Variable latency testing

A system, comprising:

• a computing system, comprising:
• at least one first processor;
• and
• a first non-transitory computer readable medium communicatively coupled to the at least one first processor, the first non-transitory computer readable medium having stored thereon computer software comprising a first set of instructions that, when executed by the at least one first processor, causes the computing system to:
• receive a request to test a target device;
• identify a first plurality of network devices that is distributed across a network for testing the target device in the network;
• establish a first plurality of paths, each path corresponding to a path between the target device and one of the first plurality of network devices, the first plurality of paths including one or more of at least one second path having a latency that is different from a latency of other paths among the first plurality of paths or at least one third path having a connection speed or bandwidth that is different from a connection speed or bandwidth of other paths among the first plurality of paths;
• initiate one or more network tests along each established path among the first plurality of paths;
• analyze results of the one or more network tests;
• and
• present at least one of the results of the one or more network tests or analyses of the results.

A method, comprising:

• receiving, by a computing system, a request to test a target device in a network;
• identifying, by the computing system, a first plurality of network devices that is distributed across the network for testing the target device in the network;
• running, by the computing system, commands on the first plurality of network devices to initiate one or more network tests over varying latencies or varying network speeds between the target device and the first plurality of network devices;
• analyzing, by the computing system, results of the one or more network tests to determine network status of the target device and to identify outlier network devices among the target device and the first plurality of network devices, based on at least one of the determined network status of the target device or the results of the one or more network tests;
• generating, by the computing system, a report based on at least one of the results of the one or more network tests, analyses of the results, the network status of the target device, or the identified outlier network devices;
• and
• presenting, by the computing system, the generated report to a user device.