doug526 Posted December 7, 2012 Share Posted December 7, 2012 Traceroute is a useful tool that can give insight into the topology and geography of the network between your device and a remote webpage, host, etc. It also shows the raw latency (ping) between your device and the first hop TCP/IP router on the network. Whereas sites like speedtest show the ping between your device and their server in who-knows-where. Let's post our traceroutes from our Sprint devices to some common mobile websites (m.google.com, m.yahoo.com) and see how they compare in various parts of the country. I did two traceroutes while on LTE from my iPhone, one to Google and one to Yahoo. Be sure you disable Wi-fi before you do the traceroute. I used a cheap app called IT Tools ($0.99) to do the traceroute on my iPhone 5. But there are free ones available. For consistency purposes, I recommend you traceroute directly to the same IP addresses my traceroutes used, since various parts of the country may use DNS to resolve target IP addresses in a different geographical location. I'm in Austin, TX. My phone's IP address according to its interface table is 51.127.74.x and according to www.whatismyip.com it is 66.87.98.173. I'm about 1000 feet from my tower with my iPhone's signal strength showing -82 (aka 4 or 5ish "bars") google - 9 iterations traceroute to m.google.com (74.125.140.193), 64 hops max, 56 byte packets 1 sent:9 loss:0% last:30.132 ms avg:30.148 ms 10.148.36.109 2 sent:9 loss:0% last:31.378 ms avg:33.102 ms 10.148.37.73 3 sent:9 loss:0% last:31.671 ms avg:35.49 ms 10.158.207.157 4 sent:9 loss:44.4% last:39.579 ms avg:37.77 ms 10.158.207.153 5 sent:9 loss:0% last:37.74 ms avg:36.324 ms 68.28.181.69 6 sent:9 loss:0% last:34.538 ms avg:57.248 ms sl-crs3-fw-.sprintlink.net (144.228.109.9) 7 sent:9 loss:0% last:35.364 ms avg:38.376 ms 144.232.11.180 8 sent:9 loss:0% last:92.194 ms avg:45.749 ms 144.232.25.198 9 sent:9 loss:0% last:35.156 ms avg:43.811 ms 72.14.233.67 10 sent:9 loss:0% last:38.256 ms avg:48.43 ms 72.14.237.221 72.14.237.217 11 sent:9 loss:0% last:59.839 ms avg:58.647 ms 209.85.240.83 209.85.240.81 12 sent:8 loss:0% last:60.326 ms avg:63.575 ms 209.85.248.31 209.85.248.29 209.85.248.57 13 sent:8 loss:100% last:0 ms avg:0 ms 14 sent:8 loss:0% last:58.614 ms avg:67.883 ms ye-in-f193.1e100.net (74.125.140.193) yahoo - 32 iterations traceroute to m.yahoo.com (209.191.96.99), 64 hops max, 56 byte packets 1 sent:33 loss:0% last:32.607 ms avg:39.101 ms 10.148.36.109 2 sent:33 loss:0% last:29.243 ms avg:33.093 ms 10.148.37.77 3 sent:33 loss:0% last:38.868 ms avg:35.506 ms 10.158.207.157 4 sent:33 loss:12.1% last:38.542 ms avg:40.582 ms 