Ronja Twibright Labs

Measuring packetloss with ping of 2xTwister or 2xAUI Forte

Measuring packetloss for 2 Ronja Twisters or AUI Forte's with ordinary ping

Running ping

  • You can select payload length in ping. The resulting packetloss is generally dependent on this. Bigger payload means bigger packetloss.
  • If the ping allows you to specify -c to send packet as soon as the previous one arrives, use this flag.
  • If you are using the -c flag, then run two instances of the ping at the same time (in different xterm windows or consoles).
  • Do not use the -f (flood ping) option. This would render the measured BER invalid.
  • Leave the ping to run long enough to have multiple dropped packets. The longer the better precision.
  • Press ctrl-c and read out the packetloss (in %)
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