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Information on Calculation MOS can be found at http://www.slac.stanford.edu/comp/net/wan-mon/tutorial.html#mos
Routing
List of Traceroute Servers can be found at http://www.slac.stanford.edu/comp/net/wan-mon/traceroute-srv.html
Using China, Taiwan, South Korea and Japan as vantage points you can determine how East Asia is connected with the rest of the world and other East Asian Countries.
Looking at the traceroutes from China to other East Asian countries, it can be seen that links within China are direct while to other East Asian countries they go via the United Kingdom, Japan and Hong Kong.
Chinato China*:* Direct
Chinato Japan:China-> Japan
Chinato Thailand:China->Hong Kong->Japan->Thailand OR China -> Thailand
Chinato Indonesia:China-> Indonesia
Chinato Singapore: China ->Hong Kong->Japan->Singapore
Chinato Malaysia:China->Hong Kong->Malaysia
Chinato Korea:China-> Korea
China to Vietnam*:* China->Hong Kong-> United Kingdom->Hong Kong-> Vietnam
Looking at the traceroutes from Japan sites to other East Asian countries, it can be seen that links with other Japanese sites are direct while to other East Asian countries they go via the United States, Hong Kong, Canada, and Vietnam.
Japan to Japan: Direct
Japan to China: Japan -> United States (New York) ->Hong Kong ->china OR Japan->China
Japan to Vietnam: Japan -> Vietnam
Japan to Korea: Japan -> United States(Colorado) -> Korea
Japan to Thailand: Japan -> United States(New York) -> Canada -> Thailand
Japan to Malaysia: Japan -> United States(Colorado) -> Malaysia
Japan to Singapore: Japan -> Singapore
Looking at the traceroutes from Korea to other East Asian countries, it can be seen that links within Korea are direct while to other East Asian countries they go via Unites States,Hong Kong, Germany, United Kingdom and Canada
Korea to Korea: Direct
Korea to China: Korea -> United States->Hong Kong OR Korea -> China
Korea to Thailand: Korea ->United States (Colorado -> Canada (Quebec) ->Thailand
Korea to Singapore*:* Korea -> United States(Colorado) -> Singapore
Korea toJapan: Korea -> Japan
Korea toPhilippines*:* Korea -> Germany->Hong Kong->Philippines
Korea toVietnam*:* Korea -> United Kingdom-> Hong Kong -> VietnamYou can use tools such as www.geoiptool.com you can determine the geographical local of a router
Comparison with Human Development Indices
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