[email protected] writes: > Cisco is the same. The router's job is to forward packets, not to > generate ICMP replies (whether this is due to explicit ping, or for > instance traceroute through the router). > > You should *expect* that a modern router will have limitations on > how much control plane traffic (bps, pps) it will accept/generate.
I would hope that a modern router handled at least ICMP ECHO in hardware. Latency tests are often useful for debugging, and ping is an easy-to-use and widely available tool for latency testing. Having to start an incoming support call by explaining why a high varying latency as measured by ping does not actually mean that something is wrong easily wastes a couple of minutes. Even worse if that was the only "problem" the customer had. So please, router vendors, make ICMP ECHO fast and reliable. /Benny _______________________________________________ cisco-nsp mailing list [email protected] https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/cisco-nsp archive at http://puck.nether.net/pipermail/cisco-nsp/
