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User Guide LE80 / LE85 - Psiber Data Systems, Inc.

1. UDP SESSIONS describe the connection to another network device The LANEXPERT displays the IP address and the port number the packet comes from Also the LANEXPERT will tell if the link is Active or Inactive and how many transmitted and received packets between the two devices PINGS RECEIVED displays what IP address sent the Pings and how many pings received Select CLEAR to clear collected data 92 168 1 110 4302 TNACTIVE Tx 1 Rx 1 REMOTE ACCESS PoE SAVE Example Remote Access Screen Once a Remote unit connects to the LanExpert a green info message appears stating REMOTE SESSION STARTED which includes the remote unit s IP Address NOTE Select another Test button visible on the screen or by scrolling to the right or left with the white arrows or select the Exit button Chapter 4 Analyze Network 4 29 PoE Inline PoE Select the PoE button in the Bottom Area This is INLINE PoE which is not the same as the PoE under cable test By selecting this button make sure the LANEXPERT is in INLINE mode or a screen will be displayed saying lt Only available when configured in inline mode gt Make sure one side of the LANEXPERT is a Powered device and the other side a Power Source This screen will show whether the Power is Midspan power on 45 78 Endspan power on 12 36 or allspan power on 12 36 and 45 78 depending on where the voltage is detected Inline currnet is displayed in mA along with the Power in wat
2. Setup 3 18 Stress Test Accuracy Accuracy Select one box for both throughput and back to back to measure the accuracy The lower the number the faster the test PRES so g 470n CA Osox m 50 A o 95 O 99 5 HROUGHPUT SEARCH VALIDATE TIME NUMBER v SELECT PROFILE PROFILE NAME PORTS Stress test Screen Throughput SEARCH is the test time for each test while searching for the maximum error free throughput e VALIDATE is the validation test time for the final error free throughput validation and all latency tests Latency e TIME sets the wait time at the end of every test before checking the results This allows the data to have propagated to the other end and also allows for all intermediate devices to recover NUMBER selects the number of Latency tests This is the number of times the Latency test is repeated NOTE Press the DOWN arrow on the right of the screen to scroll to the next page of parameters Chapter 3 Setup 3 19 Stress Test Frame Loss Frame Loss STEP size lowers the frame loss rate percentage The Source sends traffic at maximum line rate 100 and then measures if the network dropped any frames If frames are dropped the values are recorded and the test will restart at the next step size down This test is repeated until there is no frame loss for three consecutive iterations TIME sets the maximum number of frames which can be sent DIRES ss 214Pn CE
3. Select Remote Access in the Operating Mode buttons on the bottom of the screen to display the LANEXPERT S IP address Enter this IP address into the LAN EXPERT Console Application Press the Screen Capture tab to Print saved screens Chapter 8 Recall Saved Data 8 3 Recall Screen Recall External Data Plug in the USB flashdrive where the saved data from the Analyze Network was stored Select the external name field to enter the saved data filename This is where you saved the data under Analyze Network Press ENTER to return back to the RECALL screen Press RECALL to find the data If the saved filename is valid then the screen information will be displayed This will look identical to the analyze network button except no new information is being filled in Select the buttons to navigate to the saved data Press the EXIT button to get back to the RECALL screen If the saved filename is not valid then a message is displayed above the RECALL button saying INVALID DATA Enter a new saved filename or press EXIT to get back to the HOME screen NOTE The Mode screen graphic in the upper left corner is the Recall symbol and not the Analyze network symbol gi RECALL 1120 pm CE BU ANALYSIS STORAGE INTERNAL fi O EXTERNAL ESS Recall Screen NOTE Large USB flashdrive that are nearly full could take up to 15 20 seconds to be recognized Print Recalled Data Select Remote Access in the Operating Mode buttons on the
