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On current iputils ping (seems to be default on most linux distros) you should be using flood ping for this: # ping -f x.x.x.x As superuser or su -c / sud
by Adaptive 12y ago
On current iputils ping (seems to be default on most linux distros) you should be using flood ping for this:
# ping -f x.x.x.x
As superuser or su -c / sudo of course. You'll get a nice real time bar chart of packet loss. I use it all the time for (edit: local) network testing.
- 300bps 12y agoThat's fine on your local network. If you're pinging a system out of your local network, what you're doing is considered by many to be a denial of service attack. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ping_flood http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ping_flood It's not even close to the most effective denial of service attack, but if I were to do that from my 100 Mbps Internet line I could overwhelm many company's Internet lines with a simple ping flood.
- Adaptive 12y agoSure. I added "local" about a second after posting for this reason. However even with -f you can just specify an interval when running tests outside your lan.