Re: how reliable is ping?

["Matías López Bergero" <mlopezb@udesa.edu.ar>]

If you have a box en the other side I would recommend your this:
http://dast.nlanr.net/Projects/Iperf/

I use this program to measure the bw of my hdlc links.

BR,
Matías.


Alexander Economou wrote:
> My question would be if the dsl you purchased is from the same ISP.If not
> then probably your packets are routed through another network that may
> need more hops to reach the destination network(hypotheticaly
> speaking).There are many possible reasons for your problem.I would suggest
> you to try mtr (available on freshmeat)
> 
> 
>>Indeed, ping tests latency, not bandwidth. "bing" is an equivalent program
>>for testing bandwidth. but the best way to test it is to find some fast
>>sites and simply download something. typically university ftp sites have
>>quite good bandwidth, like ftp.funet.fi, ftp.sunet.se, etc. those two are
>>up
>>here in scandinavia, it might be best to find one near you.
>>
>>On Mon, Dec 06, 2004 at 11:06:14AM +0100, Marcel Gschwandl wrote:
>>
>>>IMHO ping isn't even meant to be used for bandwidth testing as it only
>>>shows
>>>roundtrip times which have nothing to do with bandwidth but with
>>>latency.
>>>So if you want to test your bandwidth you will have to use the already
>>>mentioned websites.
>>>
>>>hth
>>>Marcel
>>
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