Fluke Series II manual

TM OneT ouc h Series II Network Assistant Users Ma nual September 1999 Rev. 1, 11/00 © 1999, 2000 F luke C orpor atio n. All righ ts res erved . Pr in ted in USA All produc t nam es are tradem arks of their respec tive co mpanies .[...]

LIMITE D WARRANTY & LIMITAT I ON OF LIABILITY Fluke Corporati on (Fluke) warrants its products t o be free from defects in mat eri al and workmanship under norm al use and service for one (1) year, beginni ng on the date of shipment. This warranty ext ends onl y t o the original buyer or end-user custom er of a Fluke authorized reseller, and do[...]

i Table of Contents Chapter Title Page 1 Introduction .................................................................................................................. 1-1 Introducing th e OneTouch Series II Network As sistant.................................................. 1-1 Software Version....................................................[...]

OneTouch Series II Users M anual ii Central Setup ............................................................................................................ 2-17 IP Config ............................................................................................................... 2-17 Using DHCP to Get an IP Sourc e Address ...................[...]

Contents (conti nued) iii Crossed Pair ........................................................................................................ 4-6 Split Pair ............................................................................................................... 4-6 Cable Length ..............................................................[...]

OneTouch Series II Users M anual iv Find MAC .............................................................................................................. 6-10 Find IP .................................................................................................................. 6-11 Mode of Oper ation ..........................................[...]

v List of Tables Table Title Page 2-1. Device Icons ......................................................................................................................... 2-4 2-2. TCP/IP Device Icons ............................................................................................................. 2-13 3-1. Network Health Met ers ....[...]

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vii List of Figures Figure Title Page 1-1. OneTouch-10/100 Series II Network Assistant ..................................................................... 1-2 2-1. Autotest Display .................................................................................................................... 2-2 2-2. Station Filter...........................[...]

OneTouch Series II Users M anual viii 2-19. Security Setup ....................................................................................................................... 2-21 2-20. SNMP .................................................................................................................................... 2-22 2-21. Community S[...]

Contents (conti nued) ix 6-6. IP and NetWare Ping ............................................................................................................ 6-5 6-7. IP Ping Results ..................................................................................................................... 6-5 6-8. NetWare Ping Resu lts..................[...]

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1-1 Chapter 1 Introduction Introducing the OneTouch Ser ies II Network As sistant The Fluke O neTouch  Series II Network Assistant (hereafter ref erred to as the "N etwork As sistant") provid es quick s olutions to the m ost comm on problems fou nd when insta lling and tr oubleshoot ing Ethern et network s. The Network As sistant is a [...]

OneTouch Series II Users M anual 1-2 documents . Adobe Acrobat Rea der is requ ired to view t he documents . It is included on the CD-R OM that cam e with your purchas e or downloada ble from www.adobe.com . Software V ersion To determine t he version of the softwar e in the On eTouch Series II Network Assistant, pres s the gre en button to t urn t[...]

Introduction Introducing the OneTouc h Series I I Network Ass istant 1 1-3 UTP Access ory Kit (P/N N6703) Extra OneTouch S eries II N etwork Assis tant Getting Started Manua l Placing Orders and Getting Assistanc e To locate an authorized s ervice center , visit us on the World Wide Web at www.fluk enetwork s.com or call Fluke using the phone n umb[...]

2-1 Chapter 2 Autotest and Central Setup Introduction AutoTest and C entral Setup are two critic al elemen ts of using your Netwo rk Assis tant. To run AutoTest, pres s ( AutoTest ) on th e top-level display. The N etwork Assis tant will take one of several cours es of ac tion. If a link puls e is detecte d, it searc hes for dev ices on the network[...]

OneTouch Series II Users M anual 2-2 plugging it b ack in. Th is is also th e same as pres sing the ( Rerun) button. Press a dis played devic e, cable, or h ub icon to see a popup sc reen showing m ore informati on about that item. Close the r esulting p opup sc reen by press ing . ace201s.bmp Figure 2-1. AutoT est Display AutoTest cont inues to di[...]

Autotest and Central Setu p Introduction 2 2-3 The Network As sistant will id entify as a router any device advertising one of the fo llowing r outer protoc ols: RIP, IGRP, EIGRP, IRDP, or OSPF. Therefore, if a r outer is statically c onfigured (i. e., is not sending out r outing updat es), it may not show up as a router. The Network As sistant wil[...]

OneTouch Series II Users M anual 2-4 Table 2-1. Device Icons Icon Meaning Operations Network Assist ant Press to display the MAC address and software/h ardware vers ions for your instrument. Station Filter Press to filter out station types of l ow or no interes t to you (Fig ure 2-2). You c an unselect t he following: MA C Only (no L3 A ddress) , I[...]

Autotest and Central Setu p Introduction 2 2-5 Table 2-1. Device Icons (Cont.) Icon Meaning Operation TCP/IP Device s Press to dis play IP routers, servers, s tations and ot her devices detected on t he network tha t are running TCP/IP ( Figure 2-11). Pres sing an icon on the TCP/IP Devices display genera tes a lis t of devices of that type . For m[...]

