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Marco Demaio
Asked: 2010-05-18 07:46:47 +0800 CST

ping alternative to measure routing distance (on Windows)

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in order to measure aprroximately the rouitng distance (to see if a server is close to my country or too far away) I usually use ping command.

I'm in Italy,

  • when I ping Italian servers I get 36ms
  • when I ping US EAST servers I get an average of 120ms
  • when I ping US WEST servers I get an average of 200ms
  • etc.

Unfortunately some web hosters turn off the ping reply on their servers, so my question is how do I detect the routing distance, is there another easy to use command in Windows to accomplish the same task?

Thanks!

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3 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    Try tracert. Or "traceroute" for non-windows users. It will tell you every server the ping has to pass through to get to your destination.

    A count of the number of hops is a good metric for how much latency you're going to have, and it will also tell you how much latency is being added by specific hops.

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  2. for linux its "tracepath domain.com"

    for windows its "tracert domain.com"

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  3. MRT on Unix, or WinMTR on windows combines traceroute with ping. It can give you worst/best/average times for each step of the way.

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