Testing latency

You can run a latency test on your Secure Gateway client-server connection. This test measures how long it takes for data to travel back and forth between your local Secure Gateway Client and the on-cloud Secure Gateway server.

For more information, see Understanding latency (https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/infrastructure/direct-link?topic=direct-link-understanding-latency).

Secure Gateway map with the cloud highlighted

Procedure

  1. Click Manage > Secure Gateway.

    The Secure Gateway list appears.

    Tip: If you just completed your connection, but the Gateway connection value for your gateway is Copy icon Not connected, click Refresh to update the value to Copy iconConnected.
  2. At the end of the row for your gateway, click the ellipsis icon Ellipsis icon and then click Properties.
  3. At bottom of the Secure Gateway properties page, under Secure Gateway client, expand the name of the computer where you installed Secure Gateway Client.
  4. Click Latency test.

Results

The Server-Client Latency and the Client-Server Latency times are displayed, in milliseconds.