OneTouch Series II Users M anual 2-6 ace216s.bmp Figure 2-2. Stati on Filter ace202s.bmp Figure 2-3. Stati on List Information ace205s.bmp Figure 2-4. NetBIOS Inform ation[...]

Autotest and Central Setu p Introduction 2 2-7 ace206s.bmp Figure 2-5. Novell Serv er Information ace207s.bmp Figure 2-6. Stati on Detail[...]

OneTouch Series II Users M anual 2-8 Station Detail Display Pressing on a line in a st ation or s erver list br ings up a Station Deta il display (Fi gure 2-6). This display s hows information p ertaining to the resourc e. The informatio n may inc lude the frame type used, the network, node, and MAC address es, the equipm ent manufac turer, and th [...]

Autotest and Central Setu p Introduction 2 2-9 ace208s.bmp Figure 2-7. Ping SNMP Results From the Tool m enu press ( Find Node ) to activ ate the Station Locator feat ure, whic h details s witch information. R ead “Station L ocator” in Chap ter 6 for more information. Viewin g Mult iple Pro tocol s on S tation D etail Displays The Station Detai[...]

OneTouch Series II Users M anual 2-10 (IEEE 802.2 and 80 2.3, Ethernet II, and SNAP). If more than one serv er responds for a given fil e type, the Network Ass istant reports the firs t server that res ponded. The File Server List shows the near est 50 file serv ers, based on hop count. This list is deriv ed from SAP responses from the first s erve[...]

Autotest and Central Setu p NetWare Print S erver List 2 2-11 ace211.bmp Figure 2-10. Net Ware File Server Inform ation NetWare Pr int Ser ver List From the NetWare F ile Server dis play (Fig ure 2-9), pr ess ( View Print Servers ) to s ee a list of th e nearest 50 print servers based on h op count. Press ing a print s erver name sends an SNMP quer[...]

OneTouch Series II Users M anual 2-12 ace204s.bmp Figure 2-11. TCP/IP Devices Display[...]

Autotest and Central Setu p NetWare Print S erver List 2 2-13 Table 2-2. TCP/IP Device Icons Icon Meaning Operation Servers TCP/IP Servers O neTouch has dis covered. The Network Assistant wil l discover DNS , WINS, POP2, POP3, SMTP, HTTP, DHCP, and BOOTP servers. Duplicate IPs IP addresses that are in us e by more than one devic e on the network . [...]

OneTouch Series II Users M anual 2-14 Table 2-2. Device Icons (Cont.) Icon Meaning Operation Routers Local Rout ers and routi ng protocols on each r outer. The fol lowing routin g protocols are identified: R IP, RIP2, OSPF, IGR P, EIRGP, IRDP. Serve rs T CP/IP S erve r s the Netwo rk Assist ant has di scovere d. I t will discove r DNS, W INS, POP2,[...]

Autotest and Central Setu p NetWare Print S erver List 2 2-15 Sorting Figure 2-12 s hows a sam ple TCP/IP devic e list. Sortin g for devices running TCP/IP fu nctions th e same way as Station Deta il Display dis cuss ed in Table 2-1. Press ing ( Station List Sort ) enabl es you to list devic es based on Name, Protoc ol, Device Ty pe, Frame Cou nt ([...]

OneTouch Series II Users M anual 2-16 ace214s.bmp Figure 2-13. Sort Opti ons Address Entry Keypad The Address Entry Keypad (Fig ure 2-14) is a decimal keypad for enteri ng address es. Press the Lef t-Arrow and Right-Arrow keys to s elect digits to change (or to uch the entry box dir ectly at th e desired pos ition), the period (.) to move between I[...]

Autotest and Central Setu p NetWare Print S erver List 2 2-17 Central Setup This sec tion covers the e lements of the Central Setu p screen (Figure 2-15) that are not covere d in the Gettin g Started Manua l : ( IP Config ) and ( SNMP Config ). IP Config From the Central S etup s creen (Figure 2 -15), press ( IP Config ) to acc ess the IP Address s[...]

OneTouch Series II Users M anual 2-18 ace217s.bmp Figure 2-16. IP Ad dress Configuration You can enter t he Source IP m anually or by using DHCP. The Source IP Addr ess is the address you assign to t he Netwo rk Assist ant . The Netw o rk Assi st ant resp on ds to pings receiv ed from a netw ork station. To return a response, the Network Ass istant[...]

Autotest and Central Setu p NetWare Print S erver List 2 2-19 ace218s.bmp Figure 2-17. Address Entry Keypad To move the curs or, use the arrow keys or press the desired octe t within the IP address box . To quick ly move between ad dress oc tets, press the “ . ” key, then pres s the octet y ou want to modify. After entering th e address , press[...]

OneTouch Series II Users M anual 2-20 ace220s.bmp Figure 2-18. DHCP Displ ay The Network As sistant determ ines if an assigned address is already us ed by another device, an d requests another address if n ecessary . This cycle c an occur up to fiv e times bef o re the DHCP process fail s. OneTouch wil l renew its l ease acc ording the RFC213 1, wh[...]

