[Asterisk-Users] (newby) Is PING a good indicator of latency?

[Damon Estep]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: asterisk-users-bounces at lists.digium.com [mailto:asterisk-users-
> bounces at lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Olle E Johansson
> Sent: Wednesday, February 01, 2006 5:25 AM
> To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion
> Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] (newby) Is PING a good indicator of
latency?
> 
> Cosmin Prund wrote:
> > As the subject line says: Is PING a good indicator of network
latency?
> If
> > not, how can I measure latency?
> >
> Using Asterisk is a good way. If you define a phone in sip.conf and
turn
> on "qualify=", we will measure the latency for the network between the
> phone and Asterisk.
> 
> /O

Olle

Qualify= runs one SIP OPTIONS per 60 second interval, right? And then
only the latest response is shown.

Not really enough sample points to determine if the network will support
RTP and no provision for jitter measurements and packet loss.

I really like the statistics on the cheap Linksys ATAs! - latency,
jitter, packet loss during an actual call.