TCP's 3 way handshake from South Africa really hurts, as does that first DNS exchange.<br><br>root@OpenWrt:/tmp# httping <a href="http://www.lwn.net">www.lwn.net</a> (located in colorado)<br>PING <a href="http://www.lwn.net:80">www.lwn.net:80</a> (<a href="http://www.lwn.net">www.lwn.net</a>):<br>
connected to <a href="http://www.lwn.net:80">www.lwn.net:80</a>, seq=0 time=1271.18 ms <br>connected to <a href="http://www.lwn.net:80">www.lwn.net:80</a>, seq=1 time=632.17 ms <br>connected to <a href="http://www.lwn.net:80">www.lwn.net:80</a>, seq=2 time=634.17 ms <br>
connected to <a href="http://www.lwn.net:80">www.lwn.net:80</a>, seq=3 time=632.84 ms <br><br>root@OpenWrt:/tmp# httping <a href="http://www.google.com">www.google.com</a><br>PING <a href="http://www.google.com:80">www.google.com:80</a> (<a href="http://www.google.com">www.google.com</a>):<br>
connected to <a href="http://www.google.com:80">www.google.com:80</a>, seq=0 time=612.98 ms <br>connected to <a href="http://www.google.com:80">www.google.com:80</a>, seq=1 time=355.97 ms <br>connected to <a href="http://www.google.com:80">www.google.com:80</a>, seq=2 time=357.21 ms <br>
connected to <a href="http://www.google.com:80">www.google.com:80</a>, seq=3 time=354.95 ms <br clear="all"><br>Getting httpping's beta "persistent connections" test out of beta and on the router<br>would be interesting...<br>
<br>root@OpenWrt:/tmp# traceroute $_<br>traceroute to 74.125.230.112 (74.125.230.112), 30 hops max, 38 byte packets<br> 1 192.168.1.254 (192.168.1.254) 0.941 ms 0.693 ms 0.747 ms<br> 2 <a href="http://wfor-ip-esr-2.ipnet.wa.co.za">wfor-ip-esr-2.ipnet.wa.co.za</a> (41.185.87.1) 7.765 ms 7.951 ms 8.910 ms<br>
3 <a href="http://vl105.cr.gw.cpt.za.wa.co.za">vl105.cr.gw.cpt.za.wa.co.za</a> (196.220.59.250) 9.935 ms 9.434 ms 9.253 ms<br> 4 41.185.0.254 (41.185.0.254) 10.164 ms 9.645 ms 9.863 ms<br> 5 <a href="http://vl140.er.cinx.cpt.za.wa.co.za">vl140.er.cinx.cpt.za.wa.co.za</a> (41.185.1.5) 10.233 ms 21.074 ms 10.247 ms<br>
6 198.32.214.41 (198.32.214.41) 10.883 ms 10.577 ms 12.009 ms<br> 7 209.85.248.215 (209.85.248.215) 163.260 ms 163.623 ms 163.500 ms<br> 8 209.85.252.44 (209.85.252.44) 162.617 ms 171.932 ms 233.256 ms<br> 9 209.85.251.56 (209.85.251.56) 162.503 ms 162.409 ms 161.984 ms<br>
10 74.125.230.112 (74.125.230.112) 162.330 ms 162.579 ms 162.436 ms<br><br><br>root@OpenWrt:/tmp# traceroute <a href="http://www.lwn.net">www.lwn.net</a><br>traceroute to <a href="http://www.lwn.net">www.lwn.net</a> (72.51.34.34), 30 hops max, 38 byte packets<br>
1 192.168.1.254 (192.168.1.254) 1.009 ms 0.726 ms 0.601 ms<br> 2 <a href="http://wfor-ip-esr-2.ipnet.wa.co.za">wfor-ip-esr-2.ipnet.wa.co.za</a> (41.185.87.1) 8.327 ms 7.849 ms 7.424 ms<br> 3 <a href="http://vl108.cr.gw.cpt.za.wa.co.za">vl108.cr.gw.cpt.za.wa.co.za</a> (196.220.59.238) 10.811 ms 9.516 ms 9.754 ms<br>
4 41.185.0.254 (41.185.0.254) 10.552 ms 9.909 ms 10.207 ms<br> 5 41.66.150.177 (41.66.150.177) 10.029 ms 10.041 ms 11.008 ms<br> 6 <a href="http://LD-GS-MSC-M-to-CT-RO-MSC-M-SAT3-core-p2p.africainx.net">LD-GS-MSC-M-to-CT-RO-MSC-M-SAT3-core-p2p.africainx.net</a> (41.66.132.49) 162.118 ms 162.003 ms 162.205 ms<br>
7 <a href="http://vl467.mpd01.lon01.atlas.cogentco.com">vl467.mpd01.lon01.atlas.cogentco.com</a> (149.6.146.157) 162.421 ms 162.202 ms 163.133 ms<br> 8 <a href="http://te3-1.mpd02.lon01.atlas.cogentco.com">te3-1.mpd02.lon01.atlas.cogentco.com</a> (130.117.2.26) 162.786 ms <a href="http://te2-1.3493.mpd02.lon01.atlas.cogentco.com">te2-1.3493.mpd02.lon01.atlas.cogentco.com</a> (130.117.2.18) 162.519 ms <a href="http://te3-1.mpd02.lon01.atlas.cogentco.com">te3-1.mpd02.lon01.atlas.cogentco.com</a> (130.117.2.26) 161.832 ms<br>
9 <a href="http://tiscali.lon01.atlas.cogentco.com">tiscali.lon01.atlas.cogentco.com</a> (130.117.15.50) 162.068 ms 162.140 ms 199.208 ms<br>10 <a href="http://xe-9-2-0.lax20.ip4.tinet.net">xe-9-2-0.lax20.ip4.tinet.net</a> (89.149.184.169) 312.679 ms <a href="http://xe-10-2-0.lax20.ip4.tinet.net">xe-10-2-0.lax20.ip4.tinet.net</a> (89.149.182.46) 313.521 ms <a href="http://xe-7-2-0.lax20.ip4.tinet.net">xe-7-2-0.lax20.ip4.tinet.net</a> (89.149.187.93) 318.560 ms<br>
11 <a href="http://peer1-gw.ip4.tinet.net">peer1-gw.ip4.tinet.net</a> (77.67.70.206) 313.451 ms 311.699 ms 313.173 ms<br>12 <a href="http://1ge-gi2-2.lax-600w-sbdis-1.ne.peer1.net">1ge-gi2-2.lax-600w-sbdis-1.ne.peer1.net</a> (216.187.88.126) 312.972 ms 312.811 ms 312.597 ms<br>
13 <a href="http://sb.lwn.net">sb.lwn.net</a> (72.51.34.34) 313.174 ms 313.444 ms 313.780 ms<br><br><br>-- <br>Dave Täht<br>SKYPE: davetaht<br>US Tel: 1-239-829-5608<br><a href="http://the-edge.blogspot.com" target="_blank">http://the-edge.blogspot.com</a> <br>