Autotest and Central Setu p NetWare Print S erver List 2 2-21 ( Find Router ) again cycle s t hro ugh a list of th e detected routers . This le ts you s ee more routers tha n just the first one detected. If t he Network Assistant has discov ered more than one rou ter, it ass umes you w ant to ping the bus iest router, a nd so uses that router’ s [...]

OneTouch Series II Users M anual 2-22 Press SNMP Communities on th e Security Setup screen to ac cess the SN MP Comm unity String List (Figure 2-20) . The Network As sistant uses the “public ” community string (pass word) as the firs t default and also provides the capability to enter fo ur additiona l community strings differ ent than “pub l[...]

Autotest and Central Setu p NetWare Print S erver List 2 2-23 ace222s.bmp Figure 2-21. Communit y String Editor[...]

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3-1 Chapter 3 Network Health Introduction Network H ealth display s utilizati on ( Util ), errors ( Error ), collisions ( Colsn ), broadc asts ( Bcast ), p rotocols ( IPX ), and stations ( Stations ), as s hown in F igure 3-1. To enter the Network Health men u, press ( N etwork Health ) on the top-level display. The Network H ealth menu displays si[...]

OneTouch Series II Users M anual 3-2 For example, pressing Util dis plays the Top Send ers display (Fi gure 3-2). To get more de tail about a particular s tation, pres s the boxed addres s of that s tation. Details about that station will be dis played as shown Figur e 3-3. Pres s ( Tool Menu ) to access the followin g (as applic able): IP Trace Ro[...]

Network Health Introduction 3 3-3 ace304s.bmp Figure 3-3. Stati on Detail The Network Hea lth test dis play has s ix meter icons , each of which indic ates the c urrent, avera ge, and maxim um values. A repr esentativ e meter icon is shown in Figure 3- 4. Each meter icon ( except w here indic ated) has a logarithmic scale w ith 0 at the m inimum, 1[...]

OneTouch Series II Users M anual 3-4 Table 3-1. Network H ealth Meter s Icon Description Press to dis play network utilizatio n. Percent Display – Display s the uti lization perc entage for the last on e-second s ample perio d. Count Display – D isplays the fram e count, for th e last one-s econd sampl e period. The meter’s scale sw itches to[...]

Network Health Introduction 3 3-5 Table 3-1. Network H ealth Test Icons (Cont.) Icon Operation Press to dis play coll ision detai ls (% coll isions an d collis ions/second). Percent Disp lay – Display s the num ber of coll isions as a p ercentage of the number of frames received for t he last one-s econd sam ple period. The Network As sistant id [...]

OneTouch Series II Users M anual 3-6 Table 3-1. Network H ealth Test Icons (Cont.) Icon Operation Displays the number of u nique source a ddresses monitored sinc e the beginni ng of this test. Some of the s ource address es may be off-s egment, whic h are sourc ed from stati ons on the other side of a router. The meter has a logarithm ic scale w it[...]

Network Health Introduction 3 3-7 Interpretin g Erro r Resu lts Col lision s A collision is the res ult of two or more nodes trans mitting at the same t ime on the s egment. Col lisions are not necess arily bad. They are a normal part of Etherne t’s operation. In general y ou need not worry abou t collis ions unless the AVERAGE c ollision rate is[...]

OneTouch Series II Users M anual 3-8 If the percenta ge of frames with a bad FCS is greater than 1%, t hen it shou ld be cons idered a ser ious problem that is affec ting netw ork throughput. A given rate of bad FCS frames has a muc h more serious effect on netw ork throug hput than a s imilar collis ion rate. This is bec ause the retr ansmiss ion [...]

Network Health Introduction 3 3-9 environment, a local s tation is o ne that is in the s ame broadcast dom ain as the N etwork Ass istant. A remote stati on is one th at is not on the same Ethern et segment or br oadcast dom ain as the N etwork Ass istant.[...]

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4-1 Chapter 4 Cable Tests Introduction The Network As sistant quic kly identi fies the mos t common c able and wirin g faults on tw isted pair cab ling systems and automatica lly tests all four pairs. It also detects fiber optic cable and en ables y ou to begin f iber tests if a fi ber optic modu le is detec ted. You can perform the followin g test[...]

OneTouch Series II Users M anual 4-2 Cable Autotest Press ( Cable Autotest ) to measure ca ble len gth, detect split pairs, and/ or perform a w iremap test. T he Network As sistant does not m easure c able length wh en it detects a li nk pulse ( i.e., when con nected to a n active device s uch as a Hub). The Network As sistant also s tarts the f ib[...]

Cable Tests Introduction 4 4-3 The Wiremap C able tes t can be r un as a s tandalone tes t or automatic ally when y ou run Cable Aut otest or A utoTest. The standalo ne tes t and Cable Autot est are r un under Cable Tes ts. To run a stand alone test W iremap Cable test, attac h the cable to the N etwork As sistant and a rem ote unit to t he far end[...]

