Network Performance
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1) Attendees will log in to 'npw.internet2.edu' using the usernames and
   passwords supplied before the workshop.  

2) Slides will go through the steps we will be taking on these hosts. The goal
   is to find the following network performance metrics:
   
   a) Round Trip Latency (via 'ping')
   b) One Way Latency, packet loss, packet re-ordering, and jitter (via 'owamp')
   c) TCP Bandwidth (via 'bwctl')
   d) Network diagnostics, round trip latency, packet loss (via 'ndt') 

3) Solutions to exercises will be discussed, and reasons for poor network
   performance will be presented. E.g. small amounts of packet loss on a network
   with large latencies will impact throughput. 

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- J. Zurawski
- Thu Aug  4 15:39:57 EDT 2011