10.158.207.153 5 sent:33 loss:0% last:35.382 ms avg:36.152 ms 68.28.181.69 6 sent:33 loss:0% last:38.624 ms avg:40.726 ms sl-crs3-fw-.sprintlink.net (144.228.109.9) 7 sent:33 loss:0% last:42.728 ms avg:48.217 ms 144.232.11.210 8 sent:32 loss:0% last:36.135 ms avg:43.818 ms 144.232.24.30 9 sent:32 loss:0% last:95.774 ms avg:44.656 ms ae-4-90.edge3.dallas1.level3.net (4.69.145.200) 10 sent:32 loss:0% last:40.504 ms avg:40.655 ms yahoo-inc.edge3.dallas1.level3.net (4.79.182.2) 11 sent:32 loss:0% last:40.661 ms avg:43.8 ms ae-2-d131.msr2.mud.yahoo.com (216.115.104.95) ae-1-d131.msr2.mud.yahoo.com (216.115.104.87) ae-1-d121.msr1.mud.yahoo.com (216.115.104.83) ae-2-d121.msr1.mud.yahoo.com (216.115.104.91) 12 sent:32 loss:0% last:42.541 ms avg:40.765 ms te-7-1.fab1-a-gdc.mud.yahoo.com (209.191.78.131) te-7-2.fab1-a-gdc.mud.yahoo.com (209.191.78.147) te-6-2.fab2-a-gdc.mud.yahoo.com (209.191.78.153) te-7-1.fab2-a-gdc.mud.yahoo.com (209.191.78.139) 13 sent:32 loss:0% last:35.663 ms avg:39.504 ms unknown-66-94-233-x.yahoo.com (66.94.233.237) unknown-66-94-233-x.yahoo.com (66.94.233.239) 14 sent:32 loss:0% last:36.077 ms avg:41.989 ms r4.ycpi.vip.mud.yahoo.net (209.191.96.99) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iansltx Posted December 7, 2012 Share Posted December 7, 2012 Should I link to my mid-July traceroutes from my LTE testing in Fort Worth? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iansltx Posted December 7, 2012 Share Posted December 7, 2012 A couple miles west of Fredericksburg, TX, tethering my GSIII via TrevEMod AndroidWiFiTether because Sprint's OLAM is being stupid...and it looks like speeds are higher this way... traceroute to s4gru.com (50.28.75.70), 64 hops max, 52 byte packets 1 [AS28513] 192.168.2.254 (192.168.2.254) 4.167 ms 1.846 ms 2.129 ms 2 [AS65534] 10.156.76.109 (10.156.76.109) 50.875 ms 34.345 ms 46.806 ms 3 [AS65534] 10.156.77.77 (10.156.77.77) 43.913 ms [AS65534] 10.156.77.73 (10.156.77.73) 49.793 ms [AS65534] 10.156.77.77 (10.156.77.77) 52.192 ms 4 [AS65534] 10.32.144.10 (10.32.144.10) 42.398 ms [AS65534] 10.32.144.14 (10.32.144.14) 44.164 ms [AS65534] 10.32.144.10 (10.32.144.10) 39.241 ms 5 [AS65534] 10.156.76.198 (10.156.76.198) 39.823 ms 63.242 ms 52.672 ms 6 [AS65534] 10.156.76.193 (10.156.76.193) 35.919 ms 35.550 ms 39.924 ms 7 [AS0] 66.1.76.243 (66.1.76.243) 41.845 ms 42.870 ms [AS0] 66.1.76.242 (66.1.76.242) 50.677 ms 8 [AS0] sl-crs2-hou-.sprintlink.net (144.228.11.49) 42.346 ms [AS0] sl-crs1-hou-.sprintlink.net (144.228.11.45) 37.490 ms 48.543 ms 9 [AS0] 144.232.1.76 (144.232.1.76) 48.789 ms [AS0] sl-crs2-fw-0-2-0-2.sprintlink.net (144.232.19.86) 72.051 ms [AS0] sl-crs1-fw-0-1-5-0.sprintlink.net (144.232.18.249) 67.240 ms 10 [AS0] 144.232.1.163 (144.232.1.163) 67.710 ms [AS0] 144.232.1.161 (144.232.1.161) 51.135 ms 58.573 ms 11 [AS0] 144.232.25.188 (144.232.25.188) 60.801 ms [AS0] 144.232.11.178 (144.232.11.178) 54.022 ms [AS0] 144.232.11.210 (144.232.11.210) 53.121 ms 12 [AS0] 144.232.25.90 (144.232.25.90) 55.290 ms 68.947 ms 57.474 ms 13 [AS0] dpr1-ge-2-0-0.dallasequinix.savvis.net (204.70.204.146) 63.899 ms 61.480 ms 59.512 ms 14 [AS0] cr2-tengige0-7-5-0.dallas.savvis.net (204.70.196.29) 61.961 ms 46.656 ms 58.797 ms 15 [AS0] cr1-te-0-2-0-0.chd.savvis.net (204.70.194.73) 88.542 ms 91.825 ms 87.293 ms 16 [AS0] ber1-te-1-0-0.chicagoequinix.savvis.net (204.70.196.22) 80.591 ms 80.942 ms 93.828 ms 17 [AS0] 208.173.176.222 (208.173.176.222) 80.569 ms 83.858 ms 97.191 ms 18 [AS32244] lw-dc2-core4-te9-1.rtr.liquidweb.com (209.59.157.226) 89.894 ms 94.465 ms 97.009 ms 19 [AS32244] lw-dc3-dist14.rtr.liquidweb.com (69.167.128.79) 99.734 ms 97.869 ms 91.643 ms 20 [AS32244] 69.167.128.70 (69.167.128.70) 93.749 ms 91.852 ms 90.531 ms 21 * * * 22 * *^C traceroute to 4.2.2.4 (4.2.2.4), 64 hops max, 52 byte packets 1 [AS28513] 192.168.2.254 (192.168.2.254) 4.722 ms 3.972 ms 1.862 ms 2 [AS65534] 10.156.76.109 (10.156.76.109) 35.168 ms 38.359 ms 39.909 ms 3 [AS65534] 10.156.77.73 (10.156.77.73) 42.348 ms [AS65534] 10.156.77.77 (10.156.77.77) 46.816 ms [AS65534] 10.156.77.73 (10.156.77.73) 40.877 ms 4 [AS65534] 10.32.144.14 (10.32.144.14) 42.017 ms [AS65534] 10.32.144.10 (10.32.144.10) 40.798 ms [AS65534] 10.32.144.14 (10.32.144.14) 36.112 ms 5 [AS65534] 10.156.76.198 (10.156.76.198) 39.102 ms 41.974 ms 39.713 ms 6 [AS65534] 10.156.76.193 (10.156.76.193) 40.528 ms 41.669 ms 53.557 ms 7 [AS0] 66.1.76.242 (66.1.76.242) 47.445 ms 41.084 ms 53.205 ms 8 [AS0] sl-crs2-hou-.sprintlink.net (144.228.11.49) 39.006 ms [AS0] sl-crs1-hou-.sprintlink.net (144.228.11.45) 40.542 ms [AS0] sl-crs2-hou-.sprintlink.net (144.228.11.49) 42.086 ms 9 [AS0] sl-crs2-fw-0-1-5-0.sprintlink.net (144.232.18.251) 48.446 ms [AS0] sl-crs2-fw-0-2-0-2.sprintlink.net (144.232.19.86) 58.324 ms [AS0] sl-crs1-fw-0-1-5-0.sprintlink.net (144.232.18.249) 59.018 ms 10 [AS0] 144.232.1.163 (144.232.1.163) 60.653 ms 48.780 ms [AS0] 144.232.1.161 (144.232.1.161) 57.875 ms 11 [AS0] 144.232.25.188 (144.232.25.188) 53.208 ms [AS0] 144.232.11.178 (144.232.11.178) 58.633 ms 79.378 ms 12 [AS0] 144.232.24.18 (144.232.24.18) 73.200 ms 63.148 ms 52.022 ms 13 [AS3356] ae-1-60.edge3.dallas1.level3.net (4.69.145.8) 61.298 ms [AS3356] ae-2-70.edge3.dallas1.level3.net (4.69.145.72) 58.679 ms 53.319 ms 14 [AS3356] d.resolvers.level3.net (4.2.2.4) 54.696 ms 56.860 ms 45.587 