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To display the network statistics corresponding to the last (or current) test, follow these
steps:
1. From the Home panel, go to RESULTS,
The test port results panel is displayed.
2. Select either Port A or Port B to enter in the port specific results.
3. Enter in Network layer statistics.
4. Check the IPv4 TX, IPv4 RX, IPv4 frags., IPv6 RX, Unicast pkts., Multicast pkts.,
Broadcast pkts., UDP ICMP / ICMPv6 counters.
5.1.4. Bandwidth Statistics
Bandwidth statistics inform about how many frames and bits you are receiving per time
unit and how much of the available bandwidth is being used by the traffic. Traffic
statistics are supplied at many different transmission layers, including Ethernet, IP and
UDP. IP and UDP is closer to the amount of usable data and Ethernet statistics are
more related with the bandwidth available for transmission.
Bandwidth statistics are timed measurements, you need to run a test to start collecting
results. In order to access to these results follow these steps:
1. From the Home panel, go to RESULTS,
The test port results panel is displayed.
2. Select either Port A or Port B to enter in the port specific results.
3. Enter in Bandwidth statistics.
4. Select General statistics.
ICMP / ICMPv6 Aggregated count of ICMP and ICMPv6 messages received
from the beginning of the test.
ICMP packets carry Internet Control Message Protocol
(ICMP) messages defined in RFC 792. ICMPv6 messages
carry the version 6 of Internet Control Message Protocol
defined in RFC 4443.
The protocol number assigned to ICMP is 1. For ICMPv6 the
protocol number is 58.
TCP TCP packets or segments are IP packets carrying the User
Datagram Protocol (TCP) defined in RFC 793.
The protocol number assigned to TCP is 6.
Table 5.3: Global Network Statistics
Metric Description
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