David Teitelbaum <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > When downloading a file from the Internet, is there anyway of knowing which > site to download from. In other words which is the fastest for me. I'm > talking Ping and bandwith. David, On UNIX systems, there is a free program called "traceroute" that you can get (some UNIX systems include it), which will map the hops to a destination, along with the average latency at each hop. This type of info can help you determine which sites are "closer". There is a real nice shareware program for Windows called "ping plotter" which is a graphical traceroute. Go to http://www.nessoft.com/pingplotter -- Russ Poffenberger Engineering Specialist Schlumberger Technologies ATE DOMAIN: [log in to unmask] 150 Baytech Drive San Jose, Ca. 95134 Voice: (408)586-6718 FAX: (408)586-4675 Curious about the people moderating your messages? Visit our staff web site: http://freepctech.com/staff.shtml