I can imagine plenty of circumstances where someone might want by-protocol indications of service, rather than the relatively basic link-test that ICMP provides.
Another vote for iperf.... Mark. On 23/12/11 08:36, Sean Harlow wrote: > iperf might be able to do what you need and there are Windows builds > available, but I'm not sure if it has a mode where it's not flooding the > network trying to test maximum speed. Is there a reason that standard ICMP > pings aren't appropriate if you just want packet loss info? Obviously every > platform worth using has ping built in. > ---------- > Sean Harlow > s...@seanharlow.info > > On Dec 22, 2011, at 2:28 PM, Jay Nakamura wrote: > >> The goal of what I am doing is to test some network convergence impact >> in a lab with two PCs with windows (Can't run Linux, it would be >> easier if I could) and switches and/or routers in between. >> >> So, I thought there must be some simple utility out there that can >> just start spewing out UDP packets to the other side at a certain time >> interval and I can look at packet loss via what arrives on the other >> side with wireshark on the PC. >> >> I found hping but it seems to be outdated and I can't get it to work >> on my windows boxes. >> >> Anyone have any suggestions? >> >
