What is a Looking Glass?
A looking glass is a public endpoint that lets you run network tests — ping, traceroute, MTR, BGP lookups — directly from one of our datacenters. Use it to measure real latency from your location, confirm routing paths, and download test files to benchmark throughput before placing an order.
How to benchmark our network
Three quick checks tell you whether a region is fast enough for your workload.
01
Run a ping test
Open the looking glass for a region, paste its test IP into your terminal, and run ping. Anything under 80 ms to your location is great for RDP, games, and VoIP.
02
Check the route
Run mtr or traceroute against the test IP to see which carriers your traffic hops through. Clean, short paths = stable connections.
03
Download a test file
Pull a 100 MB or 1 GB test file from the region. Compare the download speed to your internet plan — if you hit near line-rate, the network is healthy.
Pick a region to test
Each link opens a public looking glass hosted inside that datacenter.
Bengaluru, India
Public Looking Glasshttp://lg-india-blr.digidedi.com/
Coventry, DC04
Public Looking Glasshttp://lg-uk-dc04.digidedi.com
Dallas, TX
Public Looking Glasshttp://lg-dallas.digidedi.com
Germany
Public Looking Glasshttp://lg-germany.digidedi.com
Houston, TX
Public Looking Glasshttp://lg-houston.digidedi.com/
Hyderabad, DC02
Public Looking Glasshttp://lg-india-dc02.digidedi.com
Hyderabad, DC03
Public Looking Glasshttp://lg-india-dc03.digidedi.com
London DC02
Public Looking Glasshttp://lg-uk-dc02.digidedi.com
London, DC03
Public Looking Glasshttp://lg-uk-dc03.digidedi.com
Los Angeles
Public Looking Glasshttp://losangeles1.digidedi.com
Miami, FL
Public Looking Glasshttp://lg-mia.digidedi.com
Montreal, Canada
Public Looking Glasshttp://lg-ca.digidedi.com
Mumbai DC01
Public Looking Glasshttp://lg-india-dc01.digidedi.com
New York City
Public Looking Glasshttp://lg-ny.digidedi.com
Singapore
Public Looking Glasshttp://lg-singapore.digidedi.com
The Netherlands
Public Looking Glasshttp://lg-netherlands.digidedi.com
What you can test
Latency (Ping)Round-trip time from your location to the region
Route (MTR / Traceroute)Hop-by-hop path including carrier ASNs
ThroughputReal download speed via 100 MB / 1 GB test files
BGP InfoPrefix announcements and AS-path data
Looking-Glass FAQs
Yes — every looking glass is public and free. No login, no account, no rate limits for normal benchmarking.
Under 50 ms feels instant. 50–100 ms is smooth for most work. Over 150 ms starts to feel laggy on interactive sessions — pick a closer region or talk to support about premium routing.
Often yes. Send us your
mtr output and we'll investigate the carrier in question. We can also move your service to a different region at no cost.No — test files are served over the same 10 Gbps uplink your production server will use. The speed you see is the speed you get.