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How can I check the quality of the network my site is on?
A good way to do this is to run "traceroutes" from lots of different servers around the Internet and see the sort of latency you get (lower is better!). Here's a pretty big list of places to try it from!
USA
http://www.aco.net/lookingglass/lg.html (Ebone-Net)
http://www.bungi.com/cgi-bin/trace (AboveNet)
http://www.calweb.com/cgi-bin/trace (ELI)
http://www.csu.net/cgi-bin/trace (CSU-Net)
http://www.dca.net/support/lg.html (DCA-NET)
http://doom.net/docs/mae.html (Servint-Net)
http://www.getnet.com/cgi-bin/trace (Getnet)
http://www.lava.net/services/traceroute.html (ALTERNet/UUNet)
http://netmonserver.princeton.edu/traceroute.html (JVNCNet, Verio)
http://nitrous.digex.net/mae/mae-lg.html (DIGEX-NET)
http://www.opus1.com/www/traceroute.html (Sprint/Mci)
http://www.pcslink.com/cgi-bin/local/trace (AGIS)
http://www.sdsc.edu/~hutton/cgi-bin/tracert.cgi (CERFNet)
http://www.tpoint.net/cgi-bin/trace (ALTERNet/UUNet)
http://www.va.pubnix.com/cgi-bin/rbox/tc (ALTERNet/UUNet)
http://voa.his.com/cgi-bin/trace (CAIS)
http://www.wvi.com/cgi-bin/trace (Verio)
http://www.xmission.com/techtools/lg-core.html (X-Mission)
http://www.wurldlink.net/traceroute (ATT/ANS/AlTERNet/UUNet/Sprint) </FONT>
Amsterdam
http://www.ripe.net/cgi-bin/looking-glass (Ripe NCC)
Australia
http://www.cbl.com.au/cgi-bin/clubtrace (Telstra)
http://looking-glass.connect.com.au/ (Connect)
http://proxy1.mel.connect.com.au/cgi-bin/traceroute.cgi (Telstra)
http://www.telstra.net.au/cgi-bin/trace (Telstra)
Austria
http://www.vix.at/lookingglass/lg.html (ACO-Net)
Bulgaria
http://www.nat.bg/look/ (NATURELLA)
http://www.orbitel.bg:8000/tech-support/looking-glass.cgi (ORBITEL)
Canada
http://www.kawartha.com/cgi-bin/nph-traceroute.cgi (BellNexxia Net)
Denmark
http://stat.cybercity.dk/lg/ (dare-net)
http://trace.tele.dk/cgi-bin/nph-firstl (Tele-Danmark)
Estonia
http://www.ee/cgi-bin/nph-traceroute.cgi (ICP/Sprint)
Finland
http://www.csc.fi/cgi-bin/nph-traceroutea (FUNet)
France
http://www.eu.org/cgi-bin/nph-traceroute (ALTERNet/UUNet)
http://www.fr.net/internet/trace.html (Oleane.Net)
Germany
http://www.carpe.net/cgi-bin/trace
http://www.dkrz.de/cgi-bin/nph-trace (DFN)
http://www.eckes.org/modules.php?name=Content&pa=showpage&pid=2
http://www.klammeraffe.org/%7Ehast/glass.html (ECRC NET)
Greece
http://netmon.grnet.gr/lg.shtml (GR-NET)
http://www.ntua.gr/nmc/traceroute.html (GR-Net)
Hong Kong
http://corporate.pacific.net.sg/serviceLink/tools.html (Pacific surf)
http://traceroute.hkt.net/cgi-bin/nph-traceroute (Hong Kong Telecom)
Israel
http://noc.ilan.net.il/LG/ (Ilan-Net)
Japan
http://neptune.dti.ad.jp/ixp2-lg.html (NSPIXP)
Korea
http://kix.net/looking-glass/ (KORNet)
http://cloud.kaist.kr.apan.net/cgi-bin/traceroute.pl (APAN)
Netherlands
http://www.att-unisource.net/~netq/cgi-bin/traceroute (ATT Unisource)
Russia
http://relcom.eu.net/INFO/NOC-IP/web-traceroute/trace? (Relcom)
Singapore
http://www.ix.singtel.com/traceroute/
Slovakia
http://www.six.sk/lg.html (Six)
Swizerland
http://www.eye.ch/cgi-bin/nph-traceroute (GlobalOne/GIP)
http://www.globalip.ch/cgi-bin/traceroute.sh (GlobalOne/GIP)
http://www.unige.ch/cgi-bin/people/hugen/trace (University of Geneva, Geneva - English)
What is your connection to the Internet?
DreamHost is currently connected to the Internet via multiple 10 gige links and aggregated 1 gige links to different carriers to ensure continued network connectivity in case any one (or more) carrier(s) goes down. As of April, 2009, we have connections to Comcast, Global Crossing, and Internap.
We also keep our bandwidth unsaturated. We have plenty of extra capacity, with the option to quickly add more bandwidth or additional carriers. We use Cisco switches and routers, as well as Extreme switches, and keep spare hardware on hand in the event of hardware failure.
We have provider independent IP space, allocated directly to us from ARIN (the American Registry for Internet Numbers).
Feel free to contact support or sales if you have additional questions about our network.