4. Stress Test 5 6 Thoughput Throughput Throughput test results are shown as the maximum number of frames transmitted and the percent utilization of the total bandwidth with zero lost frames One row of data is shown for each enabled frame size up to 7 rows STRESS LORS 12 59PH CA THROUGHPUT SIZE fps util THROUGHPUT SIZE fps zutil 64 1464K 128 831K 256 445K 512 231K 1024 117K 1280 94648 1518 80001 64 266K 16 128 140K 16 256 72685 512 36966 1024 18474 1280 14835 1518 12540 The above screens show two different examples of Stress Tests The left screen shows the test results when Port 1 of aLANEXPERT is connected to a gigabit switch with Port 2 of the same LANEXPERT also connected to the gigabit switch The maximum line rate is 100 of 1000 megabits per second Mbps The measured throughput of the switch under test is 98 of the maximum line rate 98 of 1000 Mbs is 980Mbps showing that the switch is operating at full speed The right screen shows the test results when a LANE XPERT is connected to a gigabit switch and then converted and transmitted over a microwave link with a speed of 155 megabits per second The microwave transmission is converted back to copper and connected to a second gigabit switch which is connected to a second LANE XPERT The maximum line rate is limited to the speed of the microwave link of 155Mbps Calculated utilization is 155 1000 0 155 or 15 5 Actual tests measured a 15 16 u
5. TALKERS i XI 00 0d 56 e0 0 8d jell PCBA Test 92 168 1 106 x 1181 Frames 0 59 00 11 d8 8e dc 15 ASUSTek Computer Inc TOP VITALS PROTOCOLS TALKERS Example Top Talkers Screen NOTE Select another Test button visible on the screen or by scrolling to the right or left with the white arrows or select the Exit button Chapter 4 Analyze Network 4 15 Devices Devices Select the DEVICES button in the Bottom Area All devices found by the LANEXPERT will be displayed NOTE This may not be the complete list of devices on the network The first layer of devices are SERVERS VoIP DEVICES ROUTERS PRINTERS and OTHERS Select the outlined white box next to the SERVERS names to drill down to see which servers were found Under SERVERS there may be DHCP POP3 HTTP DNS VoIP SIP etc Select the outlined white box next to the name of the desired server to see the MAC address Registered owner of that MAC address IP address and number of transmitted and received frames The data for VoIP DEVICES ROUTERS PRINTERS and OTHERS has the same format as the SERVERS detected OTHERS describes PCs or workstations and anything else not described under the other devices listed above Discover For a more complete list select the DISCOVER button in the data action buttons This sends user defined packets including ARP NetBios and DNS to all the devices on the network This allows for a more detailed list of devices on
6. Discover Button This is the graphic for the DISCOVER button at the bottom of the SETUP screens a Appendixes Graphics B 3 Setup Graphics Bottom Area cont Traffic Generate Button This is the graphic for the TRAFFIC GENERATE button at the bottom of the ANALYZE NETWORK screens and also at the bottom of the SETUP screens Frame Capture Button This is the graphic for the CAPTURE button at the bottom of the ANALYZE NETWORK screens and also at the bottom of the SETUP screens Lock Button This is the graphic for the LOCK button at the bottom of the SETUP screen Touch Panel Button This is the graphic for the TOUCH PANEL button at the bottom of the SETUP screens Colors Button This is the graphic for the COLORS button at the bottom of the SETUP screens Build Info Button This is the graphic for the BUILD INFO button at the bottom of the SETUP screens 01940405949 Select Language Button This is the graphic for the SELECT LANGUAGE button at the bottom of the SETUP screens ob Analyze Network Graphics Bottom Area Link Button This is the graphic for the LINK button at the bottom of the ANALYZE NETWORK screens Problems Button This is the graphic for the PROBLEMS button at the bottom of the ANALYZE NETWORK screens Vitals Button This is the graphic for the VITALS button at the bottom D of the ANALYZE NETWORK screens Protocols Button This is the graphic for the PROTOCOLS button at the bo
