REM This is a little script to see whether you
REM can ping and/or traceroute to dansdata.com,
REM and to the IP address of the dansdata.com
REM server, as of late 2009.

REM The purpose of this script is to diagnose
REM some weird connectivity issues reported by
REM some Dan's Data users. Its output is only
REM likely to be interesting if you can't access
REM dansdata.com, or if you can access the site
REM but are using the same Internet Service
REM Provider as other people who cannot reach
REM dansdata.com.

REM (Optus here in Australia seems to be the only
REM ISP that has this problem.)

REM The script send its output to the hard-coded
REM file c:\dan_results.txt, which can then be
REM forwarded to me.

REM (If the traceroutes take a while, then it
REM will take the script a while to complete.)

REM If your system doesn't have a drive called
REM c:\, the script will fail.

ping dansdata.com >>c:\dan_results.txt
tracert dansdata.com >>c:\dan_results.txt
ping 64.85.21.19 >>c:\dan_results.txt
tracert 64.85.21.19 >>c:\dan_results.txt