OneTouch Series II Users M anual 4-4 If you explic itly run t he Wiremap C able tes t while th e far end of the cable is attac hed to a Hub, you m ay see unexpected r esults lik e wires shorted toget her. This is a normal side effect of forcin g a wirem ap to be done on a remote devic e other than a Cable I dentifier . Identifying Cables Use the Ca[...]

Cable Tests Introduction 4 4-5 Twisted Pair Cab les Twisted pair c able is c urrently the m ost popular c able in LAN system s. The 1 0BASE-T standa rd for twist ed p air cabl ing system s i s much more popular tha n coaxial based Ethernet network s because it is easi er to work with a nd is inherently m ore reliable . The 10BASE-T sta ndard is v a[...]

OneTouch Series II Users M anual 4-6 Reversed Pa ir A cable pair is reversed w hen two indiv idual wir es of a pair are reversed fr om end-to-end , as shown i n Figure 4-3. A reversed pair is not nec essarily a c atastrophic failure. Some 10BASE-T adapt er cards and Hubs can sens e the reversed pol arity and conti nue to op erate. It is always a go[...]

Cable Tests Introduction 4 4-7 The sym ptoms of a split p air range from non-existent t o a compl ete lack o f co mmu ni cati on. In some ca ses a sp li t pair cable m ay work just fin e for 10BASE-T but not at al l for 100BASE-TX. 3 6 4 5 3 6 4 5 ace406f.eps Figure 4-5. Split Pair A split pair c annot be id entified with a conventi onal wiremap te[...]

OneTouch Series II Users M anual 4-8 The Network As sistant is pre programm ed with typica l NVP values for CAT 3 , 4, and 5 UTP cable. In addition, t here are two user- definable Cab le Types f or you to ent er your own NVP values . Cable Term ination In addition to determinin g cable le ngth, the TDR technique provides inf ormation on the kind of[...]

Cable Tests Introduction 4 4-9 Cable Transmitted Pulse Transmitted Pulse Transmitted Pulse Reflected Pulse Reflected Pulse Non Reflected Pulse End Of Fault Open Short Remote Adapter ace407f.eps Figure 4-6. Cabl e Termination[...]

OneTouch Series II Users M anual 4-10 Test Fiber Optic Cab le This sec tion descr ibes how to use the Network As sistant with a Fluke Fi ber Optic Meter (FO M) to test fiber o ptic cable. You c an measure optical loss and output p ower on multimode or singlem ode cable. The fiber tes ts require the following: A Fluke DSP-FOM (Fiber Op tic Meter; Se[...]

Cable Tests Test Fiber Optic Cable 4 4-11 Measuring Opt ical Loss After setting th e reference, do not dist urb the source connection as you m ake connec tions to m easure optical loss (Figure 4-9). If the fib er test is not already running, press ( AutoTest ) fr om the top l evel display to start the test. Measuring Out put Power Make the connec t[...]

OneTouch Series II Users M anual 4-12 ace403s.bmp Figure 4-7. Fib er Test Results[...]

Cable Tests Test Fiber Optic Cable 4 4-13 FOS 850/1300 FIBER OPTIC SOURCE 1300 850 OFF FOM FIBER OPTIC METER 1550 1300 850 OFF 1300 850 1300 850 Do not disturb source connection. ace408f.eps Figure 4-8. Conn ections for Setting a R eference Level[...]

OneTouch Series II Users M anual 4-14 FOS 850/1300 FIBER OPTIC SOURCE 1300 850 OFF FOM FIBER OPTIC METER 1550 1300 850 OFF Do not disturb source connection. 1300 850 1300 850 ace409f.eps Figure 4-9. Conn ections for Measuring O ptical Loss[...]

Cable Tests Test Fiber Optic Cable 4 4-15 FOM FIBER OPTIC METER 1550 1300 850 OFF 1550 TX 1300 850 ace410f.eps Figure 4-10. Con nections for Measuring Outpu t Power[...]

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5-1 Chapter 5 NIC/Hub Tests Introduction The ( NIC/Hub Tests) dis play prov ides acces s to the fol lo wing te sts: NIC Autotest Hub Autotes t NIC Detector Flash Hub P ort If the Network Assistant has a valid ne twork connec tion, it continues t o monitor the network unti l one of thes e tests is exec uted. From t he Ne two rk Assi st ant top le ve[...]

OneTouch Series II Users M anual 5-2 NIC Autotest In order for the NIC Au totest to c omplete, the NIC nee ds to be set up (p ower on, dr ivers running, e tc.). Press ( NIC Autotest ) to verify the correct o peration of an Ethernet ( 10 or 100 M bps) adapter c ard. The NIC Autotes t determines as much as possible abo ut the physic al connection to [...]

NIC/Hub Tests Introduction 5 5-3 Hub Autotest Press ( Hub Autotest ) to verify the co nnectivity between the desktop a nd the Hub. Hub A u to te st che cks the li nk pul se sig nal l evel and queries the N etWare and Ne tBIOS servers to determine the Hub’s abi lity to sen d and receive fr ames. If succes sful , th e Ne t wor k A ssista nt di spl [...]

