Data streams flow through the Internet, much like blood in the circulatory system, and the Internet's infrastructure, like the human heart, must be robust to support the intricate system. While ISPs in Europe and Asia have many peering relationships with ISPs in the United States, there are few direct links between ISPs in Asia and Europe. The techniques and methodology are relevant beyond the DNS system and can be applied to location research for any type of strategic infrastructure server.
Ping operates by sending a packet to a designated address and waiting for a response.
With skping, the user can quickly display a graphic that summarizes up to 15 minutes of data. Topology, workload, performance, and routing statistics. NAE 99 workshop paper. Web Matters , January 7, 1999. Sktrace displays a scatter plot of the round-trip time and a listing of each hop in the path, including multiple paths if the path changes over time.