ms 1 [AS28513] 192.168.2.254 (192.168.2.254) 4.305 ms 3.578 ms 1.820 ms 2 [AS65534] 10.156.76.109 (10.156.76.109) 33.945 ms 45.723 ms 42.071 ms 3 [AS65534] 10.156.77.73 (10.156.77.73) 41.034 ms [AS65534] 10.156.77.77 (10.156.77.77) 43.722 ms [AS65534] 10.156.77.73 (10.156.77.73) 38.017 ms 4 [AS65534] 10.32.144.14 (10.32.144.14) 37.707 ms [AS65534] 10.32.144.10 (10.32.144.10) 45.018 ms [AS65534] 10.32.144.14 (10.32.144.14) 37.840 ms 5 [AS65534] 10.156.76.198 (10.156.76.198) 36.075 ms 44.898 ms 39.840 ms 6 [AS65534] 10.156.76.193 (10.156.76.193) 39.559 ms 45.893 ms 40.377 ms 7 [AS0] 66.1.76.243 (66.1.76.243) 41.466 ms 37.829 ms [AS0] 66.1.76.242 (66.1.76.242) 54.308 ms 8 [AS0] sl-crs1-hou-.sprintlink.net (144.228.11.45) 45.677 ms [AS0] sl-crs2-hou-.sprintlink.net (144.228.11.49) 49.360 ms [AS0] sl-crs1-hou-.sprintlink.net (144.228.11.45) 37.678 ms 9 [AS0] sl-crs1-fw-0-1-5-0.sprintlink.net (144.232.18.249) 67.391 ms [AS0] 144.232.1.78 (144.232.1.78) 51.198 ms [AS0] sl-crs2-fw-0-14-0-0.sprintlink.net (144.232.6.116) 70.877 ms 10 [AS0] 144.232.1.161 (144.232.1.161) 52.153 ms [AS0] 144.232.1.163 (144.232.1.163) 45.431 ms [AS0] 144.232.1.161 (144.232.1.161) 46.746 ms 11 [AS0] 144.232.11.178 (144.232.11.178) 56.755 ms [AS0] 144.232.11.210 (144.232.11.210) 66.894 ms [AS0] 144.232.11.178 (144.232.11.178) 51.534 ms 12 [AS0] 144.232.24.18 (144.232.24.18) 59.556 ms [AS0] 144.232.24.30 (144.232.24.30) 46.053 ms [AS0] 144.232.24.18 (144.232.24.18) 64.612 ms 13 [AS3356] softlayer-t.edge2.dallas3.level3.net (4.59.36.94) 65.248 ms 57.269 ms 53.896 ms 14 [AS36351] ae5.dar02.sr01.dal05.networklayer.com (173.192.18.217) 52.430 ms 66.318 ms 70.729 ms 15 * * * 16 [AS36351] speedtest.dal05.softlayer.com (173.192.68.18) 168.132 ms 45.851 ms 57.905 ms I can't find a site that I can trace to in Houston that doesn't double back to Dallas first...guess Sprint doesn't have many corporate customers in HOU anymore. The connection looks quite jittery from the traceroutes, but it's incedibly usable, especially considering that it's over 10x faster on downloads than my parents' DSL connection (Verizon, 1.5M down, 384k up...it's all we can get this far out) and over 20x faster on uploads. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doug526 Posted December 9, 2012 Author Share Posted December 9, 2012 The hosts you traced to make a lot more sense, iansltx. traceroute to 4.2.2.4 (4.2.2.4), 64 hops max, 56 byte packets 1 sent:26 loss:7.7% last:32.178 ms avg:90.284 ms 10.156.76.109 2 sent:26 loss:7.7% last:37.712 ms avg:92.992 ms 10.156.77.77 3 sent:26 loss:7.7% last:35.104 ms avg:75.598 ms 10.32.144.14 4 sent:26 loss:7.7% last:42.629 ms avg:74.587 ms 