AH VS Zertop's diagnostic tool: Thoughts?

wingnut771 · Mar 20, 2014

http://www.afrihost.com/site/page/afrihost_network_test

or

http://mybroadband.co.za/vb/showthread.php/576445-quot-Help-me-fix-my-internet-quot-report-tool

My ADSL modem stats are:

ADSL Mode: ADSL_G.dmt
Sync Rate (Kbps): 4096 (Down) 512 (Up)
SNR Margin (0.1 dB): 302 (Down) 270 (Up)
Attenuation (0.1 dB): 200 (Down) 105 (Up)

Zertop's "Help me fix my internet" report tool:

Local Tracert

Tracing route to news24.co.za [41.86.110.143]
over a maximum of 30 hops:

1 <1 ms <1 ms <1 ms 192.168.1.1
2 9 ms 9 ms 9 ms dsl-197-245-30-1.voxdsl.co.za [197.245.30.1]
3 21 ms 21 ms 21 ms 196.41.25.6
4 22 ms 21 ms 22 ms 196.41.25.12
5 21 ms 22 ms 21 ms mweb.jb1.napafrica.net [196.46.25.145]
6 53 ms 51 ms 51 ms 197-80-7-65.jhb.mweb.co.za [197.80.7.65]
7 50 ms 50 ms 47 ms tengig0-0-0-0.cpt-p-2.mweb.co.za [197.84.4.46]
8 49 ms 49 ms 48 ms 197-84-5-238.cpt.mweb.co.za [197.84.5.238]
9 80 ms 47 ms 47 ms 196.28.178.66
10 49 ms 49 ms 49 ms gig5-1-cpt-opt-65-1.optinet.net [196.41.133.234]
11 49 ms 49 ms 48 ms OPTI-CPT-N1-Hosting.optinet.net [197.84.196.6]
12 49 ms 57 ms 49 ms 197-84-208-146.cpt.mweb.co.za [197.84.208.146]
13 50 ms 50 ms 50 ms 41-86-110-143.mweb.co.za [41.86.110.143]

Trace complete.

International Tracert

Tracing route to thinkbroadband.com [80.249.99.130]
over a maximum of 30 hops:

1 <1 ms 1 ms <1 ms 192.168.1.1
2 10 ms 9 ms 9 ms dsl-197-245-30-1.voxdsl.co.za [197.245.30.1]
3 22 ms 22 ms 22 ms 196.41.25.6
4 23 ms 23 ms 23 ms 196.41.25.12
5 22 ms 23 ms 23 ms 41.193.119.9
6 190 ms 190 ms 192 ms 196.41.27.50
7 189 ms 189 ms 189 ms 196.41.27.114
8 189 ms 189 ms 189 ms 195.50.120.13
9 192 ms 191 ms 191 ms vl-3508-ve-122.csw1.London1.Level3.net [4.69.166.14]
10 190 ms 190 ms 190 ms ae-57-112.ebr1.London1.Level3.net [4.69.153.117]
11 190 ms 190 ms 190 ms ae-44-44.ebr1.London15.Level3.net [4.69.167.29]
12 189 ms 190 ms 190 ms ae-116-3502.edge3.London15.Level3.net [4.69.167.78]
13 190 ms 190 ms 189 ms BYTEMARK-CO.edge3.London15.Level3.net [212.187.193.10]
14 193 ms 193 ms 193 ms gi1-24-10-star1.core-rs2.thdo.ncuk.net [80.249.97.9]
15 190 ms 190 ms 190 ms www.thinkbroadband.com [80.249.99.130]

Trace complete.

International Speedtest
Downloaded 20.0 megabytes in 49 seconds. (412.59 KB/s)

Local Speedtest
Downloaded 15.6 megabytes in 39 seconds. (408.14 KB/s)

Test End Timestamp
2014/03/20 18:37:34.87

AH Network Test App:

Ping Test:

ping 197.242.144.102

64 bytes from 197.242.144.102: icmp_req=1 ttl=54 time=23 ms
64 bytes from 197.242.144.102: icmp_req=2 ttl=54 time=23 ms
64 bytes from 197.242.144.102: icmp_req=3 ttl=54 time=23 ms
64 bytes from 197.242.144.102: icmp_req=4 ttl=54 time=23 ms
64 bytes from 197.242.144.102: icmp_req=5 ttl=54 time=22 ms

ping 8.8.8.8

64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: icmp_req=1 ttl=46 time=192 ms
64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: icmp_req=2 ttl=46 time=191 ms
Request timeout for icmp_seq 3
64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: icmp_req=4 ttl=46 time=191 ms
Request timeout for icmp_seq 5

