operational: icmp echo out of control?

Thu May 23 23:59:28 UTC 2002

> Path latency doesn't change much, you can determine
> this with very few probes.
> . . . .
> Much like web spidering, some simple common sense can help keep probes
> from becoming a hassle:
> . . . .
> * Consider what is the smallest unit of "distinct network topology" you
> need to map. A very reasonable number would be a /24.

  We have been studying these issues as part
  of the IDMaps project and have two reports
  quantifying our results.  If interested,
  you can download our papers from:

  http://idmaps.eecs.umich.edu/papers/rtt.ps.gz
  http://idmaps.eecs.umich.edu/papers/ap.pdf

Cheers,
Amgad