Network testing and latency

[Ben Scott]

On 3/7/06, Kevin D. Clark <kclark at mtghouse.com> wrote:
> If all that you want to do is to introduce latency, I would suggest
> using iptables "dstlimit" and "fuzzy" modules.

  Will that really create a realistic reproduction of a higher latency
link, though?  Assuming the throughput demands were minimal, latency
would remain low, wouldn't it?  And higher throughput demands would
prolly result in TCP throttling or retransmissions or some such, which
would be seen more as a bandwidth limit or bad line, not long
transmission time, per se.

  I'm not sure it matters in practice, but it might.

-- Ben