How to diagnose network latency with ping, mtr, and curl

Build Latenspan, latency triage from host to service with ping, mtr, curl timing.

  • Difficulty Intermediate
  • Parts 10
  • Stack ping, mtr, curl timing

What you are learning

Latenspan is latency triage from host to service. The teaching focus is Latency (ping, mtr, curl timing).

Work in order. Early parts set vocabulary and environment; later parts assume the earlier checkpoints.

How to use these lessons

Read the goal, open the matching GitHub folder, complete the lab or exercises, then return for the explanation. If a command fails, check you are in the numbered folder first.

Open the Latenspan GitHub repo →

Parts in order

Each chapter below is one checkpoint in this lab.