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[Matt Mathis <>]

Nearly all of the time should be spent in the two data transfer tests.   All 
of
the other tests should take a few RTT at most.

If you are going to think about the control protocol, please look at the
protocol used by NPAD/pathdiag, which uses more or less the same model as ndt,
but has a number of notable differences.   There has been a long standing plan
to merge to two tools/protocols into one, but we haven't been successful at
making it happen.

User documenttation:
http://www.psc.edu/networking/projects/pathdiag/

Site admin/installing a server:
http://www.psc.edu/networking/projects/pathdiag/siteadmin.php

Thanks,
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On Fri, 7 Jul 2006 

 wrote:

> > >  From this I can see that there might be some buttons or tabs that
> > > would control the macro behavior of the NDT system.  So it might
> > > say
> > >         "Test for common problems"
> > >         "Test for NATs"
> > >         "Test for Firewalls"
> > >         etc
> >
> > The requirements for the human interface are:
> >
> > 1. Ease of running tests
> >
> > 2. Ease of interpretation of results
> >
> > 3. Quick completion
> >
> > Having user-configurable parts contribute towards goal 3, goes
> > mildly against goal 2, and very strongly against goal 1.  I'd say it
> > should just probably do all magic automatically without need for
> > user to select any boxes or tabs or anything.  Just waiting for all
> > the test to complete (as long as it is approximately known how long
> > to wait) should be easier than having to select the right boxes to
> > answer one's questions.
>
> The basic test suite will start after pressing the 'Start' button. The
> user will not need to select anything in order to achieve the results
> as in the current version of the NDT.
>
> User will need to configure the tests only if he/she wants to tests
> some aspects more deeply.
>
> > How long do all the tests run?
>
> The default test suite should run about 30 seconds. If there are some
> problems on the link, this time might be a little longer (but still
> less than 1 minute).
>
> I think that all the tests (default + middlebox detection + other)
> should take no more than 2 minutes.
>
> Jakub.
>