Measuring Latency with nmap ping / discovery scan

[Eyal Raab <eyal.raab () gmail com>]

Hi,

I want to test the latency to a given host by doing a discovery scan (with
minimal intrusion).
I issue the following command:

nmap -sn -Pn <ip_address>


And the output I'm getting is this:


Starting Nmap 6.46 ( http://nmap.org ) at 2014-07-16 14:12 IDT

Nmap scan report for <ip_address>

Host is up.

Nmap done: 1 IP address (1 host up) scanned in 0.04 seconds


However, with this sort of scan I don't see the latency output which
I usually see.


Can someone help me with the following questions:


   1. Are there certain conditions that must exist for the latency output
   to be displayed (assuming the host is up)?
   2. Can I force the latency to be displayed?
   3. Is there an NSE script that shows the latency (or something similar I
   can adapt)?

Any help in this direction will be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
Eyal.
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