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Why do I need to be pingable?
What does a 100% loss at a hop mean?
What does a Host Precedence Violation on my first hop mean?
From which IPs will the scan originate?
Can I exit the queue?
I paid for my test, why am I waiting?
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Failed due to more pings received, than sent! (X% back)
Why does my line test fail at my address?
Why am I seeing so much packet loss in my provider's network?
Can my ISP be added to the Router Watch List?

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1. Host LOSS - This indicates the percentage of packets dropped by that particular router.

2. Best - Lowest ping to the router
Avg. - Average ping to the router
Worst - Highest ping to the router

The lower the ping, the better.

3. Gateway - The second to the last hop is your gateway. The gateway is a node on a network that serves as a entrance for local users onto the ISPs network.

4. (YOUR ADDRESS) - This is your computer. A dropped packet (shows as 2% dropped) loss is very common with an ICMP stream.

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by redxii edited by JMGullett
last modified: 2007-04-26 17:11:55

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