What is bing FOR LINUX?

bing

bing is a cool app created by Pierre Beyssac that helps you measure the RAW bandwidth of a remote network link. When I say "remote," I mean any link that isn’t directly hooked up to your computer. For example, you can check out the bandwidth between your Internet Service Provider (ISP) and the broader internet. And when I say "RAW," it means you’re looking at the true capacity of the link, not what’s left after other users have taken their slice of the pie. So, even if a link is super busy and you're only getting 1KBps, bing can still tell you if it's actually a 128Kbps link or maybe even 256Kbps or more. But don’t expect any miracles!

How Does It Work?

bing uses ICMP to do its thing! It sends Echo Request packets in various sizes and analyzes how much the Round Trip Time (RTT) changes. The RTT can vary quite a bit each time, so bing makes several measurements to get the best data possible. It then takes the lowest RTT for each host and packet size.

Versions Available

There are two versions out there for bing. The first one, version 1.0.4, is the latest stable release made by Pierre Beyssac, but it only works on Unix systems. The second version is 1.1.3, which I ported over to Win32 platforms as a development release. Even though it’s labeled as development software, I think it runs really well and could replace version 1.0.4 without issues! If you're using version 1.1.2 on Win32, I highly recommend upgrading to this newer version because I've made some solid improvements in measuring RTT precision.

What's New in This Release?

• Pulled some Win32 code back in.


• Updated the bing man page.


• Tweaked the Readme file.


• Improved the makefile.

How Download Works

Go to the Softpas website, press the 'Downloads' button, and pick the app you want to download and install—easy and fast!