How can i make Ping sensor with millisecond precision?


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Seeing Ping sensors already show data in milliseconds, could you please specify what you mean?


Jul, 2013 - Permalink

Sorry, with "microsecond" precision (for example 0.248 ms)


Jul, 2013 - Permalink

We use the Windows API call IcmpSendEcho2 which returns the timing in ms precision. Microsecond precision is much more complicated and getting accurate timings on a system with a high load (like a lot of PRTG systems) would be nearly impossible.

For microsecond timing you would need to use specialized tools, sorry.


Jul, 2013 - Permalink

You can use hrPing or other similar third party applications to do that.

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3951823/how-to-get-a-precise-ping-measurment

Thomas


Jul, 2014 - Permalink