Fastest Server?

[hammerman 3]

what is the accepted way to determine the "fastest" server you can connect to?
for instance, if i am physically located in dallas but want to connect to a server in canada, which server would i choose?
i am using a router so eddie isn't used and i don't think that the general "canada" server will give me the best result.
i've tried pinging a bunch of servers using their ip addresses and looked at the lowest time.
is this correct or is there another way?

[OpenSourcerer 1442]

You can try this script and use the resulting config in the router.