A way to check my internet connectivity?

[Kabaala]

I'm wondering if there is a way to check if my internet is having problems. I can access webpages fine but the game i'm trying to play is lagging seriously to the point where i lost all internet access for a while even for a bit after rebooting both the PC and the router.

Is there a way to do it through CMD? and if so will i need my IP and how do i find it?

Many thanks,

Kabaala.

[Edit - its Telewest cable 10mb if that makes any difference]

 

[Topgun]

at the command window type "ping fuller.zen.co.uk" it should return something like

Pinging fuller.zen.co.uk [212.23.6.76] with 32 bytes of data:

Reply from 212.23.6.76: bytes=32 time=13ms TTL=55
Reply from 212.23.6.76: bytes=32 time=25ms TTL=55
Reply from 212.23.6.76: bytes=32 time=15ms TTL=55
Reply from 212.23.6.76: bytes=32 time=13ms TTL=55

Ping statistics for 212.23.6.76:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 13ms, Maximum = 25ms, Average = 16ms

anything above 20ms is pretty poor for blueyonder. Next try to download a file from http://www.fuller.zen.co.uk/test . you should get around 1.1MB/s

 

[tolien]

Next try to download a file from http://www.fuller.zen.co.uk/test

Don't. If you're going to use those files, use http://download.zensupport.co.uk/