Tool to measure ssh latency ("sshping") ?

[Ethan Pailes]

I’ve had a good experience with the sshping tool (https://github.com/spook/sshping). It collects a bunch of samples and summarizes results nicely.

On Thu, Jul 27, 2023 at 6:04 PM, Chris Rapier <[rapier at psc.edu](mailto:On Thu, Jul 27, 2023 at 6:04 PM, Chris Rapier <<a href=)> wrote:

> Also, keep in mind that point uses ICMP which often uses a slow path
> through network hardware. So a ping implemented in SSH will likely be
> interacting with the hardware differently. While the two values will
> largely correspond there will be enough difference to cause comparisons
> between the two to have larger error bars than you might like.
>
> By the way, I'm assuming you're doing this to get latency overhead
> associated with ssh packet processing. If not can you even on what you'd
> like to find out?
>
> On 7/27/23 5:14 PM, Roland Mainz wrote:
>> Hi!
>>
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>>
>> Before I start writing one myself...
>> ... did anyone ever wrote a tool to measure the latency of a ssh
>> connection, a la "ping" ?
>>
>> ----
>>
>> Bye,
>> Roland
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