# Response time

**URL:** <https://community.dynatrace.com/t/response-time/43772>\
**Category:** Open Q&A\
**Tags:** network-monitoring\
**Created:** [January 23, 2024, 9:34am UTC](https://community.dynatrace.com/t/response-time/43772 "2024-01-23T09:34:31Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Jivan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b77776/32.png) [@Jivan](https://community.dynatrace.com/u/Jivan)\
**Post date:** [January 23, 2024, 9:34am UTC](https://community.dynatrace.com/t/response-time/43772/1 "2024-01-23T09:34:31Z")

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is Dynatrace measure response time through icmp request?

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**Author:** ![Pawel\_Zalewski](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/dynatrace/user_avatar/community.dynatrace.com/pawel_zalewski/32/8101_2.png) [@Pawel\_Zalewski](https://community.dynatrace.com/u/Pawel_Zalewski)\
**Post date:** [January 24, 2024, 8:37pm UTC](https://community.dynatrace.com/t/response-time/43772/2 "2024-01-24T20:37:48Z")

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Hi,

Based on article, Dynatrace primarily focuses on application performance monitoring (APM). Does not measure response time through ICMP (Internet Control Message Protocol) requests. ICMP is commonly used for tools like ping to check the reachability of a network host and measure round-trip time, but I think it is not a reliable indicator of application performance.

> **[What is APM? Application performance monitoring in a cloud-native world](https://www.dynatrace.com/news/blog/what-is-apm/)**
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> Application performance monitoring (APM) is the process of tracking and analyzing software application performance and behavior in real time.

Best regards

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**Author:** ![AntonioSousa](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/dynatrace/user_avatar/community.dynatrace.com/antoniosousa/32/50_2.png) [@AntonioSousa](https://community.dynatrace.com/u/AntonioSousa)\
**Post date:** [January 24, 2024, 8:57pm UTC](https://community.dynatrace.com/t/response-time/43772/3 "2024-01-24T20:57:17Z")

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[@Jivan](https://community.dynatrace.com/user/58188),

There are several ping extensions, and I have authored more than one. Please let us know your use-cases, so we can help you with the best options.

[@Pawel\_Zalewski](https://community.dynatrace.com/user/66060), don’t agree totally with you: more and more, with cloud applications and countries like mine, Portugal, a little bit far away from the cloud, the impact of network latency is sometimes high, mainly when no edge CDNs are used. Monitoring network latency/RTT it is a must in a lot of my clients…

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**Author:** ![PacoPorro](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/dynatrace/user_avatar/community.dynatrace.com/pacoporro/32/36087_2.png) [@PacoPorro](https://community.dynatrace.com/u/PacoPorro)\
**Post date:** [January 25, 2024, 7:31am UTC](https://community.dynatrace.com/t/response-time/43772/4 "2024-01-25T07:31:24Z")

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You both are right.

ICMP is not&nbsp;a reliable indicator of application performance.  
Network infra can impact users’ experience.