Catchy title I know :)

In any case, I am trying to evaluate a datacenter in Amsterdam for the possibility of offering services to european clients.

If you live in Europe, anywhere, I would be FOREVER in your debt if you would kindly ping this IP for me:

63.218.64.37

Can you please post your results and where you are pinging FROM (location). THank You!

i'm in england......

Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
(C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.



Pinging 63.218.64.37 with 32 bytes of data:

Reply from 63.218.64.37: bytes=32 time=205ms TTL=251
Reply from 63.218.64.37: bytes=32 time=191ms TTL=251
Reply from 63.218.64.37: bytes=32 time=185ms TTL=251
Reply from 63.218.64.37: bytes=32 time=185ms TTL=251

Ping statistics for 63.218.64.37:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 185ms, Maximum = 205ms, Average = 191ms


forgot i'm on 56k as well if that makes a difference

er, that IP's not in Amsterdam =p

Its not?

pos2-1.cr01.ams01.pccwbtn.net (63.218.64.37)

ams != amsterdam???

OrgName: CAIS Internet
OrgID: CAIS
Address: 6861 Elm Street, Third Floor
City: McLean
StateProv: VA
PostalCode: 22101
Country: US

ReferralServer: rwhois://rwhois.cais.net:4321/

NetRange: 63.216.0.0 - 63.223.255.255
CIDR: 63.216.0.0/13
NetName: CAIS-CIDR7
NetHandle: NET-63-216-0-0-1
Parent: NET-63-0-0-0-0
NetType: Direct Allocation
NameServer: NS.CAIS.COM
NameServer: NS2.CAIS.COM
Comment: ADDRESSES WITHIN THIS BLOCK ARE NON-PORTABLE
RegDate: 1999-12-09
Updated: 2001-05-21

TechHandle: CAIS-NOC-ARIN
TechName: Network Operations Center
TechPhone: +1-703-448-4470
TechEmail: domreg@cais.net

Originally posted by innova
Its not?

pos2-1.cr01.ams01.pccwbtn.net (63.218.64.37)

ams != amsterdam???


Just because an IP has a RDNS entry claiming to be from Amsterdam does not mean that the IP really is.

OrgName: CAIS Internet
OrgID: CAIS
Address: 6861 Elm Street, Third Floor
City: McLean
StateProv: VA
PostalCode: 22101
Country: US

Originally posted by Loon
er, that IP's not in Amsterdam =p

yes it is.

Here's a ping from South England on 0.6mbit cable from ntl:

Last login: Tue Feb 24 17:06:43 on ttyp4
Welcome to Darwin!
te0s-Computer:~ te0$ ping -c 5 63.218.64.37
PING 63.218.64.37 (63.218.64.37): 56 data bytes
64 bytes from 63.218.64.37: icmp_seq=0 ttl=246 time=51.976 ms
64 bytes from 63.218.64.37: icmp_seq=1 ttl=246 time=37.252 ms
64 bytes from 63.218.64.37: icmp_seq=2 ttl=246 time=35.777 ms
64 bytes from 63.218.64.37: icmp_seq=3 ttl=246 time=36.52 ms
64 bytes from 63.218.64.37: icmp_seq=4 ttl=246 time=40.105 ms

--- 63.218.64.37 ping statistics ---
5 packets transmitted, 5 packets received, 0% packet loss
round-trip min/avg/max = 35.777/40.326/51.976 ms
te0s-Computer:~ te0$


...and a traceroute for good measure:

te0s-Computer:~ te0$ traceroute 63.218.64.37
traceroute to 63.218.64.37 (63.218.64.37), 30 hops max, 40 byte packets
1 192.168.11.1 (192.168.11.1) 2.657 ms 1.653 ms 1.765 ms
2 172.25.119.254 (172.25.119.254) 8.084 ms 12.695 ms 11.006 ms
3 glfd-t2cam1-b-ge-wan41-103.inet.ntl.com (80.4.30.141) 10.341 ms 9.248 ms 31.324 ms
4 gfd-t2core-b-ge-wan61.inet.ntl.com (62.254.207.165) 31.696 ms 13.156 ms 30.759 ms
5 gfd-bb-b-so-300-0.inet.ntl.com (62.253.185.29) 28.847 ms 11.567 ms 12.082 ms
6 tele-ic-2-so-100-0.inet.ntl.com (62.253.185.74) 34.77 ms 19.144 ms
7 cr02.ldn01.pccwbtn.net (195.66.224.167) 13.678 ms 14.592 ms 11.292 ms
8 stm4-1-0-cr02.frf02.pccwbtn.net (63.218.12.34) 83.705 ms 30.321 ms 59.124 ms
9 pos2-1.cr01.ams01.pccwbtn.net (63.218.64.37) 38.791 ms 40.185 ms 60.272 ms
te0s-Computer:~ te0$

Originally posted by stephenM
Just because an IP has a RDNS entry claiming to be from Amsterdam does not mean that the IP really is.

OrgName: CAIS Internet
OrgID: CAIS
Address: 6861 Elm Street, Third Floor
City: McLean
StateProv: VA
PostalCode: 22101
Country: US

Well, its definitely not at that address (my traffic to it gets routed via france to that hostmark and pings are < 40ms. To the USA is over 100ms)

Cmon guys is it not possible that a worldwide ISP has multiple points of presense?

