[egreshko@misty tcpping]$ sudo ./tcpping
www.rv.net
TCP PING
www.rv.net (12.17.249.39:80) on eth0
SYN/ACK from 12.17.249.39: seq=1 ttl=112 time=325.518ms
SYN/ACK from 12.17.249.39: seq=2 ttl=112 time=353.632ms
SYN/ACK from 12.17.249.39: seq=3 ttl=112 time=244.839ms
SYN/ACK from 12.17.249.39: seq=4 ttl=112 time=229.905ms
SYN/ACK from 12.17.249.39: seq=5 ttl=112 time=285.338ms
SYN/ACK from 12.17.249.39: seq=6 ttl=112 time=304.245ms
SYN/ACK from 12.17.249.39: seq=7 ttl=112 time=262.691ms
SYN/ACK from 12.17.249.39: seq=8 ttl=112 time=229.040ms
SYN/ACK from 12.17.249.39: seq=9 ttl=112 time=228.737ms
SYN/ACK from 12.17.249.39: seq=10 ttl=112 time=279.110ms
SYN/ACK from 12.17.249.39: seq=11 ttl=112 time=246.869ms
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