5Network Performance Analyzer Reference
Network Performance Autotest
The measurements taken during all these tests are:
Name Lookup The request/response time for converting a name into an address.
PING Response The time it takes to perform an ICMP Echo test on the device.
Autotest Results
While the test is running, the overall status of each server test is displayed. As each test completes, it is given a performance metric. When all of the tests are completed, the overall performance metric is calculated and presented to the user. Details about each test result may be viewed. As an example of the details available, a web server test may require a DNS lookup, a PING response, a first response, and a page read operation. The status and time for each of these operations is presented in the detailed view.
The Autotest may be left running in a loop with a programmable delay between each iteration of the autotest. This feature may be used to find problems that may only occur at certain times of the day. In this case, the response times for each test are
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