10.156.76.198 5 sent:26 loss:11.5% last:39.756 ms avg:69.021 ms 10.156.76.193 6 sent:26 loss:11.5% last:35.785 ms avg:56.32 ms 66.1.76.242 66.1.76.243 7 sent:26 loss:11.5% last:42.332 ms avg:51.125 ms sl-crs2-hou-.sprintlink.net (144.228.11.49) sl-crs1-hou-.sprintlink.net (144.228.11.45) 8 sent:26 loss:11.5% last:50.096 ms avg:62.911 ms sl-crs2-fw-0-2-0-2.sprintlink.net (144.232.19.86) sl-crs1-fw-0-14-0-0.sprintlink.net (144.232.4.32) 9 sent:26 loss:7.7% last:53.249 ms avg:134.595 ms 144.232.1.161 144.232.1.163 10 sent:26 loss:7.7% last:54.753 ms avg:127.473 ms 144.232.11.210 144.232.11.178 11 sent:26 loss:7.7% last:52.784 ms avg:131.694 ms 144.232.24.30 12 sent:26 loss:7.7% last:57.668 ms avg:122.757 ms ae-3-80.edge3.dallas1.level3.net (4.69.145.136) 13 sent:25 loss:8% last:48.203 ms avg:110.48 ms d.resolvers.level3.net (4.2.2.4) traceroute to s4gru.com (50.28.75.70), 64 hops max, 56 byte packets 1 sent:12 loss:0% last:29.375 ms avg:47.102 ms 10.156.76.109 2 sent:12 loss:0% last:41.331 ms avg:37.179 ms 10.156.77.73 3 sent:12 loss:0% last:33.418 ms avg:33.888 ms 10.32.144.10 4 sent:12 loss:0% last:34.147 ms avg:35.711 ms 10.156.76.198 5 sent:12 loss:25% last:35.242 ms avg:36.503 ms 10.156.76.193 6 sent:12 loss:0% last:36.355 ms avg:39.449 ms 66.1.76.242 66.1.76.243 7 sent:12 loss:0% last:36.511 ms avg:39.858 ms sl-crs1-hou-.sprintlink.net (144.228.11.45) sl-crs2-hou-.sprintlink.net (144.228.11.49) 8 sent:12 loss:0% last:44.639 ms avg:47.024 ms sl-crs1-fw-0-12-0-2.sprintlink.net (144.232.9.80) sl-crs2-fw-0-14-0-0.sprintlink.net (144.232.6.116) 9 sent:12 loss:0% last:45.044 ms avg:44.366 ms 144.232.1.161 144.232.1.163 10 sent:12 loss:0% last:50.26 ms avg:75.652 ms 144.232.11.178 144.232.11.210 11 sent:12 loss:0% last:49.303 ms avg:59.087 ms 144.232.25.90 12 sent:12 loss:0% last:45.957 ms avg:66.884 ms pr2-ge-7-0-0.daq.savvis.net (204.70.207.182) 13 sent:12 loss:0% last:46.693 ms avg:48.858 ms cr1-tengig0-7-5-0.dallas.savvis.net (204.70.200.170) 14 sent:12 loss:0% last:78.524 ms avg:77.645 ms cr1-te-0-2-0-0.chd.savvis.net (204.70.194.73) 15 sent:12 loss:0% last:78.174 ms avg:88.009 ms ber1-te-4-4.chq.savvis.net (206.28.96.30) 16 sent:12 loss:0% last:81.439 ms avg:86.484 ms 208.173.176.222 17 sent:12 loss:0% last:86.295 ms avg:83.565 ms lw-dc2-core4-te9-1.rtr.liquidweb.com (209.59.157.226) 18 sent:11 loss:0% last:91.221 ms avg:97.959 ms lw-dc3-dist14.rtr.liquidweb.com (69.167.128.79) 19 sent:11 loss:0% last:76.717 ms avg:79.174 ms 69.167.128.70 20 sent:11 loss:0% last:95.785 ms avg:101.264 ms ap04.lw.ipslink.com (50.28.75.70) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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