OneTouch Series II Users M anual 5-4 can also s ee the hub’s transm ission s peed and its ab ility to perform half or full-dupl ex com munication or aut o- negotiation. T o determine your hardw are revision, pr ess from the top-l evel disp lay. If the polarity of the data on the c able’s rec eive pair is reversed, the c able on the Auto test di[...]

NIC/Hub Tests Introduction 5 5-5 that flash th e LED on the hub , indicati ng the por t that the Assis tant is connected to. Note that som e hub port link lights h ave a very s low response tim e. The Flas h Hub Port featur e may not w ork with thes e devices. Note The Network Assistant w ill not aut omatically power off dur ing Flas h Hub Port. ac[...]

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6-1 Chapter 6 Connectivity Tests Introduction Connectivity Tests v erify the IP or IPX c onnectivity between a spec ific resourc e or stati on and the Netw ork Assist a nt. Fro m the Netw o rk Assi stan t top -le vel di spla y, press ( Connectivity Tests ). The Connec tivity Tes ts screen dis plays (Figur e 6-1). OneTouch Ser ies II Pro feat ures a[...]

OneTouch Series II Users M anual 6-2 IP Trace Route From the Connec tivity Test s display, press ( IP Trace Route ) to acc ess the Trace R oute screen ( Figure 6-2). Enter a target ad dress by pres sing the Target IP Ad dress box and us ing the Keypa d (see “Manually Entering Addresses ” in Chapter 2). Press to perform the Trac e Route and v ie[...]

Connectivity T ests Introduction 6 6-3 Press IP Ping or NetWar e Ping as appropriate. Entering I PX Addr esses From the Connec tivity Test s display, press ( IP & NetWare Ping ) , then pres s the ( NetWare P ing ) tab to acces s the NetWare Ping Conf iguratio n display (Fig ure 6- 4). ace605s.bmp Figure 6-4. NetW are Ping The NetWare p ing test[...]

OneTouch Series II Users M anual 6-4 Conducting a Ping Station Test After you hav e configured the appropria te IP address, y ou can set the fr ame length from the by pressing or (Figure 6-5). This sets the frame length o f the ping p acket betwee n 64 and 1518 by tes. This is the total fr ame len gth. Press ( Begin Pinging ) from the IP Ping or N [...]

Connectivity T ests Introduction 6 6-5 Ace620s.bmp Figure 6-6. IP and NetW are Ping ace606s.bmp Figure 6-7. IP Pin g Results ace607s.bmp Figure 6-8. NetW are Ping Results[...]

OneTouch Series II Users M anual 6-6 If you have tr ouble mak ing the IP Ping test work, v erify that: The Source IP Addr ess is correct for this s ubnet. The Target s tation is active. The Router IP Ad dress is c orrect. If you have tr ouble mak ing the NetWare Ping test work , verify that: The station y ou are ping ing has the D iagnos tic Respon[...]

Connectivity T ests Introduction 6 6-7 ace617s.bmp Figure 6-10. IP Co nfiguration When you pres s a addres s box the Edit Key Devices screen dis plays (Figur e 6-11) an d enables you to edit address inform ation. ace616s.bmp Figure 6-11. Edi t Key Devices For IP, enter the IP addres s of the devic e. For IPX, you must enter th e Node and N etwork a[...]

OneTouch Series II Users M anual 6-8 the changes using the alphanumeric keypad (r ead “Central Setup” in Chapte r 2). The dev ice name you assign is for the purpos es of the Key Device Ping function. You c an also mod ify the nam e of a lis t by pressing the List Name b ox. Note Renaming a devic e while usi ng Key Dev ice Ping does not m odify [...]

Connectivity T ests Introduction 6 6-9 NetBIOS – The top two dom ains or work groups, bas ed on the number of stations , are liste d along with t he transport protoc ol used by the stati ons in that domain. NetWare – The nearest file server is listed. This is a server that respon ded to the “G et Nearest Serv er” request. The n etwork numbe[...]

OneTouch Series II Users M anual 6-10 Station Locator Station Locator is a OneT ouch Series II Pro feature t hat determines t he switch an d switch port w here a stati on is connected. I t does this by searching for the MAC address of the statio n in the forw arding tabl es contained in the switch. Station Locator the n display s pertinent sw itch [...]

Connectivity T ests Introduction 6 6-11 Find IP Enter the Tar get IP by press ing the addres s box and using the k eypad. Press ( Find ). If you enter an IP address, the Ne twork Ass istant first tries to determ ine the MAC address of that station before perform ing the search. The ac tual search is performed using the M AC address. Alth ough the I[...]

OneTouch Series II Users M anual 6-12 1003. Typic ally, if a s witch do es not hav e slots but looks lik e a hub, the p ort number wil l represent t he actual port on the unit. Port Info – The interface desc ription f or the given port. Port Inf ormation is the textual des cription o f the port on which th e MAC addr ess was found. This descripti[...]

