Measuring latency without using ping (ICMP blocked)

[Henry Chua]

Hi All,

I will like to measure the latency between my box and a remote server by using ping. But seems that the box at the other end blocked ICMP. Is there anyway i can test the latency. I know hping can do the job, but is there an easier way?

Regards
Henry

[Kevin Wright]

Try traceroute to see how far you get, it may give you a clue to the network latency issue.

[rick jones]

And if traceroute, which also depends in part on ICMP messages, is unsuccessful, and you have access to both sides, you could run a netperf TCP_RR test. Or if the remote has not (yet) closed-off its "echo" service, you could write a small program that opens a connection to "echo" on the remote system and times some stuff being echoed.