Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 15 May 2001 03:50:31 -0400 (EDT) | From | God <> | Subject | Re: TCP capture effect :: estimate queue length ? :: pathchar |
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On Tue, 15 May 2001, Ralf Baechle wrote:
> On Mon, May 14, 2001 at 11:49:16PM -0400, God wrote: > > > Speaking of queues on routers/servers, does such a util exist that would > > measure (even a rough estimate), what level of congestion (queueing) is > > happening between point A and B ? I'd be curious how badly congested some > > things upstream from me are...... I know I can use ping or > > traceroute ... but they don't report queueing or bursting. Both measure > > latency and packetloss ... short of stareing at a running ping that is > > ... <G> > > Pathchar, yet another Van Jacobsen toy does this. Unfortunately the old > and rotten pre-version you can find in ftp.ee.lbl.gov:/pathchar/ is afaik > the last one. In the past it served me well you find about how ISPs are > lying ... 100mbit backbone = fast ethernet in their computer room ... >
pathchar (last I used it), doesn't report queueing or bursting levels. It is purely a bandwidth estimator (and a dam fine one too!) ... Could be wrong though, I just don't recall seeing that as feature.
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