7. RAME LOSS A STEP 107 TIME BACK TO BACK START NUMBER TRAFFIC STRESS GENERATE TEST CAPTURE Stress test Screen Back to back START selects the Initial Back to Back Test Time in integer seconds This indirectly sets the starting number of frames sent when performing the Back to Back test The result will always be equal to or smaller than the maximum number of frames which can be sent in this time NUMBER selects the number of Back to Back tests This is the number of times the Back to Back test is repeated NOTE Select another Setup button visible on the screen or by scrolling to the right or left with the white arrows or select the Exit button Chapter 3 Setup 3 20 Capture Capture To edit or view the parameters for the SELECTED profile select the CAPTURE button CAPTURE 4 08PM dc MA JHEN FULL O STOP W CONTINUE APTURE DESTINATION MAC E ANY UNICAST E MULTICASTS E BROADCASTS TRAFFIC STRESS GENERATE TEST CAPTURE Capture Screen CAPTURE allows the user to define a filter to capture a certain frame type The LANEXPERT can capture 1000 packets Once the LANEXPERT reaches 1000 packets it can STOP capturing or CONTINUE If CONTINUE is selected the first packets captured will be the first packets sent out Select to capture on one or both ports Capture source MAC CAPTURE SOURCE MAC will either capture packets from the user defined Source MAC address entered or ANY MAC addr
8. The battery pack will come with enough charge to power up the analyzer and perform a few tasks but should then be connected to the AC adapter and allowed to fully charge Connecting the AC Adapter The AC adapter provides power to the analyzer from an AC outlet and charges the analyzer s battery pack Chapter 2 Getting Started 2 3 Charging the Battery AC adapter and power cable To connect AC power to analyzer Connect the power cable to the AC adapter e Plug the AC adapter into the analyzer s External Power jack Connect the power cable to a live AC outlet DANGER To avoid electric shock never modify forcibly bend damage apply heat to or place heavy objects on top of power cord If power cable becomes damaged or plug overheats discontinue use Never remove the power plug from the outlet with wet hands CAUTION Using the wrong AC adapter could damage your analyzer Psiber assumes no liability for damage in such cases Never pull directly on the power cable to unplug it Hold the power plug when removing the cable from the outlet Charging the Battery Before using the battery pack to power the analyzer for any length of time it must be fully charged Connect the analyzer to a live AC outlet using the AC adapter and power cable The battery pack can be charged with the analyzer turned on or off Charging time is reduced if the analyzer is turned off With the analyzer turned on the Status indic
9. 100Mbit and Green 1000Mbit amp HOME 12 00pm oi ANALYZE NETWORK STRESS TEST LOOPBACK TEST RECALL CABLE TEST SETUP 1 Factory Default Home Screen 10 1 Update Firmware 10 2 Install Console Application Install The Console Application The LANEXPERT Console Application requires that the NET Framework version 3 5 is installed on your computer If you do not have the NET Framework version 3 5 installed on your computer you will need to install it first You can skip step 1 if you already have the NET Framework version 3 5 installed on your computer Plug the flashdrive that came with the unit into the computer and open the folder INSTALLATION PROCEDURE 1 Install the NET Framework 3 5 on your computer by clicking on the doNetFx35setup exe file in this directory You will have to be connected to the Internet for the installation process After the install you may be required to reboot your computer If you choose to reboot later then reboot your computer after completing installation step 2 2 Install the LAN EXPERT Console Application by clicking on the LANExpertinstaller exe file in this directory Follow the instructions on the Setup Wizard to install the Console Application When the installation is complete double click the LANE xX PERT Console Application on your desktop Find the newest firmware version on the the LANE XPERT page in the Downloads section Example of a Downloads Tab con
