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[Peter Charbonneau <>]

Good afternoon,

  I am new to NDT and new to the list.

  I installed the I2 Performance Toolkit on two different sets of Dell hardware - a 1550 pizza box and an OptiPlex 745 with 8G of memory.  

  When I run the NDT tests, I see two types of errors -- protocol errors and server busy errors.

  The server is running v3.4.4a of web100srv; I got frustrated with the java applet/client, so I downloaded, configured, and made v3.4.4a ndt from source.

  Here are console messages from both the server and client showing the interaction.  It looks like one of the issues MAY be not being able to stat /proc/web100/header, but I haven't been able to find the server source to follow that logic.

  Any help pointing me in the right direction would be greatly appreciated.  

  I would prefer to use the I2Performance ToolKit - strictly for ease of use of the java applet for the clients, but, I'll take what I can get.

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Server:

[root@i2perf2 init.d]# web100srv -ddddd -p3001

ANL/Internet2 NDT ver 3.4.4a

Variables file = /usr/ndt/web100_variables

log file = /usr/ndt/web100srv.log

Debug level set to 5

server ready on port 3001

web100_init() read 69 variables from file

nothing in queue

Timer not running, waiting for new connection

New connection received, waiting for accept() to complete

New connection received from [137.165.224.49].

Child thinks pipe() returned fd0=5, fd1=6 for pid=0

web100_attach: could not parse /proc/web100/header

Signal 17 received by process 21874

Parent process spawned child = 21876

Parent thinks pipe() returned fd0=5, fd1=6

Incrementing waiting variable now = 1

Telling client 21876 testing will begin now

>>> send_msg: type=1, len=1

Signal 13 received by process 21874

Queue pointer = 21876, testing = 1, waiting = 1

Received SIGCHLD signal for active web100srv process [21874]

wait3() returned 256 for PID=21876

wexitstatus = '1'

Waiting for new connection, timer running

now = 1290017016 Process started at 1290017013, run time = 3

Timer expired while waiting for a new connection

Queue pointer = 21876, testing = 1, waiting = 1

Waiting for new connection, timer running

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Client:

porthos2:~/Downloads/ndt-3.4.4a/src pcharbon2-13:01:58$ ./web100clt -ddddd -n 137.165.224.118 -p3001

Testing network path for configuration and performance problems  --  Using IPv4 address

Requesting test suite:

 > Middlebox test

 > Simple firewall test

 > C2S throughput test

 > S2C throughput test

>>> send_msg: type=2, len=1

Protocol error!

porthos2:~/Downloads/ndt-3.4.4a/src pcharbon2-13:03:05$ ./web100clt -v

ANL/Internet2 NDT version 3.4.4a (client)

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PeteC

Peter Charbonneau

Sr. Network and Systems Administrator

Williams College

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