Test Preferences – Network and Bluetooth |

Standard Network Test and Advanced Network Test The Standard Network Test is available in the Standard and Professional editions of BurnInTest. The Advanced Network Test is only available in the BurnInTest Professional edition. Use these radio buttons to switch between using the standard and advanced network tests.

Standard Network Test

Network address 1..6

Up to 6 network addresses can be entered for the simultaneous testing of the connection to 6 different locations. These values are used for the Network test. Each address must be a URL or an IP address.

A URL is the name of a network host, e.g. www.hostname.com

An IP address is a sequence of 4 numbers that correspond to a network host. e.g. 169.192.0.1

If less than 6 addresses need to be tested, select "Inactive" in the drop down box, otherwise specify "Active" to test to the destination Network Address. To test a particular type of Network adapter, Ethernet or 802.11 (wireless), you can also specify "Active - Ethernet" or "Active - 802.11".

The host selected must be accessible from the computer and capable of responding to the ‘ping’ command. See the Network Test for more details. PassMark recommends the selection of a local host to minimize data link problems, which are fairly common on the Internet.

Timeout

This value determines how long BurnInTest will wait for a data packet to be sent or received before an error is reported. The value is measured in Milliseconds. 2000ms (2 seconds) is the default value.

Error handling

There are two options for handling errors that occur during the execution of the network test. BurnInTest can either log an error for every bad (or missing) packet or can be set to only log an error when the number of errors exceed a threshold ratio set by the user. This threshold ratio is expressed as the percentage of bad packets compared to the overall number of packets attempted to be sent.

Test all available Network Adapters

If "Test all available Network Adapters" is set to "Yes" then BurnInTest will automatically route the test traffic over all Network adapters that are available and enabled on the system. The Network Adapters under test will be logged. The number of Network Adapters that will be tested is based on the number of Network Address destinations specified in Preferences->Network. Each Network Address (1 to 6) will be allocated to a Network adapter. If there are more Network Addresses specified than (detected) Network adapters then an error will be raised.

"Test all available Network Adapters" can also be set to "Yes - Ethernet only" and "Yes - 802.11 only". These options will only test the network adapters of this type.

If "Test all available Network Adapters" is set to "No" then BurnInTest will not force the routing of test traffic and the data routing will depend on the TCP/IP configuration setup in Windows (as per the system routing table). This test data can pass via different network interface cards (NIC) or the same one.

If "Test all available Network Adapters" is set (to anything other than "No"), then the individual Network address settings of "Active - Ethernet" or "Active - 802.11" will be treated as "Active". i.e. when the global test setting for the Network Adapter type is used then the individual Network Adapter type settings per Network Address are overridden.

Notes

1) You need to have administrator privileges to run this test.

2) Under Windows Vista and later, the internal network interface loopback (e.g. 127.0.0.1) and the local NIC addresses may not be specified when "Test all available Network Adapters", "Active - Ethernet" or "Active - 802.11" are is specified. "Error sending packet" will be displayed if these Network addresses are specified in this scenario.

For more information see the description of the Network Test.

Edit Options (Advanced Network Test)

This option is only available in the BurnInTest Pro version.

When the Advanced Network Test option is selected at the top of the Window, the “Edit Options” button will be available. Clicking this button will open the Advanced Network Test Options Window and allow the options for the advanced test to be set.

For more information see the description of the Advanced Network Test.

Bluetooth

The Bluetooth test has been grouped with the Network test in terms of Test selection and duty cycle. So the “Test configuration and duty cycle” window Network settings also apply to the Bluetooth test. So "Network" must be selected on “Test configuration and duty cycle” Window.

The Bluetooth test options are at the bottom of the Preferences->Network window. To activate the Bluetooth test, select the “Activate” checkbox. Optionally you can specify the remote device name to connect to (the remote Bluetooth device options sometimes allow you to view and change this). You might also want to turn off the standard network test by unchecking all of the Network Address “Active” checkboxes.

The remote Bluetooth device needs to be setup to allow connections. For example, on a Windows Mobile device this is in Start->Settings, Connections tab, Bluetooth icon. Select “Turn On”. On the Accessibility tab, ensure “Allow other devices to connect, All devices” is selected” and “Other devices can discover me”. On the Services tab, select “File Transfer” and ensure “Enable service” in selected. If you don’t want to test the authentication process (this involves entering a PassKey on the remote device on connection, and then on the test system), you can de-select “Authentication (Passkey) required” if available. It is also recommended that the remote devices power savings settings are turned off so that it does not turn off during testing. These options will vary depending on your remote Bluetooth device.

Notes: the Windows Bluetooth dialogs must be closed during the testing.

The Bluetooth device needs to be in range.

To assist users in determining the names of remote Bluetooth devices, a "Display devices" button is available. This will show all remote Bluetooth devices that are paired or are in range that can be used for the Bluetooth test. You can then enter one of these device names into the "Remote device name" edit box.

See the Bluetooth test description for more details