You can try tracerouting it. In Windows XP: * Start * Run * "cmd" * "tracert www.wikipedia.org"
and that will tell you where your connection is dying. For example this what the traceroute may return: > C:\Documents and Settings\AAA>tracert www.wikipedia.org > Tracing route to text.pmtpa.wikimedia.org [208.80.152.2] > over a maximum of 30 hops: > 1 1 ms <1 ms <1 ms 192.168.2.1 > 2 15 ms 14 ms 14 ms 10.20.21.173 > 3 14 ms 15 ms 15 ms 202.7.173.169 > 4 15 ms 15 ms 14 ms bri-sot-wic-crt1-gi-2-0-0.tpgi.com.au > [203.29.135.1] > 5 15 ms 14 ms 14 ms bri-nxg-alf-crt1-POS-8-0.tpgi.com.au > [202.7.171.253] > 6 33 ms 32 ms 31 ms syd-sot-ken-crt1-TG-7-0-0.tpgi.com.au > [202.7.171.125] > 7 247 ms 248 ms 246 ms xe-7-0-0.edge1.SanJose3.Level3.net > [4.53.208.13] > 8 251 ms 251 ms 252 ms vlan69.csw1.SanJose1.Level3.net [4.68.18.62] > 9 * 248 ms 248 ms ae-62-62.ebr2.SanJose1.Level3.net > [4.69.134.209] > 10 265 ms 269 ms 270 ms ae-2-2.ebr2.LosAngeles1.Level3.net > [4.69.132.14] > 11 293 ms 305 ms 292 ms ae-3-3.ebr3.Dallas1.Level3.net [4.69.132.78] > 12 298 ms 306 ms 293 ms ae-91-98.ebr1.Dallas1.Level3.net [4.69.146.90] > 13 317 ms 317 ms 317 ms ae-1-12.bar2.Tampa1.Level3.net [4.69.137.117] > 14 315 ms 314 ms 315 ms ae-7-7.car2.Tampa1.Level3.net [4.69.133.41] > 15 316 ms 315 ms 315 ms ae-23-23.car3.Tampa1.Level3.net [4.69.133.62] > 16 315 ms 315 ms 315 ms e1-11-level3.co2.tpax.as30217.net [4.71.0.10] > 17 325 ms 324 ms 326 ms ge8-1.csw5-pmtpa.wikimedia.org [66.113.197.94] > 18 323 ms 322 ms 322 ms rr.pmtpa.wikimedia.org [208.80.152.2] > Trace complete. _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l
