perfSONAR User Q&A and Other Discussion

[Jason Zurawski <>]

Hi Jim;

NPAD is developed by PSC, I believe the NPAD discussion list is located 
here:

https://lists.psc.edu/mailman/listinfo/npad-discussion

Although there has not been a lot of traffic recently.

Thanks;

-jason


On 1/19/10 3:49 PM, jim warner wrote:
> That helps.  Thanks.  Now when it runs the test it ends by saying:
>
> > Accumulate loss statistics, no more than 20 seconds:
> > Test 4a (10 seconds): Accumulate loss statistics
> > Test 4b (10 seconds): ...
> > report url ServerData/newnoc.ucsc.edu:2010-01-19-20:08:24.html
> It is not obvious what the user should do with that to get to the results.
> That is not a question. But unless the answer is supposed to be something
> like "Log into the server computer and run 'find' with this parameter as
> a file
> name...", the documentation needs some embellishment.
>
> Again, thanks.
>
>
> Jason Zurawski wrote:
> > Hi Jim;
> >
> > The NPAD server's HTTP port listens on 8200, the connect port for
> > actual NPAD tests is 8100:
> >
> >
> > [knoppix@Knoppix
> >  ~]$ diag-client 128.193.128.237 8100
> > Using: rtt 10 ms and rate 20
> > Connected.
> > Control connection established.
> > port = 8003
> > Starting test.
> > Parameters based on 108 ms initial RTT
> > peakwin=27400 minpackets=3 maxpackets=83 stepsize=8
> > Target run length is 608 packets (or a loss rate of 0.16447368%)
> > Test 1a (11 seconds): Coarse Scan
> > Test 1b (11 seconds): ...
> > ...
> >
> >
> > Thanks;
> >
> > -jason
> >
> >
> > > There is a copy of the command line client (diag-client) for npad on
> > > the knoppix disk image. When I run it, it tells me:
> > >
> > > > [warner@Knoppix
> > > >  usr]$ diag-client 128.193.128.237 8200 Using: rtt 10
> > > > ms and rate 20
> > > > Connected.
> > > > Protocol error: bad handshake.
> > > > Please make sure you have the latest client, and you have the
> > > > correct port number.
> > >
> > >
> > > That port number works with a browser connection. I'd look for the
> > > client version,
> > > but it doesn't seem to have one -- and in any case, I don't know what
> > > the current
> > > version should be.
> > >
> > > Thanks.