Advanced network

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(Applicable to BurnInTest Pro version only)

Select network card(s) to test

Network card IP address

This list will show the IP of up to 20 network cards that are installed on the system and plugged in. The values in the fields below are saved for each network card and can be different for each card.

IPv4 and IPv6 (on Vista and later) NICs will be displayed in the drop down  Note: BurnInTest and the Endpoints must support IPv4.

Test On/Off

Check this box the enable testing for the selected IP of a network card.

 

Test settings

Half duplex / Full duplex

Full duplex – will send and receive data during the test.

Half duplex – will only send data during the test.

Data port Number

This is the starting port number that is used when sending data during the test, as the testing progresses more then one port may be in use by each network card. Unless it conflicts with other services in use this should be left at the default value.

Block Size (bytes)

This value is buffer size used when breaking the file into packets and sending it across the network.

Target NIC load (%)

This is the required load placed on the network card during testing, the test will be throttled to maintain the necessary amount of data being sent through the network card. For example, a load of 15% for a 1000 megabit (1 gigabit) network card will be a transfer rate around 17 MB/s. Note: If this setting is high, the system may not be able to generate sufficient traffic to meet this load requirement.

Low NIC threshold

A low throughput threshold value can be specified to raise a throughput error when the throughput falls below the specified level.

Validate data

If this is checked then the data sent during the test will be validated , this may slow down the testing due to the CPU overhead of validation.

 

Display test endpoints

The test preferences now includes a display endpoints option to make it clearer which endpoints are currently available for testing. This will display the IPv4 and IPv6 address form each endpoint that is currently available for testing.

Example:

The following preferences window shows a local NIC with IPv4 and IPv6 and a remote Endpoint with 2 NICs, both supporting IPv4 and IPv6:

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