10. 24 Capture UDP TCP ports Capture UDP TCP ports CAPTURE UDP TCP PORTS allows for the selection to capture ERRORS ANY PORT and or a user defined port number Select to capture UDP and or TCP packets Select the port number button to go to a numerical keyboard screen to enter a port number If a non valid entry is chosen error message will appear The screen will then revert back to the keyboard to re enter a valid number The CLEAR button removes the incorrect digits from the display before entering a new address After entering the desired address select ENTER to return to the CAPTURE UDP TCP PORTS parameters screen CAPTURE 4 09PM C A X APTURE UDP TCP PORTS ERRORS O UDP O TCP ANY PORT W UDP W TCP C o ou OTCP O TCP O TCP O TCP O TCP O TCP O TCP TRAFFIC STRESS GENERATE TEST CAPTURE Capture Screen 5 NOTE Select another Setup button visible on the screen or by scrolling to the right or left with the white arrows or select the Exit button Chapter 3 Setup 3 25 Security Security To securely lock features for different users select SECURITY E ACCESS LEVELS SECURITY Cmax ACCOUNTS Admin USER 1 kig N a ENABLED NAMES amp PASSHORDS SECURE ERASE SELECT PROFILE SETUP PROFILE VIEW VoIP DATA EMAIL DATA CAPTURED DATA 802 1 DATA DEVICE DATA OOoO0od OOoOod OOo 8 A ex SECURE ERASE ALL PROFILES ALL SAVED DATA ALL MEMORY OOoOodod0 DO Oo eo OOoO00 STRES
11. Capture parameters NOTE Selecting START again will clear detected data for a new capture P1 93 64bytes SHOW am P 8 14 09 9 59 11 561288am B RCE 192 168 1 110 R FC894 IPu4 UDP 430 13 10734 P1 94 64bytes 000 00 50 b9 80 FO 14 00 24 B 14 09 9 59 11 561892am_ D08 21 31 16 94 08 00 45 00 RCE 192 168 1 110 010 00 1e 6 6c 00 00 80 11 P1 5 64bytes SHOH ST 192 168 1 200 018 bf db c0 a8 01 6e c0 a8 B 14 09 9 59 11 507286am WE ce94 1pu4 upp 4303 10734 Yo20 01 c810 cf23ee000a Y start rme SETUP FRAME FRAME FRAME EMAIL VoIP f EMAIL VoIP CAPTURE EMAIL VoIP CAPTURE Example Capture Time Example Capture Summary Example Capture Show Screen Screen Screen Time Summary Select TIME to toggle to SUMMARY where more information if shown about the packets Under SUMMARY the Source and destination MAC is displayed along with the type of packet detected Select the SETUP button to modify the captured data Select the SHOW button to display the bytes of the packet in HEX or in ASCII Select RETURN to go back to the other captured packets NOTE Select another Test button visible on the screen or by scrolling to the right or left with the white arrows or select the Exit button Chapter 4 Analyze Network 4 28 Remote Access Remote Access Select the REMOTE ACCESS button in the Bottom Area The Remote Access Screen displays UDP Sessions and Pings received The LANEXPERT IP address is also shown here
12. Network 4 74 VoIP cont VoIP example cont FA voir 5 08AM D ATTEMPTS 8 0K 7 TO 216 115 20 115 10000 FROM 216 115 20 115 10000 STATUS OK OMPLETED CALLS IN 0 OUT 2 AST CALL COUTGDING STATUS OK FROM sip 15551212121 n vor TO sip 16198881234 n vor Y FRAME REMOTE VoIP CAPTURE ACCESS Example VoIP Screen 3 Last Call LAST CALL gives information regarding the last call made or the call in progress if any If no calls have been made or if there is no call in progress this section will not be displayed The call being made will also be displayed as OUTGOING or INCOMING STATUS Shows the last SIP status information for the call progress Generally this should be OK during origination of the call this will show textual status e g lt RINGING gt FROM Shows the SIP lt name gt of the line which originated the call TO Shows the SIP lt name gt of the line that received the call aaa ER NOTE Select another Test button visible on the screen or by scrolling to the right or left with the white arrows or select the Exit button Chapter 4 Analyze Network 4 25 VoIP cont VoIP example cont FS VoIP 5 08AM Clo M X MEDIA STREAM SERVER 69 59 243 20 audio PCHU 8000 DEVICE 192 168 1 112 audio PCHU 8000 STATISTICS DEVICE SERVER RTCP FRAMES 4 RTP FRAMES 1166 RESTARTS 0 MISORDERS 0 FRAME REMOTE VoIP CAPTURE ACCESS Example VoIP Screen 4 Media Stream MEDIA STR
