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stupid@crl.com (Eric Penn) writes:

>I've seen some people posting output from a program that seems to be called
>"traceroute" that shows the routing and speed of a connaction from thier
>host to a remote site.  But, I can't seem to find this program anywhere
>around these parts.  Is it fiction?

It certainly isn't fiction.  traceroute lists off the routers it encounters
between point A and point B.  It's available (source code) from ftp.ee.lbl.gov

>What is the best way to determine the average speed of a connection between
>my home site (crl*.crl.com) and another site?

The ping program (which should be somewhere on your system) allows you to
find how long it takes for network packets to make a round trip between
you and another site.  The newer clients (BRMH, COW, COW-lite) have a ping
window that gives you the same information updated while you're playing
netrek.  ping times of less than 100ms are very nice, but if you are
using a modem, people say that the minimum is around 300ms.  Ping also
lists the percentage of packets that don't make the round trip ("dropped
packets", "packet loss").  It also gives the average round trip time, the
standard deviation, and the minimum/maximum round trip times.

--tots