7-1 Chapter 7 ITO – Internetwork Throughp ut Option Introduction The Internetwork Throughput O ption (ITO) is a Fluke OneTouch  Series II Netw ork As sistant software op tion that is used to test enter prise-wide thr oughput or to evaluate li ne capacity . ITO’s cou nterpart, xDSL, v erifies the operat ion of digit al subsc riber lines. ITO [...]

OneTouch Series II Users M anual 7-2 ITO/xDSL Throughput Test The followi ng functio ns are cov ered in the Thr oughput secti on Theory of Op eration Configuring the Rem ote Unit Local Unit Connections Configuring the Local U nit Results D isplayed During t he Test Final Test Res ults ITO/xDSL The ory of Operation The ITO Throug hput test ref ers t[...]

ITO – Internetwork Thro ughput Option Introduction 7 7-3 Remote (ATU-C) Unattended Network Assistant Local (ATU-R) Network Assistant Ethernet Network Ethernet Network WAN ace702f.eps Figure 7-1. Lo cal and Remote Unit s[...]

OneTouch Series II Users M anual 7-4 Basic O peration For the ITO an d xDSL Throughp ut Tests, s tarting the tes t causes the followin g actions: 1. The local unit (ATU-R f or xDSL) sends an ARP request to the remote unit (A TU-C for xDSL) specified i n its Remote IP Addr ess ( Targ et ATU-C IP in xDSL) and waits for a respo nse to that request. 2.[...]

ITO – Internetwork Thro ughput Option Introduction 7 7-5 A B D C Router Switch or Router Switch or Router Hub Network Assistant WAN 703f.eps Figure 7-2. ITO Lo cal Unit and P ossible Remote Unit Locations (A, B, C, or D)[...]

OneTouch Series II Users M anual 7-6 External Network/ Internet Service Providers Enet Router Enet Switch Central Office Network xDSL Modem Installation Assistant Installation Assistant Subscribers Computer Network Subscriber's Location Central Office Existing Telephone Line xDSL Modem ace710f.eps Figure 7-3. xDSL Test Connections[...]

ITO – Internetwork Thro ughput Option Introduction 7 7-7 The test allow s Ethernet to Et hernet test ing of any link. A link can be wireless , routed, transpar ent LAN serv ice, or asymmetric service (s uch as x DSL or cable modems) . The ITO Throug hput test req uires both units to have software vers ion 4.50, or la ter. Only the local unit m us[...]

OneTouch Series II Users M anual 7-8 4 6 1 2 3 5 7 ace704f.eps Figure 7-4. Lo cal Unit Configuration Dis play for Throughput Test Note For xDSL, the c entral of fice unit only requir es you to enter an IP addr ess. If the Network As sistant’s Source IP Address is not set corr ectly for t he network segment th at it will be attached t o, you mus t[...]

ITO – Internetwork Thro ughput Option Introduction 7 7-9 Internet Service Provider External Corporate Network Router Ethernet Switches xDSL ATU-C Modem Bank Alternate CO Connection Installation Assistant CO Unit POTS Splitters Public Switched Telephone Network Subscriber Lines ace712f.eps Figure 7-5. xDSL Central O ffice (Remote) Conne ctions[...]

OneTouch Series II Users M anual 7-10 Telephone xDSL Modem Ethernet Port POTS Splitter Subscriber Lines Installation Assistant Personal Computer or Business Network Computer or Network Connection ace711f.eps Figure 7-6. xDSL Su bscriber-end Connecti ons[...]

ITO – Internetwork Thro ughput Option Introduction 7 7-11 1. Remote IP Address Enter the sourc e IP address of th e Network As sistant at the r emote end by press ing the Remote IP Address box. For xDSL, e nter the T arget IP ATU-C Address . Enter the address with the key pad then pres s . 2. IP Config Enables you t o enter the IP address for the[...]

OneTouch Series II Users M anual 7-12 Stop at Select the hig hest spee d for the range of downstream rates to be tested. Upstream Select the s peed of the upstream traff ic generated during the test. Incr by Sel ect t h e in creme nt si ze of the downs tream speeds withi n the range you defined w ith the Start at and Stop at sele ctio ns . The test[...]

ITO – Internetwork Thro ughput Option Introduction 7 7-13 100 Mb Frame Size Max Bps 64 32.8M bps 128 65.5M bps 256 75.8M bps 512 86.0M bps 768 86.0M bps 1024 90.1M bps 1280 92.2M bps 1518 85.0M bps 6. Frm Len Select from th e following R FC 1242 frame sizes : 64, 128, 256, 512, 768, 1024, 1280, an d 1518 bytes. 7. Run Test After enterin g the abo[...]

OneTouch Series II Users M anual 7-14 1. The first four items show the upstr eam and downstream tes t speeds ( Speed ), the duration of the test ( Duration ), the fr ame length ( Fr m Len ), and th e data pattern ( Pattern ) as s elected on t he Throug hput Test configur ation d isplay. 2. The Upstream and Downstream rates show the actual data u ps[...]