13. SFP Ports Single Mode Multimode or Copper 10 100 1000BaseT Chapter 1 Find Your Way Around 1 3 Rear Port View Rear Port View External Power USB A Port USB B Port Use the External Power jack to plug in the AC adapter For more informa tion see Connecting the AC adapter in Chapter 2 page 2 2 The USB A Port is used to plug in the Flash Drive to save data externally The USB B Port will connect the LANE XPERT to your computer This feature is for future use Chapter 1 Find Your Way Around 1 4 Display View Display View LANEXPERT Status Indicators Psiber Data Systems Inc LANEXPERT Display Touchscreen Area Copyright ru W103 Hou 25 2008 Serle i Power Button The Status indicators provide information about various functions of the analyzer For more information see Status Indicators LEDs in Chapter 2 on page 2 6 The Display Touchscreen area is the interface for the LANEXPERT For more information see Navigating the Screen in Chapter 2 on page 2 7 The Power button turns the LANEXPERT on and off For more informa tion see Power On Chapter 2 on page 2 4 Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Getting Started This chapter describes how to connect the LANE XPERT to other devices and how to operate the Network Analyzer Preparing the Unit The LANEXPERT Network Analyzer is portable and designed to be used in a variety of circumstances and locations The analyzer can be hand held
14. a non valid entry is chosen an error message will appear The screen will then revert back to the keyboard to re enter a valid number The CLEAR button removes the incorrect digits from the display before entering a new address After entering the desired address select ENTER to return to the PORTS parameters screen CAPTURE 4 09Pn CLI B APTURE SOURCE IP MANY O APTURE DESTINATION IP APTURE IP PROTOCOLS MANY O ICMP O IGMP O TCP O UDP O OSPF O FRAGMENTS O ERRORS TRAFFIC STRESS GENERATE TEST Capture Screen 4 Capture Destination IP CAPTURE DESTINATION IP allows for the selection to capture from ANY destination IP address or a single user defined destination IP address Select the address button to go to a numerical keyboard screen to enter a destination IP address If a non valid entry is chosen an error message will appear The screen will then revert back to the keyboard to re enter a valid number The CLEAR button removes the incorrect digits from the display before entering a new address After entering the desired address select ENTER to return to the PORTS parameters screen Capture IP Protocols CAPTURE IP PROTOCOLS allows for the selection of one or a combination of IP protocols to detected Select from the list to choose certain protocols or select the ANY button to search all protocols NOTE Press the DOWN arrow on the right of the screen to scroll to the next page of parameters Chapter 3 Setup 3
15. actual subnet of the users network set the IGNORE 15 IP and clear the IGNORE LAST IP checkboxes e Ifthe LanExpert subnet is at the uppermost end of the actual subnet of the users network clear the IGNORE 1 IP and set the IGNORE LAST IP checkboxes Otherwise clear both checkboxes NOTE Sending an ARP to the first and last IP address in a class C subnet may cause a problem if misconfigured NOTE Select another Setup button visible on the screen or by scrolling to the right or left with the white arrows or select the Exit button Chapter 3 Setup 3 15 Traffic Generation Traffic Generation To edit or view the parameters for the SELECTED profile select the TRAFFIC GENERATION button or go to ANALYZE NETWORK to TRAFFIC GENERATION and select SETUP A TRAFFIC GENERATE cm EX FRAMES URATION a o franes IZE m butes O RANDON RATE O ao franes s E Link Rate 192 168 1 201 IIRECTION LOCAL gt REMOTE Traffic Generation Screen WARNING The LANEXPERT is a high performance tester and can generate a high amount of traffic very quickly This can take down any network Psiber is not liable for this action n ESS Duration Size DURATION has two options either TIME which sends a constant stream of packets from the LANEXPERT for a user defined amount of time or FRAMES sends a user defined amount of packets Once the defined amount of packets is reached the LANEXPERT will sto
