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");