Trace Test:

traceroute -n 197.242.144.102

1 192.168.1.1 1 ms 1 ms
2 197.245.30.1 9 ms 9 ms
3 196.41.12.8 20 ms 21 ms
4 196.41.12.0 21 ms 42 ms
5 41.193.32.5 22 ms
41.193.32.4 21 ms
6 196.223.14.3 66 ms
41.193.32.5 22 ms
7 196.44.0.2 24 ms 24 ms
8 196.44.31.9 22 ms 22 ms
9 196.31.220.6 24 ms 24 ms
10 196.31.220.2 24 ms 24 ms
11 196.31.63.2 22 ms 22 ms
12 196.30.42.1 24 ms 24 ms
13 197.242.144.1 23 ms 23 ms

traceroute -n 8.8.8.8

1 192.168.1.1 1 ms 1 ms 1 ms
2 196.41.25.6 22 ms
197.245.30.1 9 ms 9 ms
3 196.41.25.1 23 ms
196.41.25.6 22 ms 23 ms
4 196.46.25.1 24 ms
196.41.25.1 23 ms 23 ms
5 Request timed out *
196.46.25.1 23 ms 24 ms
6 Request timed out * *

DNS Test:

nslookup www.afrihost.com

Name: www.afrihost.com
Address: 197.242.144.102

nslookup www.google.com

Name: www.google.com
Address: 74.125.225.113
Name: www.google.com
Address: 74.125.225.116
Name: www.google.com
Address: 74.125.225.112
Name: www.google.com
Address: 74.125.225.114
Name: www.google.com
Address: 74.125.225.115

nslookup thishouldfail.afrihost.com

** server can't find thisshouldfail.com: NXDOMAIN

I always get timeouts and only 1 or 2 pings per IP in the tracerts instead of the normal 3 with AH.

OMB · Mar 20, 2014

Zertop wins, I've raised issues about the AH tool not functioning properly and they get ignored every time

i.got~issues · Mar 21, 2014

Hmmmm ....

Zertop's results

Code:

Local Tracert 

Tracing route to news24.co.za [41.86.110.143]
over a maximum of 30 hops:

  1     1 ms     1 ms     1 ms  H0M3nE11 [192.168.0.1] 
  2    18 ms    19 ms    19 ms  ipc-recieve-tb-2a.mtnbusiness.net [41.181.54.86] 
  3    13 ms    19 ms    19 ms  tb-dca-2.za--qux-c.za.mtnbusiness.net [41.181.198.188] 
  4    15 ms    19 ms    19 ms  unc-cpt-1.mtnns.net [196.44.18.8] 
  5    17 ms    19 ms    13 ms  196.44.31.106 
  6    16 ms    19 ms    19 ms  nl-ha-2.za--rb-cr-1.za-a.mtnns.net [196.44.0.121] 
  7    68 ms    19 ms    14 ms  196-28-178-141.adsl.mweb.co.za [196.28.178.141] 
  8    74 ms    17 ms    19 ms  197-84-7-2.cpt.mweb.co.za [197.84.7.2] 
  9    12 ms    12 ms    12 ms  197-84-5-254.cpt.mweb.co.za [197.84.5.254] 
 10    19 ms    17 ms    20 ms  vp-02-14.bb.ctn.c27.za.net [196.28.178.70] 
 11    19 ms    14 ms    15 ms  gig5-2-cpt-opt-65-1.optinet.net [196.41.133.166] 
 12    19 ms    21 ms    19 ms  OPTI-CPT-N1-Hosting.optinet.net [197.84.196.6] 
 13    14 ms    19 ms    19 ms  197-84-208-146.cpt.mweb.co.za [197.84.208.146] 
 14    15 ms    19 ms    17 ms  41-86-110-143.mweb.co.za [41.86.110.143] 

Trace complete.
  
International Tracert 

Tracing route to thinkbroadband.com [80.249.99.130]
over a maximum of 30 hops:

  1     1 ms     1 ms     1 ms  H0M3nE11 [192.168.0.1] 
  2    25 ms    19 ms    20 ms  ipc-recieve-tb-1a.mtnbusiness.net [41.181.53.150] 
  3    14 ms    12 ms    19 ms  tb-dca-2.za--qux-a.za.mtnbusiness.net [41.181.184.28] 
  4    16 ms    19 ms    19 ms  unc-cpt-1.mtnns.net [196.44.18.8] 
  5    26 ms    19 ms    19 ms  196.44.31.106 
  6   160 ms   154 ms   166 ms  am-cr-1.am--lt-cr-1.uk-a.mtnns.net [196.44.31.221] 
  7   157 ms   164 ms   159 ms  ls-pr-1.uk--ls-cr-1.uk-a.mtn.net [209.212.111.83] 
  8   160 ms   161 ms   159 ms  linx-gw1.thn.ncuk.net [195.66.224.240] 
  9   162 ms   159 ms   159 ms  gi1-24-10-star1.core-rs2.thdo.ncuk.net [80.249.97.9] 
 10   162 ms   169 ms   159 ms  www.thinkbroadband.com [80.249.99.130] 

Trace complete.
  