16. allows the VoIP provider to maintain knowledge of the performance of the network There are separate entries for each line device server combination The example on the following page shows one device one server and two lines The terminology used in this example is from the definition of SIP NOTE Select another Test button visible on the screen or by scrolling to the right or left with the white arrows or select the Exit button Chapter 4 Analyze Network 4 22 VoIP VoIP example 5 07AM 555 121 2121 sip 155512121212n voncp com JEVICE 00 12 17 fd 81 e8 192 168 1 112 10000 REGISTRATION ATTEMPTS 5 0K 5 TO 216 115 20 115 10000 FROM 216 115 20 115 10000 Y FRAME REMOTE VoIP CAPTURE ACCESS O0 Example VoIP Screen 1 Line LINE shows the lt display name gt and SIP lt name gt for the line Some devices might not have a lt display name gt in which case there is only one line of text shown This identifies the actual line i e phone line Device DEVICE shows the MAC address of the device and IP address UDP port used by the device for SIP purposes Registration REGISTRATION shows a count of the attempted and successful registrations of the device line with the server These numbers lt should gt be the same but they can be slightly off due to network loss and server down times TO Shows the IP UDP port of the server with which the device line last attempted to register FROM Sh
17. connected Green connected at 1 Gbit Orange connected at 100Mbit Red connected at 10Mbit Flashing Red trying to link Off not trying to Link or is not linked Activity shows network activity on either port when the LANEXPERT receives a frame e Green indicates a good frame is detected e Red indicates a bad frame is detected ee NOTE When monitoring heavy network traffic the Activity Indicator appears to stay on continuously even with a steady flow of good traffic indicated Chapter 2 Getting Started 2 8 Navigating the Screen Navigating the Screen The LanExpert s touch screen display has five distinct areas The layout for all screens is the same except for the home screen Top Area displays from left to right Mode Identifier Graphic Screen Title Time Battery Help and Exit buttons Bottom Area consists of a left scroll button three graphical icon buttons and a right scroll button Data Area is the main portion of the screen between the top area and the bottom area This area will display all the information data measurements and detection results Data Action Buttons are selectable buttons directly above the bottom section These buttons appear only on certain screens They perform actions pertinent only to the displayed screen i e data clear start test stop test or data format selection buttons Data Scroll Bar is on the left hand side of the screen This scrolls up and down to view
18. either an alphanumeric or numerical keyboard screen Valid Port Names are a maximum of 10 characters Valid Port Number entries are 0 to 65535 After entering a valid name or number select ENTER to return to the PROTOCOLS parameters SSS EEE NOTE Select another Setup button visible on the screen or by scrolling to the right or left with the white arrows or select the Exit button Chapter 3 Setup 3 11 Ping Trace Ping Trace To edit or view the parameters for the SELECTED profile select the PING TRACE button ree 8 49An D REPEAT i ONCE A O COUNT O CONTINUOUS 1AX RATE W DEFAULT 1s O OTHER PAYLOAD M DEFAULT 50 O OTHER IMEOUT M DEFAULT 105 O OTHER Y PING PROTOCOLS TRACE EMAIL E Ed r Ping Trace Screen Repeat REPEAT determines the number of times to ping a device Ping isa network tool used to test whether a particular host is reachable across an IP network There are three options Once Count or Continuous Select the Count button then select the number field to the right to change the parameter This will display a numerical keyboard screen Valid entries are 1 to 999 After entering a valid number select ENTER to return to the PING TRACE parameters Max Rate MAX RATE is the maximum time between sending one ping to sending the next There are two options Default or Other Default is 1 second factory default Other is a user defined time in milliseconds Select the time
