[Scottish] Network testing tools?

[Huard, Elise - D C&W Consultant]

In last Linux Format's DVD i think there was a network monitoring tool,
netwox, but i'm not sure it would help you in this case. (there are probably
a whole lot of others around anyway)

by the way, ADSL in the UK is a pure rip-off.  I have a connection at home,
about ?20/month, and at best i get 65-70Kb/s.  I complained about this, and
i was told this was normal for my package.
My brother in Belgium pays the same, and he gets 300-320kB/s !!  I don't
think there's a rational (non-market related) explanation for such a
difference.

> ----------
> From: 	Mark Robinson[SMTP:mcr at reason-technology.com]
> Sent: 	04 December 2003 10:34
> To: 	S.L.U.G
> Subject: 	[Scottish] Network testing tools?
> 
> Hello S.L.U.G,
> 
> I'm having trouble proving to Demon that there are problems with an
> ADSL connection. It's _really_ slow at times, comes to a halt, then
> everything seems to load.  We've had pings with 19% packet loss to one
> of Demon's own name servers!
> 
> Does anyone have any recommendations for network testing tools to try
> and pin down the problem?  I tried doing a traceroute and then running
> pings to all hops along the route, but there's nothing consistent.
> 
> *sound of hair being removed by the handful*
> 
> Cheers,
> Mark.
> 
> 
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