PING (ICMP echo/reply) Tests
A Ping packet is a simple ICMP packet that can be used to work out the round trip time of a pair of hosts. Although simplistic, an aggregation of ping results over a time period can give very useful insight into the state of the network and the changes in queues etc.
| Number of pings on accuracy | Tests to determine the optimal number of pings to send for various networks. Dell GigE b2b. Boston GigE b2b. Boston GigE MBNG. |
| Variation of packet size and interval between packets | Dell GigE b2b. |
| Variation of packet size on latency | Boston GigE b2b. Boston GigE MBNG |
| Wed, 23 July, 2003 13:07 |   |
Room D14, High Energy Particle Physics, Dept. of Physics & Astronomy, UCL, Gower St, London, WC1E 6BT