ITO – Internetwork Thro ughput Option Introduction 7 7-15 ITO/xDSL Traffic G enerator Traffic Gener ator lets y ou generate n etwork traffic to see how your netw ork responds to varying tra ffic loads . Traffic Generator is available in trial mode. Read t he OneTouc h Network As sistant Gettin g Started Ma nual (P/N 12798 70) and the OneT ouch Li[...]

OneTouch Series II Users M anual 7-16 1 2 3 4 5 6 ce707f.eps Figure 7-9. Traffi c Generator Setup Displa y 1. Rate indicates the current Traffic Generator bit rate excluding t he Ethernet ov erhead of pre amble and inter-frame gap . 2. Use the arrow icons to set the n umber of frames transmitted p er second. 3. Use the arrow icons to set the frame [...]

ITO – Internetwork Thro ughput Option Introduction 7 7-17 MAC Mode Traffic Gener ator’s MAC m ode allows y ou to transm it traffic on the local segmen t. You can tra nsmit unic ast or broadcast pac kets. To run Traffic Generator in the MAC mode, do the following: 1. Connect th e Network Ass istant to your network. 2. Press ( Connectivity Tests [...]

OneTouch Series II Users M anual 7-18 Note The illegal sized fram es of 60 a nd 152 0 bytes will not p ass throug h a rout er and may not pass through a switc h. 7. Select IP as th e frame type . 8. Configure the Targ et IP Address box by pressing the box and e ntering the a ddress from the displ ayed keypad. 9. Press ( Start Traffic ) to run Traff[...]

ITO – Internetwork Thro ughput Option Introduction 7 7-19 1 3 2 ace708f.eps Figure 7-10. MAC or IP M ode Sample Result s 1 Rate is the raw da ta rate, exc luding the Ethernet framin g overhead (pre amble and inter-frame gap) . 2 This gauge s hows the N etwork Assis tant’s Traffic Gener ator transm ission rate. 3 This gauge shows the Ethernet Ut[...]

OneTouch Series II Users M anual 7-20 To run Traffic Generator in P ing mode, d o the followi ng: 1. Connect the Network As sistant to y our network. 2. Press ( Connectivity Test s ) from t he top-level disp lay ( f or xDSL , press xDSL Test the n press the Traffic Generat or tab and go to step 5) . 3. Press ( ITO ). 4. Press the ( Traffic Generato[...]

ITO – Internetwork Thro ughput Option Introduction 7 7-21 1 3 2 ace709s.bmp Figure 7-11. Pin g Mode Sample Result s 1. Rate is the raw data rate, exc luding the Et hernet framing overh ead (preambl e and inter-fr ame gap). 2. Network Utilization – This gauge shows the Network As sistant’s Traffic Generator tra nsmiss ion rate. 3. Ping Respons[...]

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Appendices Appendix Title Page A Specificatio ns ............................................................................................................... ...... A-1 B Basic Maintenence ............................................................................................................ . B-1 C Web Remote Contro l .....................[...]

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A-1 Appendix A Specifications General Sp ecifications Media Access 10Base-T and 100Base-TX. Cable Tests Length, wiremap, and sp lit pairs. Ports Shielded Hub/ NIC connector (RJ- 45). Shielded Wiremap con nector (RJ- 45). RS-232C PC/Print er port (DB- 9). Printe rs HP LaserJet series. Supported Interface Icon-based touchscreen display . Battery Rem [...]

OneTouch Series II Users Manua l A-2 Environmental Requirements Operating Temperatur e 10 ° C to 30 ° C with up to 95% Rel ative Humidity 10 ° C to 40 ° C with up t o 75% Relativ e Humidity Non-Operating Temperature -20 ° C to +60 ° C Approvals The Universal AC Adapter for the Network Assist ant has UL, CSA, and TÜ V approvals or other appr [...]

B-1 Appendix B Basic Maintenance Service and Rep airs To have t he Network Assistant s erviced or r ep a ired, c a ll on of t h e number s li s te d b e low: North America : 1-888 - 99- F LU KE (1-8 8 8-9 9 3-58 5 3) Europe : +3 1 40- 2 67- 8 300 J apan: + 81-3 - 3434 - 01 8 1 Singa p ore : +65- * - 737 - 2922 Anywhere i n the wo r ld : +1- 4 25- 4[...]

OneTouch Series II Users Manua l B-2 Replacement Parts List Part Part No. Top Shell Ass embly 1281913 Bottom Shell As sembly 603050 Button, On/Off 603057 Digital As sembly 662509 Analog Ass embly 662517 LCD/Displ ay 688330 Softcase 60311 5 Universal AC Power Adapter 616216 Battery Pack 615986 Cable Ident ifier 1 603065 Cable Ident ifier 2 616232 Ca[...]

C-1 Appendix C Web Remote Control Introduction Web Remote C ontrol is a On eTouch Series II Pro feature that enables you to view and interac t with the Ne twork Assis tant attached to th e network v ia a web browser. Your web brows er software must b e “Java-enabled .” If you do not hav e a Pro mod el, you will only be able t o view the curren [...]

