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  • From: Peter Van Epp <>
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  • Subject: Re: Warning for those using tool off of measurementlab.net website
  • Date: Tue, 1 Jun 2010 16:48:36 -0700

On Tue, Jun 01, 2010 at 04:20:23PM -0400, Casarez, Rick wrote:
> Jason,
>
> When we traced to the CA server we did not trace to the URL. We actually
> took the IP address displayed when the test was run. For this particular
> test it did not go to 38.106.70.173 but actually went to 64.9.225.154.
> We noticed this since our delay times were over 100ms.
>
> We have not been able to reliably replicate this issue. I seem to always
> hit the NY server but my co-worker sometimes hits the CA one. In each
> case at the top of the web site it does state that the server is located
> in New York. Even if it goes to the CA one.
>
> Cheers,
> Rick Casarez
> Sr. IP Network Engineer
> 571.262.8709
>
Given that one machine seems to have the problem and another maybe
not,
I'd look at the DNS entry / IP of the client that fails. The server
presumably
uses one or both of those to decide (perhaps incorrectly) where the client is
and thus where the closest ndt server is ...

Peter Van Epp



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