slow internet

[gboyce at badbelly.com (gboyce)]

On Fri, 2 Jun 2006, James Kramer wrote:

> Hi,
> I don't know much about traceroute and internet traffic.  My internet
> connection was very slow yesterday.  I was downloading Breezy Badger.
> Would someone explain why I received the following output from
> traceroute.  Was this caused by downloading Ubuntu or a slow Verizon
> line or Speakeasy connection?
>
> jmkramer at caldron:~$ traceroute slashdot.com
> traceroute to slashdot.com (66.35.250.150), 30 hops max, 38 byte packets
> 1  my.router (192.168.1.1)  6.503 ms  0.698 ms  0.669 ms
> 2  er1.nyc1.speakeasy.net (66.92.66.1)  1089.588 ms  287.415 ms
> 497.838 ms

When the latency jumps dramatically right after your router it is often a 
sign that your link is maxed out.  You can save yourself from the jump in 
latency if you configure your router to artifically limit available 
bandwith just shy of your actual limit.

--
Greg