OneTouch Series II Users Manua l C-2 ace101s.bmp Figure C-1. Web Agent Enter the pass word guest then press Enter . Press the desired butto ns on the We b Agent display using the mouse and th e resulting screens display on the web browser sc reen. To view a lar ger im age of the s creens, click Larger . SNMP Setu p The SNMP Com munity String feat u[...]

D-1 Appendix D Glossary 10BASE2 Sometimes called T hinLAN or CheaperNet, 1 0BASE2 is the im plementation of the IEEE 802.3 Eth ernet stan dard on thin coaxial cable. T he maximum segment len gth is 185 me ters. 10BASE5 Sometimes called T hickLAN, 10B ASE5 is the implemen tation of th e IEEE 802.3 Ethern et standard on thick coaxial cab le. The maxi[...]

OneTouch Series II Users Manua l D-2 802.2 This IEEE standard s pecifies Logical Link C ontrol (LLC), which defines services for the tran smission of data betw een tw o stations at th e data-link laye r of the OSI m odel. 802.3 Often called Ethernet, this IEEE stan dard governs the Carrier Sense Multiple Access/Co llisio n Detectio n (CSMA/CD) netw[...]

Appendices Glossa ry D D-3 Broadcast A message that is addressed to all stations on a network. For Ethern et netw orks, the MAC broadcas t address is FFFFFFFFFF FF. Broadcast Storm A situation i n which a large nu mber of station s are transmitting bro adcast packets. T his typically results in severe ne t work co ngestio n. T his pr o ble m is us [...]

OneTouch Series II Users Manua l D-4 CSMA/CD (Ca rrier Sense, Mult iple Acce ss with Collision Detection) In CSMA/CD, each node or station has equal access to the network. Before transmitting, each station waits until the network is not busy. Since each node h as equal access to the network, a collisio n (t wo stations transmitting at the sa me tim[...]

Appendices Glossa ry D D-5 Full-Duplex 10Base-T and 1 00Base-TX ne twork operation u sing a swit ching Hub to es tablish a point- to-point connection betw een LAN nodes th at allow s simult aneous sending and receiving of data packets. Full-duplex perf ormance is twice that of half-duplex perform ance. A 10Base-T full- duplex n etwork is capabl e o[...]

OneTouch Series II Users Manua l D-6 Late Collision A collision that occurs after the fi rst 64 bytes in a frame. In 10BASE-T networks, late collision s will be seen as frames with a bad FCS. Caus es of Late Collisions are a faulty NIC or a n etw ork that is too lon g. A too- long netwo r k is o ne in wh ic h t he end -to -e nd sig nal prop a gatio[...]

Appendices Glossa ry D D-7 Packet A grou p of bits in a define d format , containing a data message that is sent over a n etwork. Protocol A set of rules that machi nes must follow to e xcha nge infor mation o n a net work. Primary Domain Controller A device that manages the comm on sec urity policy and user accoun t databases for a g roup of NetBI[...]

OneTouch Series II Users Manua l D-8 Short Frame A frame less than the minimum legal size (less t han 64 byt es) with a good f rame check sequ ence. In general, y ou should not see Short Frames. The mostly likely cause of a Short Frame is a faulty adapter card or driver. Signal/Noise Ratio The ratio of w orst-case received signal level to noise lev[...]

Appendices Glossa ry D D-9 Terminator A resistor connected to th e end of a coax cable which is intended to match the characteristic im pedance of a cable. Signals are dissipated in the terminator, elim in ating ref lec tion s. Topology Topology is th e organizati on of netw ork component s. The topol ogy of Token R ing netw ork compon ents is a ri[...]

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1 Index —A— AC adap t er, u n iversal, 1-2 Accessory Kit (UTP) Option a l Eq u ipment , 1-3 Autotest Device detec tio n , 2-2 TCP/IP Devices, 2-5 AutoTest Device ic ons, 2-3 Hub, 2-5 Netwo rk Ass i sta nt, 2 -4 Novell Server, 2-4 Popup w i ndows, 2-3 —B— Bad Frame C h eck Sequence (FCS), 3-7 Battery Battery Li f e M a x i m i z i ng , B-1 N[...]

OneTouch Series II Users M anual 2 Ping, 6-1 Cross ed Pair Cable Information, 4-5 —D— Define Cable Cable Tes ts, 4-4 Device i cons AutoTest, 2-3 Hub, 2-5 Netwo rk Assist ant , 2-4 Novell Server, 2-4 Popup windows , 2-3 Duplicate IPs, 2-11 —E— Environmenta l Requirements, A-1 Equipment Optional, 1-3 Supplied, 1-2 —F— Fiber Optic Cable, 4[...]

Index ( conti nue d ) 3 —O— Optional Equ ipment, 1-3 —P— Ping Resul t s, 6-1 2 Power cord, 1-2 —R— Rechargeable Ba ttery Pack (N iMH), 1-2 Rechargeable Ba ttery Pack (N iMH) Optional Equ ipment, 1-3 Reversed Pair Cable Information, 4-5 —S— Service and re pairs, B-1 Short frames, 3-7 SNMP query, 2-7 Softcase, Network Assistant, 1-2 S[...]

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