International Speedtest 
Downloaded 5120.0 kilobytes in 30 seconds. (170.05 KB/s)
  
Local Speedtest 
Downloaded 4000.0 kilobytes in 22 seconds. (174.03 KB/s)
  
  
  
  
Test End Timestamp 
Fri 03/21/2014  8:15:33.22

AH Tool's

Code:

Ping Test:

ping 197.242.144.102

64 bytes from 197.242.144.102: icmp_req=1 ttl=59 time=47 ms
64 bytes from 197.242.144.102: icmp_req=2 ttl=59 time=37 ms
Request timeout for icmp_seq 3
64 bytes from 197.242.144.102: icmp_req=4 ttl=59 time=51 ms
64 bytes from 197.242.144.102: icmp_req=5 ttl=59 time=34 ms


ping 8.8.8.8

64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: icmp_req=1 ttl=45 time=186 ms
64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: icmp_req=2 ttl=45 time=181 ms
64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: icmp_req=3 ttl=45 time=181 ms
64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: icmp_req=4 ttl=45 time=180 ms
Request timeout for icmp_seq 5


Trace Test:

traceroute -n 197.242.144.102

  1	41.181.53.1       	12 ms     	
   	192.168.0.1       	1 ms      	
  2	41.181.198.1      	22 ms     	
   	41.181.53.1       	18 ms     	
  3	196.44.18.2       	18 ms     	
   	41.181.198.1      	27 ms     	
  4	196.44.31.1       	51 ms     	
   	196.44.18.2       	17 ms     	
  5	196.44.31.6       	36 ms     	38 ms     	
  6	196.44.0.2        	43 ms     	36 ms     	
  7	196.31.220.1      	36 ms     	43 ms     	
  8	196.31.63.2       	35 ms     	
   	196.31.220.2      	34 ms     	
  9	196.30.42.1       	36 ms     	
   	196.31.63.2       	38 ms     	
 10	197.242.144.1     	36 ms     	
   	196.30.42.1       	37 ms     	
 11	197.242.144.1     	39 ms     	


traceroute -n 8.8.8.8

  1	192.168.0.1       	1 ms      	1 ms      	
  2	41.181.53.2       	16 ms     	112 ms    	
  3	41.181.198.1      	16 ms     	16 ms     	
  4	196.44.18.2       	73 ms     	15 ms     	
  5	196.44.31.1       	23 ms     	19 ms     	
  6	41.181.139.1      	33 ms     	
   	196.44.31.6       	93 ms     	
  7	Request timed out 	*         	
   	41.181.139.1      	38 ms     	
  8	72.14.194.7       	39 ms     	
  9	Request timed out 	*         	


DNS Test:

nslookup www.afrihost.com

Name:	www.afrihost.com
Address: 197.242.144.102


nslookup www.google.com

Name:	www.google.com
Address: 173.194.34.82
Name:	www.google.com
Address: 173.194.34.84
Name:	www.google.com
Address: 173.194.34.80
Name:	www.google.com
Address: 173.194.34.81
Name:	www.google.com
Address: 173.194.34.83


nslookup thishouldfail.afrihost.com

** server can't find thisshouldfail.com: NXDOMAIN

Ran one after the other...

Necuno · Mar 21, 2014

Ol' Mean Bastid said:
Zertop wins, I've raised issues about the AH tool not functioning properly and they get ignored every time

Seems to be their new modus operandi:

Your clientzone is wrong: ignored
Your website is bloat: ignored
Your network tools is wrong: ignored
You have problems in CT/KZN/PE: ignored (at first)

How can we ignore you?

or perhaps we will get unignored when the man returns.

ProAsm · Mar 21, 2014

Problem with the AH tool, you need a 10 ton truck to lug it around

TwilightWalker · Mar 21, 2014

I tried to replicating afrihosts tool using a batch file instead. I got better results and at a fraction of the file size. Feel free to use it and edit it as you like.https://www.dropbox.com/s/mg9n07znp57zwgc/Check%20Internet.zip

Gatecrasher · Mar 21, 2014

Pathping is much useful and informative than either.

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AH VS Zertop's diagnostic tool: Thoughts?

wingnut771

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OMB

Mountain Man

i.got~issues

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Necuno

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ProAsm

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TwilightWalker

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Gatecrasher

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