/slap

:)

Pinging From London, UK On A 512kbit Line
Ping Average Is At 36ms Very Nice Little Achievement!
7 Hops Away <- Reasonably Good

It looks good from Hampshire, England as well

42 ms
Goes from Holland -> Uk -> Holland though

SE England (on 512k ADSL) -

--- 63.218.64.37 ping statistics ---
44 packets transmitted, 44 packets received, 0% packet loss
round-trip min/avg/max/stddev = 47.394/49.898/52.792/1.161 ms

I did a visual traceroute on that IP and it never leaves the US for me.

jpavleck, just because an IP is registered to a US corporation doesn't mean it resides in the USA. That IP is definitely in an EU datacentre at this moment in time.

56.0 ms

from UK ADSL.

1 lon1-adsl2.nildram.net (195.149.20.12) 31.818 ms 29.726 ms 27.865 ms
2 lon1-9.nildram.net (213.208.106.194) 27.799 ms 30.746 ms 28.845 ms
3 cr02.ldn01.pccwbtn.net (195.66.224.167) 28.825 ms 30.899 ms 28.960 ms
4 stm4-1-0-cr02.frf02.pccwbtn.net (63.218.12.34) 45.965 ms 46.902 ms 44.951 ms
5 pos2-1.cr01.ams01.pccwbtn.net (63.218.64.37) 52.968 ms * 56.994 ms

From San Francisco



Tracing route to pos2-1.cr01.ams01.pccwbtn.net [63.218.64.37]

over a maximum of 30 hops:



1 <10 ms 10 ms <10 ms gw-eg-wlan1.coastside.net [209.234.105.3]

2 10 ms <10 ms 10 ms eg01.coastside.net [209.234.105.1]

3 10 ms 10 ms 10 ms 207.213.214.5

4 * 50 ms 30 ms sf1-core1-vlan2.smrn.com [209.234.111.177]

5 10 ms 10 ms 10 ms fa-4-7.a01.snfcca05.us.ra.verio.net [140.174.28.97]

6 10 ms 10 ms 10 ms xe-1-2-0-4.r20.plalca01.us.bb.verio.net [129.250.28.94]

7 10 ms 20 ms 10 ms p64-0-0-0.r20.snjsca04.us.bb.verio.net [129.250.2.71]

8 10 ms <10 ms 10 ms p16-2-0-0.r01.snjsca04.us.bb.verio.net [129.250.2.119]

9 10 ms 10 ms 10 ms ge4-1.cr02.sjo01.pccwbtn.net [206.223.116.48]

10 70 ms 70 ms 60 ms pos6-2.cr01.chc01.pccwbtn.net [63.216.14.42]

11 190 ms 200 ms 200 ms pos1-0.cr01.frf02.pccwbtn.net [63.218.14.69]

12 190 ms 200 ms 201 ms pos1-0.cr02.frf02.pccwbtn.net [63.218.14.70]

13 210 ms 211 ms 210 ms pos2-1.cr01.ams01.pccwbtn.net [63.218.64.37]



Trace complete.

Southern Turkey,

Pinging 63.218.64.37 with 32 bytes of data:

Reply from 63.218.64.37: bytes=32 time=219ms TTL=237
Reply from 63.218.64.37: bytes=32 time=206ms TTL=237
Reply from 63.218.64.37: bytes=32 time=206ms TTL=237
Reply from 63.218.64.37: bytes=32 time=206ms TTL=237

Ping statistics for 63.218.64.37:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 206ms, Maximum = 219ms, Average = 209ms

Microsoft(R) Windows DOS
(C)Copyright Microsoft Corp 1990-2001.

Pinging 63.218.64.37 with 32 bytes of data:

Reply from 63.218.64.37: bytes=32 time=46ms TTL=248
Reply from 63.218.64.37: bytes=32 time=45ms TTL=248
Reply from 63.218.64.37: bytes=32 time=46ms TTL=248
Reply from 63.218.64.37: bytes=32 time=45ms TTL=248

Ping statistics for 63.218.64.37:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 45ms, Maximum = 46ms, Average = 45ms

====

Traceroute

Tracing route to pos2-1.cr01.ams01.pccwbtn.net [63.218.64.37]
over a maximum of 30 hops:

1 22 ms 21 ms 21 ms 10.0.0.2
2 23 ms 23 ms 23 ms gadamer-dsl.zen.net.uk [62.3.83.3]
3 24 ms 23 ms 23 ms erazmus-ge-0-0-1-1.wh.zen.net.uk [62.3.80.193]
4 30 ms 29 ms 31 ms lorenz-so-0-1-0-0.te.zen.net.uk [62.3.80.45]
5 30 ms 29 ms 31 ms 195.66.226.167
6 46 ms 47 ms 46 ms stm4-1-0-cr02.frf02.pccwbtn.net [63.218.12.34]
7 47 ms 47 ms 47 ms pos2-1.cr01.ams01.pccwbtn.net [63.218.64.37]

Trace complete.

512KBPS ADSL In Devon, England, UK. :)

ooh, Zen internet. I'm considering switching to them, mainly because of the free static IPs and backup 56k line free of charge (oh, and my current isp sucks :D)

How are you finding it? My ntl cable is great for ftp/p2p etc. where it's not using port 80. But any web traffic is horribly slow because of the forced overloaded proxy servers which often go down. Oh, and ntl's notoriously bad DNS servers (which you cant change because the proxies are configured to use them so changing them at your end makes no difference)