On 3/13/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Drew from Zhrodague</b> <<a href="mailto:drew@zhrodague.net">drew@zhrodague.net</a>> wrote:<div><span class="gmail_quote"></span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
> Just wondering because every time it happens, which is frequent, I close the<br>> game and go immediately to my browser to verify connectivity. It's always<br>> fine from a port 80 perspective.<br><br> It might be useful to try some kind of protocol test. I don't know
<br>that there are any out there. It would make sense to send some data at<br>each TCP and UDP port, and measure the difference in speed/latency.<br><br> That kind of app would probably generate some buzz, too.<br>
</blockquote></div><br><br>Iperf is the perfect tool for just that. It tests, TCP, UDP, and Multicast traffic.<br><br>You'll need to run it on a server available to the internet, and open the appropriate port in your firewall.
<br><a href="http://dast.nlanr.net/Projects/Iperf/">http://dast.nlanr.net/Projects/Iperf/</a><br><br>Binaries are available for Linux and Windows.<br><br>-Mike<br>