IP Test & Ping Test

Use the test IP below to benchmark latency from your location to our Frankfurt FRA1 datacenter. Run ping 208.115.251.1 from your terminal or use an online tool. Results represent genuine round-trip time to Frankfurt.

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Test IP · Ping Target · Frankfurt FRA1
208.115.251.1
Quick ping commands
$ ping 208.115.251.1
$ mtr --report 208.115.251.1
$ traceroute 208.115.251.1
BGP Lookup
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Transit & Peering

Four Premium Upstream Providers

Every packet in and out of your Germany VPS travels over enterprise-grade Tier-1 and premium Tier-2 transit. No single point of failure, automatic failover on any link outage.

Tier-1 Global
NTT America, Inc.
Global IP backbone provider with one of the world's largest Tier-1 networks — zero transit dependency, direct peering with all major internet exchanges.
AS2914 · NTT Global IP Network
Global Tier-1 backbone
Direct DE-DC Frankfurt peering
DDoS scrubbing included
North America Europe Asia-Pacific South America Middle East
Tier-1 Global
GTT Communications Inc.
Tier-1 IP transit provider with extensive European and transatlantic infrastructure. Low-latency paths to North America and 99.999% uptime SLA.
AS3257 · GTT IP Network
European backbone coverage
Frankfurt peering node
100Gbps backbone capacity
Europe North America Transatlantic UK
Tier-1 Global
Cogent Communications, LLC
One of the world's largest Tier-1 IP networks. Cogent operates intercontinental fiber routes and maintains peering agreements with over 8,000 networks globally.
AS174 · Cogent IP Network
Intercontinental fiber
8,000+ peering partners
Anti-DDoS infrastructure
North America Europe Asia Latin America
Tier-1 Global
Arelion (fka. Telia Carrier)
Formerly Telia Carrier — one of Europe's leading backbone providers with the world's most connected internet backbone. Strong Nordic and Eastern European coverage.
AS1299 · Arelion/Telia backbone
Europe's #1 backbone
Tier-1 — zero transit
500,000+ km fiber network
Europe Nordics Eastern Europe CIS Asia
Network Architecture

How Your Traffic Flows

Your VPS connects through redundant 10Gbps uplinks to all four upstream providers simultaneously. BGP failover routes traffic automatically if any carrier experiences issues.

Global Internet 8,000+ networks · worldwide
DE-DC Frankfurt World's largest IX by volume
NTT America AS2914 · Tier-1
GTT Communications AS3257 · Tier-1
Cogent Comms. AS174 · Tier-1
Arelion (Telia) AS1299 · Tier-1
Core BGP Router Frankfurt FRA1 · Tier-3 DC
Linux VPS 10Gbps · Full KVM
Your VPS 208.115.x.x · Frankfurt
Windows VPS 10Gbps · RDP
Gutleutstraße 310 · Frankfurt am Main

Datacenter Infrastructure

Tier-3 facility with concurrent maintainability — no single component failure takes the datacenter offline. Verified physical address for compliance documentation.

Tier-3

Concurrently Maintainable

N+1 redundancy across power, cooling, and network. Any single component can be serviced without downtime. 99.982% annual uptime specification per Uptime Institute Tier-3 standard.

2N

Power Redundancy

Dual UPS systems with N+1 diesel generator backup. Separate power feeds from independent utility sources. Automatic transfer switches engage within 20ms of utility failure.

N+1

Precision Cooling

Computer Room Air Handling (CRAH) units with hot/cold aisle containment. Maintains server inlet temperature at 18–22°C regardless of external conditions.

24/7

Physical Security

Biometric access control at all entry points, full CCTV coverage, on-site security personnel. ISO 27001 compliant security protocols. GDPR/BDSG data residency verified.

DE-DC

Direct IX Peering

Direct connection to DE-DC Frankfurt — the world's largest internet exchange by traffic volume. Shortest-path routing to all European ISPs that peer at DE-DC. Sub-millisecond to IX fabric.

FRA1

Physical Address

Gutleutstraße 310, 60327 Frankfurt am Main, Hessen, Germany. Verifiable facility address for compliance audits, data residency certifications, and GDPR documentation requirements.

Frankfurt · Network Latency

Round-Trip Ping Times from FRA1

Approximate latency from Gutleutstraße 310 Frankfurt datacenter to major cities. Results vary by ISP and routing path.

Frankfurt, DE
Germany · Primary
<1ms
Amsterdam, NL
Netherlands
~6ms
Brussels, BE
Belgium
~8ms
Paris, FR
France
~9ms
Zurich, CH
Switzerland
~8ms
London, UK
United Kingdom
~12ms
Vienna, AT
Austria
~10ms
Warsaw, PL
Poland
~14ms
Prague, CZ
Czech Republic
~12ms
Stockholm, SE
Sweden
~22ms
Rome, IT
Italy
~21ms
Madrid, ES
Spain
~24ms
New York, US
United States
~82ms
Singapore, SG
Asia-Pacific
~160ms
Tokyo, JP
Japan
~220ms
Sydney, AU
Australia
~280ms
Excellent (<30ms)
Good (30–200ms)
208.115.251.1 Ping test IP
Looking Glass

Network Test Terminal

Run ping, traceroute, or BGP lookups from our Frankfurt node. Enter an IP or hostname below.

LOOKING GLASS · FRA1 · 208.115.251.1
fra1@germanyvps:~# ping -c 4 8.8.8.8 PING 8.8.8.8 (8.8.8.8) 56(84) bytes of data. 64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: icmp_seq=1 ttl=117 time=3.42 ms 64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: icmp_seq=2 ttl=117 time=3.38 ms 64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: icmp_seq=3 ttl=117 time=3.41 ms 64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: icmp_seq=4 ttl=117 time=3.39 ms --- 8.8.8.8 ping statistics --- 4 packets transmitted, 4 received, 0% packet loss rtt min/avg/max = 3.38/3.40/3.42 ms fra1@germanyvps:~#

Note: This is a demo terminal. For live BGP lookups, use bgp.he.net or Hurricane Electric Looking Glass.

FRA1
Gutleutstraße 310
60327 Frankfurt am Main
208.115.251.1
Test / Ping IP address
Frankfurt datacenter node
10Gbps
Dedicated uplink
per VPS plan, all tiers
BGP
Multi-homed routing
automatic failover