Every once in a while my terminal session with a VPS becomes unresponsive or just slows down (ie typing a character may take a few seconds before it actually displays).
Of course, sometimes, it is due to some app (like FTP) that I am running locally in the background, but often not.
So I was wondering, when this happens, are there any standard tests (besides ping) that you can run on your VPS to track down the culprit and help you determine whether the bottleneck is on the VPS provider's side or just some net related 'hiccup'? What do you do?
Follow-up note: Sometimes just logging out, then back in, takes care of the problem.