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Enterprise LANMeter
Overview of Tests
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Table 9. Token Ring Network Information
To Do The Following Task Use This Test Under this Test
Category
List stations currently attached to the ring.
Identify the active monitor.
Map stations to lobe cables.
Ring Stations Network Monitor
Determine if the network is operating
efficiently.
Network
Statistics
Network Monitor
Identify and locate a noisy lobe cable or
network interface card.
Determine the source and causes of soft
errors.
Error Statistics Network Monitor
Determine the route, maximum frame size,
and number of hops between stations
across Token Ring source routing bridges.
Verify network connectivity across Token
Ring source routing bridges.
Station Ping Network Tests
Identify stations performing Token Ring
functions, such as Ring Error Monitor.
Adapter Status Network Tests
Remove a station from the ring. Remove Station Network Tests
Troubleshoot a beaconing ring.
Network
Statistics
Network Monitor
Determine ring speed as 4 Mbps or 16
Mbps.
Network
Statistics
configured for
AUTO speed in
Network Config
Network Monitor
Calculate the Adjusted Ring Length (ARL).
Measure the Token Rotation Time.
Token Rotation
Time
Network Monitor
Quantify what percentage of traffic is ring
maintenance.
Protocol Mix Network Monitor
Determine if your network is operating on
the secondary (backup) path.
Token Rotation
Time
Network Monitor
Verify that a lobe cable can pass 4 Mbps
and/or 16 Mbps traffic.
Lobe Test NIC/MAU Tests
Measure the relative noise level on your
network.
Phase Jitter Network Tests