new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/net/autotest/current/host/slowping.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+if [ $# -lt 1 ]; then
+    echo "Usage: $0 [XFAIL] target [timeout [size]]" > /dev/stderr
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+[ "xXFAIL" == "x$1" ] && { XFAIL="XFAIL"; shift; }
+TARGET=$1
+if [ "x" == "x$2" ]; then TIMEOUT=10;   else TIMEOUT=$2; fi
+if [ "x" == "x$3" ]; then PINGSIZE=64;  else PINGSIZE=$3; fi
+
+if [ "x$XFAIL" != "xXFAIL" ]; then
+    # first try normal size packets
+    if ping -n -c 5 $TARGET > /dev/null ; then
+	echo "INFO:<$$: $TARGET is up>" > /dev/stderr
+    else
+	echo "FAIL:<$$: $TARGET is down>" > /dev/stderr; exit 1
+    fi
+fi
+
+# then the size we were asked to do, for the time requested
+ping -n -c $TIMEOUT -s $PINGSIZE $TARGET > /tmp/ping$$ && PINGRESULT=ok
+
+# dump this out for the controller logfile
+cat /tmp/ping$$
+
+INFO1=$(grep "bytes of data" /tmp/ping$$)
+INFO2=$(grep "packet loss" /tmp/ping$$)
+INFO3=$(grep "round-trip" /tmp/ping$$)
+
+rm -f /tmp/ping$$
+
+[ "x" != "x$INFO1" ] && echo "INFO:<$$: $INFO1>" > /dev/stderr
+[ "x" != "x$INFO2" ] && echo "INFO:<$$: $INFO2>" > /dev/stderr
+[ "x" != "x$INFO3" ] && echo "INFO:<$$: $INFO3>" > /dev/stderr
+
+if [ "x$XFAIL" == "xXFAIL" ]; then
+    echo "PASS:<$$: slow ping XFAIL, $PINGSIZE bytes $TIMEOUT packets/seconds>" > /dev/stderr
+    exit 0
+fi
+
+if [ "x" == "x$PINGRESULT" ]; then
+    echo "FAIL:<$$: slow ping failed, $PINGSIZE bytes $TIMEOUT packets/seconds>" > /dev/stderr
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+echo "PASS:<$$: slow ping OK, $PINGSIZE bytes $TIMEOUT packets/seconds>" > /dev/stderr
+
+# EOF