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Shawn McGrath

Jason Craig Nelson

Dionicio A Avila

Zhengwen Zhu

Zhipeng Zhao

Aaron Whitney

Nicole Allen

Bradley Hughes

John Tait

Connectivity is tested using different locations and contexts selected from different possible failure zones. The failure zones may include: client failure zones; Internet failure zones; and online service failure zones. The results relating to different connectivity tests performed using the different failure zones are correlated and analyzed in an attempt to determine a root cause of the connectivity issue. For example, the root cause may be determined to be a configuration problem of the client, a problem with the client's networking equipment, an ISP problem, an Internet backbone problem; a problem of the online service, and the like. Different contexts may also be used when performing the tests. These results may be compared to the other connectivity test results. The results from the tests may be provided to the client experiencing the problem. Aggregated test results may also be used to detect service wide issues and trigger an alert.

Using different connectivity checks to determine causes of connectivity issues

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