Agilent Technologies 622Vu Advisor, User Manual

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Running a Ping Test
After you specify the properties you want, click OK to run the test. 622Vu
Advisor opens this ping-test monitoring window:
Messages sent,
responses received,
and timeout counts.
Measured round-trip
latency (minimum,
maximum, and
average).
Amount of time the test has been running.
Ping packets sent per
second, and data
transmitted per second
(shown in Megabits).
The lefthand side of the display shows packet counts and latency information:
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Packets displays the number of packets sent, the number of those packets for
which responses were received, and the number that timed out before a
response was received.
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Latency displays the minimum, maximum, and average latency (measured
round-trip times) for all transmissions, measured in milliseconds.
The righthand area provides a graphic representation of the number of packets
transmitted per second (left), and the total amount of data in those packets
(measured in Mbps (Megabits per second, shown right).
The toolbar lets you stop/start the transmission of messages, or open the dialog
box used to specify the test properties (described above):
Click to begin transmission of
ping messages using the
current set of test properties.
Click to stop message transmission.
Click to change the test properties.
If you stop transmission of ping messages (or the transmission ends
automatically), the elapsed-time field stops counting. You can retransmit the
messages any number of times by simply clicking the Start button. The elapsed-
time field resets itself after a restart, as do the statistics and graphics (right).
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