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Revision: 649
Author:   

Date:     Wed Sep 21 12:20:42 2011
Log:      Clarified which routine is saving tcpdump trace.
http://code.google.com/p/ndt/source/detail?r=649

Modified:
 /wiki/NDTTestMethodology.wiki

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--- /wiki/NDTTestMethodology.wiki       Wed Sep 21 11:50:50 2011
+++ /wiki/NDTTestMethodology.wiki       Wed Sep 21 12:20:42 2011
@@ -105,9 +105,9 @@
  # The server sends this port number to the client
  # The client connects to the port the server opened
  # The server starts one or more of the following routines:
-   * libpcap routines to perform packet trace used by the  
[NDTTestMethodology#Bottleneck_Link_Detection Bottleneck Link Detection]  
algorithm.
-   * [NDTDataFormat#tcpdump_trace tcpdump trace] to save to a standard  
tcpdump file all packets sent during the  
[NDTTestMethodology#Client-To-Server_Throughput_Test Client-To-Server  
throughput test] on the newly created connection. This tcpdump trace dump  
is only started when the `-t, --tcpdump` options are set. The use of  
tcpdump duplicates work being done by the libpcap trace above. However,  
this approach simplifies the NDT codebase.
-   * [NDTDataFormat#web100_snaplog_trace web100 snaplog trace] to dump  
web100 kernel MIB variables' values written in a fixed time interval  
(default is 5 msec) during the  
[NDTTestMethodology#Client-To-Server_Throughput_Test Client-To-Server  
throughput test] for the newly created connection. This snaplog trace dump  
is only started when the `--snaplog` option is set.
+   * libpcap routine to perform packet trace used by the  
[NDTTestMethodology#Bottleneck_Link_Detection Bottleneck Link Detection]  
algorithm.
+   * [NDTDataFormat#tcpdump_trace tcpdump trace] to save to a standard  
tcpdump file all packets sent during the Client-To-Server throughput test  
on the newly created connection. The packets for the tcpdump trace are  
saved by the same libpcap routine as used for the  
[NDTTestMethodology#Bottleneck_Link_Detection Bottleneck Link Detection]  
algorithm. This tcpdump trace dump is only started when the `-t, --tcpdump`  
options are set by the NDT administrator.
+   * [NDTDataFormat#web100_snaplog_trace web100 snaplog trace] to dump  
web100 kernel MIB variables' values written in a fixed time interval  
(default is 5 msec) during the Client-To-Server throughput test for the  
newly created connection. This snaplog trace dump is only started when the  
`--snaplog` option is set by the NDT administrator.
  # The client performs a 10 second throughput test over the newly created  
connection
  # The server calculates its throughput, in Kbps, according to the  
following formula:
   {{{
@@ -131,9 +131,9 @@
  # The server sends this port number to the client
  # The client connects to the port the server opened
  # The server starts one or more of the following routines:
-   * libpcap routines to perform packet trace used by the  
[NDTTestMethodology#Bottleneck_Link_Detection Bottleneck Link Detection]  
algorithm.
-   * [NDTDataFormat#tcpdump_trace tcpdump trace] to save to a standard  
tcpdump file all packets sent during the  
[NDTTestMethodology#Server-To-Client_Throughput_Test Client-To-Server  
throughput test] on the newly created connection. This tcpdump trace dump  
is only started when the `-t, --tcpdump` options are set. The use of  
tcpdump duplicates work being done by the libpcap trace above. However,  
this approach simplifies the NDT codebase.
-   * [NDTDataFormat#web100_snaplog_trace web100 snaplog trace] to dump  
web100 kernel MIB variables' values written in a fixed time interval  
(default is 5 msec) during the  
[NDTTestMethodology#Server-To-Client_Throughput_Test Client-To-Server  
throughput test] for the newly created connection. This snaplog trace dump  
is only started when the `--snaplog` option is set.
+   * libpcap routine to perform packet trace used by the  
[NDTTestMethodology#Bottleneck_Link_Detection Bottleneck Link Detection]  
algorithm.
+   * [NDTDataFormat#tcpdump_trace tcpdump trace] to save to a standard  
tcpdump file all packets sent during the Server-To-Client throughput test  
on the newly created connection. The packets for the tcpdump trace are  
saved by the same libpcap routine as used for the  
[NDTTestMethodology#Bottleneck_Link_Detection Bottleneck Link Detection]  
algorithm. This tcpdump trace dump is only started when the `-t, --tcpdump`  
options are set by the NDT administrator.
+   * [NDTDataFormat#web100_snaplog_trace web100 snaplog trace] to dump  
web100 kernel MIB variables' values written in a fixed time interval  
(default is 5 msec) during the Server-To-Client throughput test for the  
newly created connection. This snaplog trace dump is only started when the  
`--snaplog` option is set by the NDT administrator.
  # The client performs a 10 second throughput test over the newly created  
connection
  # The server takes a web100 snapshot
  # The server calculates its throughput, in Kbps, according to the  
following formula: