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l3v1ck
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Is there any way to test if packets of data are being dropped between my ISP and me?
Sometimes pages are taking ages to load, but if I hit the "reload page" button on my browser, the page loads straight away.
Unfortunately that solution doesn't always work when I've put in searches etc.
How can I test to see if data is being lost?
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| Fri Oct 09, 2009 7:55 pm |
 
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AlunD
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Interestingly I saw this yesterday http://www.pingtest.net/ it may help. 
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l3v1ck
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Location: The Right Side of the Pennines (metaphorically & geographically)
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 Annoyingly the packet loss test won't work. A firewall issue maybe?
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Linux_User
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 Pretty happy with that TBH. That's from a 10Mb line in the Welsh Capital.
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Cookeh
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Mines in my sig. Quite happy tbh, ping is a bit high but Im 2 miles from the nearest box and was testing from a server 100 miles away xD
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bally199
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 Meh. Lev, mine failed the packet test too. :/ _________________ Kimmotalk is where all the cool people hang.
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bubbles
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 possibly a firewall
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JJW009
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 Not too shabby for once. _________________jonbwfc's law: "In any forum thread someone will, no matter what the subject, mention Firefly." When you're feeling too silly for x404, youRwired.net
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Tsar
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 not bad _________________ Gaming's Elder Statesman & Evil Consultant
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EddArmitage
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davrosG5
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 Looks like mine is right on the borderline for an A. Ah well, good enough for me.
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fu manchu
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From the pingtest FAQ 6.Why was I unable to run the packet loss test? The packet loss test requires that a Java Runtime Environment be installed on your computer. Also your firewall must allow the test to communicate to the Pingtest.net servers (specifically outbound port 5060 for both TCP and UDP though that is being changed to 8080 before the end of the beta - some servers have been changed already). If our test is unable to communicate with Java or the packets are getting blocked by a firewall then the packet loss test will be skipped.
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JJW009
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That's interesting, and a little curious. 5060 is the default SIP port, which is treated differently by some routers. If you have one with a phone on (a lot of BT routers), then 5060 is probably reserved. _________________jonbwfc's law: "In any forum thread someone will, no matter what the subject, mention Firefly." When you're feeling too silly for x404, youRwired.net
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saspro
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I found it wouldn't run on my system until I'd installed both 32bit & 64bit version of Java
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soddit112
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 wtf!! i got 40ms yesterday!! i hate tiscali  might see if i can convince mother to change ISP, its been worse than this
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