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==Kitz Wiki==

Welcome to the kitz wiki which is intended as an extension to the main site at [http://www.kitz.co.uk www.kitz.co.uk].

The aim of the kitz wiki is to provide a searchable repository of useful broadband related articles and technical facts that can be added to or amended by our wiki content team members.

For more info see [[Kitz wiki:About]]

==Kitz Wiki Content==

At present only designated content team members can add new pages or edit information.

If you wish to comment on any of the contents in this wiki or have an article for submission, you can either contact the site owner or discuss this on our community [http://forum.kitz.co.uk Kitz Forums] (preferred method).

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==Kitz Wiki==

Welcome to the kitz wiki which is intended as an extension to the main site at [http://www.kitz.co.uk www.kitz.co.uk].

The aim of the kitz wiki is to provide a searchable repository of useful broadband related articles and technical facts that can be added to or amended by our wiki content team members.

For more info see [[Kitz wiki:About]]

==Kitz Wiki Content==

At present only designated content team members can add new pages or edit information.

If you wish to comment on any of the contents in this wiki or have an article for submission, you can either contact the site owner or discuss this on our community [http://forum.kitz.co.uk Kitz Forums] (preferred method).

==List of useful pages ==

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'''MediaWiki has been successfully installed.'''

Consult the [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Contents User's Guide] for information on using the wiki software.

== Getting started ==
* [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Configuration_settings Configuration settings list]
* [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:FAQ MediaWiki FAQ]
* [https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-announce MediaWiki release mailing list]

PING

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== The PING utility ==
PING is a utility that allows us to check if a specific IP address is online or accessible and therefore used to help troubleshoot network (or internet) connections.

It works by sending packet(s) of data to the IP address and checking the response time.

Although there are various programs that will PING an IP address for you, probably the quickest way for Windows users is to use the "ping" command from the DOS prompt.
(Mac OS X and Linux users should use the Unix commands located [http://www.rt.com/man/ping.8.html here].)

To do this Start >>> run >>> type "cmd"
Then from the prompt type "ping [IP address]".

=='''Interpreting the results.'''==
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Reply from 212.58.228.154 ~ The host IP no that responded

bytes=32 ~ No of bytes sent in the packet

time=24ms ~ Time in milliseconds to reach the host

TTL=249 Time To Live. ~ Indication of hops along the way.*

Packets sent ~ Total no of packets sent during the test

Packets received ~ No of packets received by the host

Packets lost ~ No of packets not received (lost on the way)

=='''Tips'''==

The time taken for a packet to reach the host is also called latency. This response is an indication of the round trip to the host, and may involve a series of hops along the way.
Depending upon the location of the remote host, a good time would be less than 100ms (0.1 second).

If you see a variation in the times this is called latency "jitter", and you may receive poor communication with the host.

A response of "Request timed out" means there was no response in the default time period of one second.
If the latency of the response is more than one second, try using the -w option on the ping command to increase the time-out.
For e.g. try "ping -w 5000 [IP address]" to allow responses within 5 seconds.

=='''TTL'''==

Every ping packet that is sent out has a TTL value which by default is 255.
For every router hop that the packet passes through, the TTL figure gets decreased by one.
So in the example above the TTL of 249 means (255 - 249) 6 hops.
Variations in the TTL show that the packets are traversing different routes which isn't really a good thing :/

Although the default Unix ICMP echo_request is 255, some remote hosts (servers) may have their TTL response value set to 128 or 64, so you may have to adjust the calculation accordingly.

=='''PING Commands'''==

'''syntax'''
''PING [options] destination_host''

'''Options'''

-a Resolve address to hostname.

-f Set "Don't fragment flag" in packet.

-i TTL Time To Live.

-j host-list Loose source route along host-list.

-k host-list Strict source route along host-list.

-l size Send buffer size.

-n count Number of echo requests to send.

-r count Record route for count hops

-s count Timestamp for count hops.

-t Pings the specified host until interrupted.

-v TOS Type Of Service.

-w timeout Timeout in milliseconds to wait for each reply.

'''Commands'''

Ctrl + Break To see statistics and continue
Ctrl + C Stop Ping
> c:\filename.txt Send results to a text file

Kitz wiki:About

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== '''About kitz.co.uk''' ==

[http://www.kitz.co.uk kitz.co.uk] is one of the UK's largest adsl broadband resource & information sites.
This site contains a wealth of adsl information such as how adsl broadband works.
There's tips on choosing an ISP, and help comparing ISP prices. and ISP performance.

A large section of the site is devoted to self help diagnostics and what to do if you run into problems with your adsl connection, such as how to get adsl line stats from your router to understanding how such things as SNR and attenuation can affect your connection. There's also a vast array of tutorials and FAQs about broadband.

It is independently run, and unlike some broadband sites, we do not focus only on certain ISPs which pay commission. Although the site is well known and respected within the ISP industry, our position means that we are free to tell you 'as it is' and allows us to carry information on far more ISPs than most other broadband comparison sites.

== '''About kitz wiki''' ==

Much of the pages on the main site are static and content can only be changed by the site owner.

The aim of the kitz wiki is to provide a searchable repository of useful broadband related facts and articles that can be added to or amended by a much wider designated content team.

== '''About kitz wiki content team''' ==

The kitz wiki content team comprises of trusted members of our community at [http://www.forum.kitz.co.uk kitz forums].

Content Team volunteers are respected members who often have a good understanding of broadband or other technical background.

Kitz wiki:Privacy policy

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The privacy policy for kitz.co.uk can be found on the main site [http://www.kitz.co.uk/sites/policy.htm Privacy Policy]