TCP checks from Novi Travnik (AS200698) attempt a three-way handshake to your host on a specified port and measure the time to completion. This verifies that the port is open and reachable from Bosnian network infrastructure. TCP checks are not affected by ICMP filtering and reflect actual firewall and routing policy as seen by real application traffic originating from Bosnia.

Globalhost (AS200698) does not apply outbound port filtering on its commercial network. A failed TCP check from our Bosnian node therefore indicates the block or failure is either at the destination firewall, in upstream transit, or is a routing black-hole for Bosnian IP ranges. Comparing against nodes in Serbia (Belgrade) and Croatia is useful here — Serbia and Croatia share significant transit infrastructure with Bosnia, so a port reachable from both but not Bosnia suggests an AS200698-specific routing issue rather than a country-level block.

TCP handshake times from Bosnia to Zagreb-region targets land around 10–14 ms, to Belgrade around 14–18 ms, to Vienna around 28–34 ms, and to Frankfurt around 42–50 ms. For services with strict SLA requirements for Bosnian users, these numbers define the minimum achievable connection setup time. Applications requiring sub-20 ms TCP handshakes for Bosnian users will need an origin or proxy in Zagreb, Belgrade, or another nearby Balkan city.

Bosnia and Herzegovina is a landlocked Balkan country whose internet infrastructure is split across two administrative entities — the Federation of BiH and Republika Srpska — each with partially separate ISP ecosystems. The national IX, BIXP (Bosnia Internet Exchange Point), is located in Sarajevo and provides domestic peering to reduce the volume of traffic that must transit through Vienna, Frankfurt, or Belgrade. Our probe node is located in Novi Travnik, hosted by Globalhost (AS200698), a regional commercial provider.

International transit from Bosnia primarily exits via Croatia (Zagreb) and Serbia (Belgrade). The Sarajevo-to-Zagreb path runs around 8–12 ms over direct links, and Sarajevo-to-Belgrade is approximately 12–16 ms. These two cities are the main upstream transit hubs for Bosnian ISPs. From Belgrade or Zagreb, onward transit to Frankfurt adds roughly 20–25 ms, making the total Sarajevo-to-Frankfurt path typically land in the 38–50 ms range depending on which upstream carrier is used.

The major ISPs in Bosnia include BH Telecom (AS8804), which operates the largest fixed-line network in the Federation, and Telekom Srpske (AS8773) serving Republika Srpska. Globalhost (AS200698) operates as a commercial hosting and transit provider with a presence primarily in central Bosnia. Other regional operators include United Media (formerly Telemach) and smaller local ISPs. Transit is predominantly sourced from RETN (AS9002), Cogent (AS174), and Telekom Srbija (AS8400).

Bosnia's IX development is limited compared to neighboring countries. BIXP in Sarajevo has fewer members than exchanges in Belgrade or Zagreb, which means a significant portion of domestic inter-ISP traffic still routes internationally before returning. This inefficiency is visible as elevated intra-country latency on some ISP pairs — two Bosnian endpoints may route through Vienna and back, adding 40–60 ms compared to what a well-peered domestic exchange would deliver. Investment in BIXP membership has grown slowly but the gap remains.

Our probe in Novi Travnik on AS200698 (Globalhost) reflects routing conditions on a mid-tier Bosnian commercial ISP. Globalhost has transit peering with several Balkan providers, giving it good regional connectivity to Serbia, Croatia, and Slovenia. For checks targeting EU-based infrastructure, expect results representative of a Balkan commercial hosting network rather than a consumer broadband connection. Consumer ISPs in Bosnia may show slightly different routing — particularly those primarily peering through BH Telecom's national backbone.