Renamed the 'ping' test to the 'latency' test to more accurately reflect the test; Added the '-i' flag to the jitter and latency tests to set the ping interval timing

src/benchmarks/network.rs

@@ -3,19 +3,25 @@ use std::process;
 use crate::text;
 
 // ping a host
-pub fn ping_host(address: &str, count: &u16) {
+pub fn latency_test(address: &str, count: &u16, interval: &u16) {
     println!("Pinging host {}, {} times.", address, count);
 
+    // if we're on Windows we need to use the -n flag for ping counts
     let mut count_arg = "-c";
     if cfg!(windows) {
         count_arg = "-n";
     }
 
+    // convert the ping interval to seconds
+    let interval_secs = *interval as f64 / 1000 as f64;
+
     // run the ping command
     let output = process::Command::new("ping")
         .arg(address)
         .arg(count_arg)
         .arg(format!("{}", count))
+        .arg("-i")
+        .arg(format!("{}", interval_secs))
         .output()
         .expect("Failed to execute command");
 
@@ -31,19 +37,25 @@ pub fn ping_host(address: &str, count: &u16) {
 }
 
 // network jitter test
-pub fn jitter_test(address: &str, count: &u16) {
+pub fn jitter_test(address: &str, count: &u16, interval: &u16) {
     println!("Pinging host {}, {} times to determine network jitter.", address, count);
 
+    // if we're on Windows we need to use the -n flag for ping counts
     let mut count_arg = "-c";
     if cfg!(windows) {
         count_arg = "-n";
     }
 
+    // convert the ping interval to seconds
+    let interval_secs = *interval as f64 / 1000 as f64;
+
     // run the ping command
     let output = process::Command::new("ping")
         .arg(address)
         .arg(count_arg)
         .arg(format!("{}", count))
+        .arg("-i")
+        .arg(format!("{}", interval_secs))
         .output()
         .expect("Failed to execute command");
 

src/main.rs

@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@ struct Cli {
     #[clap(subcommand)]
     command: Commands,
 
-    #[clap(short = 'i', long, default_value_t = 1, help = "Number of times to run test. Default = 1", global = true)]
-    iterations: u8,
+    #[clap(short = 'l', long, default_value_t = 1, help = "Number of times to run test. Default = 1", global = true)]
+    loopcount: u8,
 }
 
 #[derive(Subcommand)]
@@ -123,13 +123,11 @@ struct Net {
 
 #[derive(Subcommand)]
 enum NetCommands {
-    // ping subcommand
-    #[clap(name = "ping", about = "Ping a host to determine network latency.")]
-    Ping {
-        #[clap(short = 'a', long, default_value_t = String::from("8.8.8.8"))]
-        address: String,
-        #[clap(short = 'c', long, default_value_t = 30)]
-        count: u16,
+    // bandwidth test subcommand
+    #[clap(name = "bandwidth", about = "Uses iperf to test network bandwidth.")]
+    Bandwidth {
+        #[clap(short = 'a', long, required = true)]
+        host: String,
     },
 
     // jitter subcommand
@@ -137,15 +135,21 @@ enum NetCommands {
     Jitter {
         #[clap(short = 'a', long, default_value_t = String::from("8.8.8.8"))]
         address: String,
-        #[clap(short = 'c', long, default_value_t = 30)]
+        #[clap(short = 'c', long, default_value_t = 100)]
         count: u16,
+        #[clap(short = 'i', long, default_value_t = 1000)]
+        interval: u16,
     },
 
-    // bandwidth test subcommand
-    #[clap(name = "bandwidth", about = "Uses iperf to test network bandwidth.")]
-    Bandwidth {
-        #[clap(short = 'a', long, required = true)]
-        host: String,
+    // latency subcommand
+    #[clap(name = "latency", about = "Ping a host to determine network latency.")]
+    Latency {
+        #[clap(short = 'a', long, default_value_t = String::from("8.8.8.8"))]
+        address: String,
+        #[clap(short = 'c', long, default_value_t = 100)]
+        count: u16,
+        #[clap(short = 'i', long, default_value_t = 1000)]
+        interval: u16,
     },
 }
 
@@ -160,25 +164,25 @@ fn main() {
 
         Commands::Disk(args) => match &args.disk_commands {
             DiskCommands::ReadSeqTest { tempfile, size } => {
-                for i in 0..cli.iterations {
+                for i in 0..cli.loopcount {
                     println!("Test run number {}.", i + 1);
                     benchmarks::disk::disk_read_seq_test(tempfile, size);
                 }
             },
             DiskCommands::ReadRandTest { tempfile, size } => {
-                for i in 0..cli.iterations {
+                for i in 0..cli.loopcount {
                     println!("Test run number {}.", i + 1);
                     benchmarks::disk::disk_read_rand_test(tempfile, size);
                 }
             },
             DiskCommands::WriteSeqTest { tempfile, size } => {
-                for i in 0..cli.iterations {
+                for i in 0..cli.loopcount {
                     println!("Test run number {}.", i + 1);
                     benchmarks::disk::disk_write_seq_test(tempfile, size);
                 }
             },
             DiskCommands::WriteRandTest { tempfile, size } => {
-                for i in 0..cli.iterations {
+                for i in 0..cli.loopcount {
                     println!("Test run number {}.", i + 1);
                     benchmarks::disk::disk_write_rand_test(tempfile, size);
                 }
@@ -192,24 +196,24 @@ fn main() {
         },
 
         Commands::Net(args) => match &args.net_commands {
-            NetCommands::Ping { address, count } => {
-                for i in 0..cli.iterations {
-                    println!("Test run number {}.", i + 1);
-                    benchmarks::network::ping_host(address, count);
-                }
-            },
-            NetCommands::Jitter { address, count } => {
-                for i in 0..cli.iterations {
-                    println!("Test run number {}.", i + 1);
-                    benchmarks::network::jitter_test(address, count);
-                }
-            },
             NetCommands::Bandwidth { host } => {
-                for i in 0..cli.iterations {
+                for i in 0..cli.loopcount {
                     println!("Test run number {}.", i + 1);
                     benchmarks::network::bandwidth_test(host);
                 }
             },
+            NetCommands::Jitter { address, count, interval } => {
+                for i in 0..cli.loopcount {
+                    println!("Test run number {}.", i + 1);
+                    benchmarks::network::jitter_test(address, count, interval);
+                }
+            },
+            NetCommands::Latency { address, count, interval } => {
+                for i in 0..cli.loopcount {
+                    println!("Test run number {}.", i + 1);
+                    benchmarks::network::latency_test(address, count, interval);
+                }
+            },
         },
     }
 }