Checking internet connection

[Lea Gris]

Dotan Cohen a écrit :
> I find that my internet connection is very slow. I speed test my
> conection and it comes out at ~170 kilo bytes per second, which sits
> well with a 1.5 MBS line. When I ping google, I have about 80% packet
> loss, and the packets take 200-300 ms.
> 
> My ISP says that the infrastuture company is to blame. The
> infrastructure says that there is no problem with them, and that my
> router or computer is to blame. They have a windows tool to check it,
> but I've no winbox here right now. Until I run their tool and
> eliminated my machine as the source of the problem, they won't help me
> pinpoint the problem.
> 
> How can I check out the problem for myself in Ubuntu? What can I do?
> I'm on Dapper Drake, AMD Duron processor with 512MB RAM, if that
> matters.

You should find an internet provider instead of a Windows provider. This 
one is not suitable for your use of non windows environment.

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Léa Gris