Checking internet connection

[Dotan Cohen]

On 02/07/06, ubuntu at rio.vg <ubuntu at rio.vg> wrote:
> Type 'traceroute www.google.com' on the command line, or 'mtr
> www.google.com' if you have mtr installed.
>
> Run traceroute a few times and you should be able to tell where the
> problem begins...
>

I had to install both of them. MTR is great- it appears that my router
is losing about 2% packets, the infrastructure is losing about 8%
packets, and the ISP is losing about 14%. What values are considered
good/ bad? All the hops along the way are losing between 2%-6%. Is
this normal? Also, should my router be losing 2% of the packets?

Thanks. I really, really appreciate the help.

Dotan Cohen
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