User`s guide

4 - 10 Ethernet or Token Ring Bridge
Running a Multicast Test (Multicast)
The multicast option is used to test transmission conditions within local
radio cells. Packets are sent between the source and destination nodes
without any acknowledgments or retries (as multicasts). This test pro-
vides a good indication of the raw state of the path to the node since no
attempt is made to recover from any radio errors.
The time is displayed in milliseconds. Each packet contains the time it
was sent. When a packet is received by the source, the time difference
indicates the round trip time. Longer times indicate that the processor’s
or the radio’s bandwidth is full.
The signal strength numbers indicate the strength of the radio signal at
the time the packets were received at each end. Signal strength is
expressed as a percentage of full power.
Running A Unicast Test (Unicast)
The unicast option can be used to test the path between the Ethernet or
Token Ring Bridge and any other Aironet node in the wired or radio net-
work. The packets are sent with the same error recovery as normal user
data so round trip times indicate the infrastructure throughput and con-
gestion.
Testing link to 00409611d1e5 with 100 multicast packets of size 512
Please wait:
GOOD ( 9% Lost) Time Strength %
msec In Out
---- ----- -----
Sent: 100, Avg: 19 78 85
Lost to Tgt: 8, Max: 29 85 92
Lost to Src: 1, Min: 17 71 85
Testing link to 00409611d1e5 with 100 unicast packets of size 512
GOOD (8% Retries) Time Strength % Retries
msec In Out In Out
---- ----- ----- ---- ----
Sent: 100, Avg: 25 78 85 Tot: 3 14
Lost to Tgt: 0, Max: 91 85 92 1 2
Lost to Src: 0, Min: 21 78 85 0 0