Standard Network Test and Bluetooth |

Network Test configuration 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. Standard Network Test / Advanced Network Test Use these radio buttons to switch between using the standard and advanced network tests. Standard Network Test (enter IPv4/6 host addresses) Recommended setup:
• | It is recommended that the system under test be on a controlled test network;
• | The default BurnInTest configuration tests to the internal loopback address 127.0.0.1. This is the default simply as the other test modes require configuration for the local test network. The All available physical network ports is the recommended Test mode. In this case, one (destination) host address should be specified for each network port to be tested.
Test Mode
• | Internal Loopback: A test to the Internal loopback address, 127.0.0.1 is performed. BurnInTest will not force the routing of test traffic over a specific network port 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.
• | All available physical network ports: 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 20) will be allocated to a Network adapter. If there are more Network Addresses specified than (detected) Network adapters then an error will be raised.
• | All available physical ethernet ports: As per All available physical network ports, but this test mode will only test ethernet ports.
• | All available physical 802.11 ports: As per All available physical network ports, but this test mode will only 802.11 ports.
# Note: Under Windows Vista and later, the internal loopback (e.g. 127.0.0.1) may not be specified for the All available physical ... ports test modes. # 1..20 (Network addresses) Up to 20 network addresses can be entered for the simultaneous testing of the connection to 20 different locations. To enter more than 10 Network address destinations, select the "Enter more host addresses" button. 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. IPv4 and IPv6 on Vista and later can be tested. e.g. 169.192.0.1 or fe80::5d79:7fe4:c09c:4d59 If less than 20 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. Bad packet generates error / Bad packet ratio generates error / Ratio (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. 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. For more information see the description of the Network Test. # Advanced test options 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 test 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 test system must support Bluetooth and have Bluetooth enabled. Active The Bluetooth test options are on the right hand side of the Preferences->Network window. To activate the Bluetooth test, select the “Active” checkbox. Remote device name 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. 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. Display devices 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