[49163] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Testing Bandwidth performance
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Martin Hannigan)
Wed Jun 26 01:20:33 2002
Date: Wed, 26 Jun 2002 01:17:07 -0400
To: Jared Mauch <jared@puck.Nether.net>
From: Martin Hannigan <hannigan@fugawi.net>
Cc: Wojtek Zlobicki <wojtekz@idirect.com>,
Alan Sato <asato@altrio.net>, nanog@trapdoor.merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <20020626050239.GA8476@puck.nether.net>
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
At 01:02 AM 6/26/2002 -0400, Jared Mauch wrote:
> I think they are talking about generating an OC3s worth
>of traffic. while you could fill it all up w/ ntp packets
>as one method, I do not beleive it will create the desired result.
>
> but yes, if you are wanting to measure
>latency across your network or a circuit, ntp when properly
>synchronized can be quite a useful tool.
I'm not sure what you are saying regarding filling up an OC3 with NTP, but
i do know you can calculate simple latency I believe, measurements from
normal NTP = but strategically analyzed from remote sources and correctly
configured i.e. all s/1 or s/2 with drift.
I wont' say I'm the expert at this, I'm the bb wiretap guy :), not the ntp
latency guy.......but I've been around a bit.
-M
