Packet Loss Test

[james]

For the packet loss test, how many packets does the poller send to determine the percentage of packet loss? Just something I was wondering about.

Thanks,

James

[rajib]

James,

The ping monitor in Traverse sends 5 ICMP packets of 32 bytes each to determine packet loss. It is possible to change the count/size by editing etc/dge.xml and updating the parameters for the monitor definition:

<monitor type="ping"
class="com.fidelia.emerald.monitor.monitors.BatchIcmpPing Monitor"
packetCount="5" packetSize="32"/>

Note that this is a global setting that will affect all ping tests. Modifications to these settings may affect overall performance of the ping monitor.