Checking internet connection without a winbox

[Dotan Cohen]

On 03/07/06, jdow <jdow at earthlink.net> wrote:
> That seems to indicate a normal enough delay. The site may be relatively
> overloaded. There is also a possibility that the actual machine at that
> address might simply be a fowarding address to a Google site in the
> US. That's about a 6700 mile (10800 km) sort of delay time difference.
>
> So far that shows no packet loss. I'd run the pings for a longer time,
> say 100 pings or so, and look at the summary. If there are zero dropped
> packets then Google should seem normally responsive to you.

Thanks, Joanne. The whole issue started because I feel that the web is
awfully slow on this machine. Clicking a link can take about half a
minute until a webpage displays. However, online speed tests show that
my connection is what it should be.

It's not only google- it's the whole web, including local sites.

Dotan Cohen
http://gmail-com.com