[Cialug] Reliably troubleshooting latency issues

[albus]

I haven't tried it yet but I'm about to use it for trouble shooting some here.
Look at iperf. It's a Linux package. And I think there is a winders version too.

Hope this helps.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jeff Davis" <ewenixgeek at gmail.com>
To: "Central Iowa Linux Users Group" <cialug at cialug.org>
Sent: Thursday, July 20, 2006 3:34 PM
Subject: [Cialug] Reliably troubleshooting latency issues


> Hi all,
> 
> I've having some issues using traceroute and ping when trying to
> troubleshoot problems between my network and a client network.  A
> recent specific problem is trying to pinpoint the cause of latency for
> website users.
> 
> With ISPs and backbone providers prioritizing traffic, a traceroute
> has become someone unreliable in that there can appear to be a problem
> where there really isn't one.
> 
> I'm looking for another tool I can use to get the same net effect of
> traceroute but not have my traffic reduced to low priority routing.
> 
> Any suggestions (other than writing my own tool, I'm considering it)
> would be great.
> 
> -Jeff Davis
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