What are you Testing?

There are several links between your PC and the Internet. 

Typical Corporate Office Scenario

1. Your PC connects through an Ethernet LAN to your Internet server which typically runs Linux or Windows NT/2000.
2. Your server then connects to one of the ZOL routers in Eastgate, Harare.  This connection is either via radio, leased line or dial-up.  Even if you connect in Bulawayo or Mutare, your connection still ends up in Eastgate, Harare.
3. ZOL has several servers in Eastgate from which you can download your mail and files.
4. The ZOL router also connects to the Internet via TelOne and direct satellite to the USA.

The picutre below shows this setup:

Single User Scenario

If you are dialing into ZOL as a single user on your PC or laptop, there is obviously no LAN involved.  Therefore you connect directly to the ZOL router whether you are in Harare, Bulawayo or Mutare.

Tests

The two most important links to test are the one from your office or PC to ZOL and then the one from ZOL to the Internet.  This is represented by TEST 1 and TEST 2 in the above diagram.

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