P Rocedure 3-5 - Nortel 6220 User Manual

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Procedure 3-5
Testing Wireless Network Performance
Testing Wireless Network Performance (Ping Fill Test)
Action
Step
1. On the Analyze tab, click the Ping Fill Test button. The Enter IP
Address screen is displayed.
Note: The above IP address should be that of the CSU (Client of APU)
which can get the IP address list box at the AP configurator.
Figure 4-43
IP Address Tab
2. Enter the IP address and Read/Write Password of the Internet host with
which you would like to test throughput, and click the OK button. The
Ping Fill Test Parameters screen is displayed. .
Note: To test wireless performance, the target system can be one of the
APU Secure Data Mode station's clients. You can also use a wired host
to test wired interface performance.
3. Enter the Test Window Size, Max Packets, and Test Running Time.
Ex) Packet Length: 60, Window size: 80, Maximum Packets: 20,
Number of Seconds: 5
4. Click the OK button. You will see some warning messages, and then
the Ping Fill test will run. The results of the test are then displayed in
the Ping Fill Results screen.
5. Choosing the correct parameters is crucial to obtain the accurate Ping
Fill Test results. To find out more about each of the parameters, click in
the fields shown in the screenshot below.
WLAN Cable Access Point 6220 CSU NTPM99CA Rel 2.0 Issue 5 Dec 2005
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