Re: how reliable is ping?

[Helge Pettersen <tubamann@gmail.com>]

Ping is supposed to show the network speed, but I wouldn't rely on it.
Use some http-based service (a java applet that measures the times it
takes to download a specific image, and shows the bandwith).
It's the best to find someone with a huge line, however I don't know
of any in italia. If you dare, try looking around at itavisen.no (a
norwegian crappy it newspaper with a huge bandwith to test that), and
manuovre to "speedometeret" and "trykk her for A ta testen".

On Mon, 6 Dec 2004 10:19:19 +0100, Luca Ferrari <fluca1978@infinito.it> wrote:
> Hi,
> in my company we installed a new DSL line, supposed to be faster than the
> previous one. And in fact it seems to be, in interactive use, but if I use
> ping to test connectivity against the old line I can see higher times. So my
> questions is: why does ping show high times and then the line goes faster? Is
> ping reliable enough to test network speed, or should I use another tool? (at
> last, a chrono and a file transfer!)
> 
> Thanks,
> Luca
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> Luca Ferrari,
> fluca1978@infinito.it
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