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Best way to test latency?
What is the best way to test my latency? Is the one on testmy.net a good, accurate one? It gives you locations to choose from for the test -- Miami, NY, Tokyo, google, amazon, etc. Which location shou...
Yes, 600-700 is normal for satellite internet.
Keep in mind that websites add to the delay because they have so much stuff on them that needs to load, such as images or videos. So on top of the normal server to server delay, you will have added delay from website content.
Ok, I discovered that for chromebook, the command is tracepath instead of tracert. That worked, and I got results, but I don't know how to read them, and I don't see any guidance on that link you provided about how to read the results. And what is the typical amount of latency for Hughes?
Post a screenshot of your results, please.
Like I said before, the average latency for satellite internet is between 600-700 ms. This may vary based on many factors.
- Ughh, I can't figure out how to paste a screenshot here. I can copy a screenshot to clipboard and then paste (ctrl+v) it into a google doc no problem, but when I try to paste into this message window, nothing happens.
- You will need to upload the screenshot.
- Once you take the screenshot, you need to save it to your Chromebook.
- Then you come back here, and start writing a response. To upload the image, click on the "photos" icon (see screenshot below), then follow the instructions to upload the image.
- I've tried everything I can think of to paste a screenshot here, and googled for solutions, and came up with nothing. What the hey is going on?
Check my previous post. :)
Finally realized I needed to use the insertion tool here instead of copy/pasting! What a dingdong I am, trying to focus on too many things at once. So here's those tracepath results. One for Netflix and one for Google.
Are those the whole screenshots? They both look cut off at the bottom.
I think a firewall or something else may be blocking access for the tracepath. Something's not right, as most of those "no reply" lines should instead be filled with IP addresses and latency results.
Do you have a separate firewall device or firewall program that you're using? If so, it would be a good idea to disable it while running the tracepath, as it appears that something is blocking its ability to test anything outside of your own network.
I'm not at all familiar with Chromebooks, nor their OS, so I have no idea what else to try. :(
I wonder if the "no reply" is similar to the *** of the Windows traceroute. I'd test this but my Chromebook is many miles away and I won't see it until 1/13.
EDIT:
See, like this:
1: 192.168.0.14 0.131ms pmtu 1500
1: no reply
2: dynamic-76-73-172-97.knology.net 119.110ms
3: 76-73-168-104.knology.net 97.118ms
4: xe-9-3-0.bar1.Cleveland1.Level3.net 102.568ms asymm 5
5: no reply
6: no reply
7: ae-104-3504.edge1.Washington12.Level3.net 135.317ms
8: att-level3-te.washingtondc12.Level3.net 102.696ms
9: cr1.wswdc.ip.att.net 101.485ms asymm 20
10: cr2.rlgnc.ip.att.net 102.262ms asymm 19
11: cr1.rlgnc.ip.att.net 193.578ms asymm 18
12: cr82.chlnc.ip.att.net 102.323ms asymm 17
13: 12.123.138.157 178.434ms asymm 16
14: 12.125.220.30 107.549ms asymm 17
GabeU wrote:I think a firewall or something else may be blocking access for the tracepath. Something's not right, as most of those "no reply" lines should instead be filled with IP addresses and latency results.
Do you have a separate firewall device or firewall program that you're using? If so, it would be a good idea to disable it while running the tracepath, as it appears that something is blocking its ability to test anything outside of your own network.
I'm not at all familiar with Chromebooks, nor their OS, so I have no idea what else to try. :(
