# Response time issue on packetbeat **URL:** \ **Category:** Beats\ **Tags:** packetbeat\ **Created:** [June 16, 2016, 4:16pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/response-time-issue-on-packetbeat/53025 "2016-06-16T16:16:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Kennedy\_Kan1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/cc9497/32.png) [@Kennedy\_Kan1](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Kennedy_Kan1)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2016, 4:16pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/response-time-issue-on-packetbeat/53025/1 "2016-06-16T16:16:13Z")
Does response time equals to latency or there is calculation for latency? Because when I use the sample dashboard for topbeat, I saw that there is a latency diagram showing response time as X-axis in Kibana and does it calculate only between the server and the client or also between client an client? ---
**Author:** ![steffens](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/steffens/32/79630_2.png) [@steffens](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/steffens)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2016, 12:47pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/response-time-issue-on-packetbeat/53025/2 "2016-06-17T12:47:20Z")
response time is difference between first byte seen from request and first time seen from response message (say latency). What you mean by `between client and client`? ---
**Author:** ![Kennedy\_Kan1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/cc9497/32.png) [@Kennedy\_Kan1](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Kennedy_Kan1)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2016, 1:02pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/response-time-issue-on-packetbeat/53025/3 "2016-06-17T13:02:59Z")
But doesn't latency means like jamming? I meant like between client side computers ---
**Author:** ![steffens](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/steffens/32/79630_2.png) [@steffens](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/steffens)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2016, 1:30pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/response-time-issue-on-packetbeat/53025/4 "2016-06-17T13:30:05Z")
Can you elaborate? I don't fully get what you mean. ---
**Author:** ![Kennedy\_Kan1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/cc9497/32.png) [@Kennedy\_Kan1](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Kennedy_Kan1)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2016, 1:46pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/response-time-issue-on-packetbeat/53025/5 "2016-06-17T13:46:12Z")
1. As seen from the web. latency seems has a bit different meaning to response time as latency is more related to delay; however, packetbeat did provide a latency diagram based on response time; therefore, I would like to know if the response time in packetbeat just equal to latency. 2. I have one centralized ES server and few clients server with logstash and packetbeat. Thus, would like to know packetbeat is just collecting data between ES server and client or also between clients ---
**Author:** ![steffens](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/steffens/32/79630_2.png) [@steffens](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/steffens)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2016, 2:44pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/response-time-issue-on-packetbeat/53025/6 "2016-06-17T14:44:36Z")
1. response time equals difference between first byte seen on request and response each. It's the latency at the point of measurement. 2. Packetbeat is collecting all traffic it sees, depending on configuration. It constructs a BPF filter from protocols configured. One can customize the packet filter (similar to tcpdump syntax) to restrict collection even more. What does `between clients` mean? Which clients are communication directly + which protocols are used? ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2016, 4:16pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/response-time-issue-on-packetbeat/53025/7 "2016-07-07T16:16:19Z")
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