From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Mat=EDas_L=F3pez_Bergero?= Subject: Re: how reliable is ping? Date: Mon, 06 Dec 2004 17:10:54 -0300 Message-ID: <41B4BCCE.5080609@udesa.edu.ar> References: <200412061019.19099.fluca1978@infinito.it> <60a7468904120601384fa86783@mail.gmail.com> <200412061106.15069.tautau@gmx.ch> <20041206095555.GA10769@cow2.intra.tumsan.fi> <53565.212.251.31.59.1102331431.squirrel@mail.gnet.gr> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE Return-path: In-Reply-To: <53565.212.251.31.59.1102331431.squirrel@mail.gnet.gr> Sender: linux-admin-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"; format="flowed" To: linux-admin@vger.kernel.org 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, Mat=EDas. 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 ma= y > need more hops to reach the destination network(hypotheticaly > speaking).There are many possible reasons for your problem.I would su= ggest > you to try mtr (available on freshmeat) >=20 >=20 >>Indeed, ping tests latency, not bandwidth. "bing" is an equivalent pr= ogram >>for testing bandwidth. but the best way to test it is to find some fa= st >>sites and simply download something. typically university ftp sites h= ave >>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 on= ly >>>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 alrea= dy >>>mentioned websites. >>> >>>hth >>>Marcel >> - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-admin" = in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html