19. field to display a numerical keyboard A valid entry is 0 to 99999 After entering a valid time select ENTER to return to the PING TRACE parameter screen Payload PAYLOAD is the amount of data sent with the ping packet in bytes There are two options Default or Other Default is 50 bytes factory default Other is a user defined amount of bytes Select the byte field to display a numerical keyboard A valid entry is 10 to 50000 After entering a valid number select ENTER to return to the PING TRACE parameters screen Chapter 3 Setup 3 12 Ping Trace Timeout Timeout TIMEOUT is the amount of time the LANEXPERT waits before a ping response returns There are two options Default or Other Default is 10s factory default Other is a user defined time in seconds Select the time field to display a numerical keyboard A valid entry is 1 to 99 After entering a valid number select ENTER to return to the PING TRACE parameters screen NOTE Press the DOWN arrow on the right of the screen to scroll to the next page of parameters PING TARGETS A E GATEWAY E DHCP SERVER O IP RANGE 1 Undefined 2 Undefined 3 Undefined 4 Undefined Undefined 6 Undefined PING PROTOCOLS TRACE EMAIL Ping Trace Screen Il Ping Targets PING TARGETS allows the user to select what the LANEXPERT will PING Select one target or any combination of targets from the list The options are Gateway DHCP Server IP Range u
20. more test results or configurations Screen Battery Title Jime Help Mode cenre ZT Aa JETER Graphic ee a Data Data Scroll Area Bar Data Action XXXX XXXX XXXX Buttons Operating vecus R E E _L Screen Areas Chapter 2 Getting Started 2 9 Navigating the Screen Active Buttons Active Buttons Help Select the Question Mark button next to the Battery Symbol This screen displays helpful information for the specific screen being used Information could be definitions step by step instructions or other useful information Select the Exit button to return to the previous screen Exit Select the Exit button at the far right in the Top Area By pressing this button the LanExpert reverts back to the previous screen Battery Symbol The battery status symbol fills from the right and indicates the approximate percentage of battery charge available A full battery will be completely gray with a white outline Battery Power ONLY 20 or more power remaining Gray with White Outline Battery Power ONLY 20 or less power remaining Yellow with White Outline Battery Power ONLY 5 or less power remaining Red with White Outline AC and Battery Power connected with 100 fully charged battery Solid Green with White Outline gt gt Battery is charging the symbol will pulse green from the right to the approximate current charge level Solid Green with White Outline Battery fault the b
21. number of lost frames and the percentage of lost frames to total packets The REMAINING time is also displayed to allow the user to know how much longer the test will run before it is finished The ROUNDTRIP is given for Minimum Average and Maximum time it take for the packet to travel from the LanE xpert throught the loopback device and back to the LanExpert eee 11 29 pm cm Yeo 11 29 pm cm PORT 1 1000F RATE 1482K s 99 link FRAMES Tx 44642850 Rx 44642850 Lost 0 frames 0 00 PORT 1 1000F RATE FRAMES 27528736 0 0 frames 0 00 REMAINING 85 0M frames 95 2 REMAINING 71 secs ROUNDTRIP Min 1uS Max 23uS Avg 23uS Loopback Start Screen Loopback Start Screen without loopback device with loopback device Chapter 7 Chapter 8 Recall Save Data This chapter will explain the screens presented as you use your LANEXPERT to recall internal or external saved data Select RECALL from the HOME screen with the stylus The LANEXPERT Starts looking for a link connection on either port Once the LANEXPERT links the Status Indicators LEDs for the Ports will turn to a solid color depending on the speed it is connected i e Red 10Mbit Orange 100Mbit and Green 1000Mbit amp HOME 12 00pm Cl amp HOME 12 00pm Cl ga ANALYZE NETWORK ga ANALYZE NETWORK STRESS TEST STRESS TEST LOOPBACK TEST LOOPBACK TEST RECALL RECALL SETUP 1 Factory Default CABLE TEST SETUP 1 Factory Default SFP1 FI
22. or placed on a surface large enough for stable use The analyzer has an optional wrist strap to securely tether the unit to the wrist to avoid dropping Environment To keep your analyzer in prime operating condition protect the unit from Dust moisture and direct sunlight Liquids and corrosive materials Equipment that generates a strong electromagnetic field Rapid changes in temperature or humidity Extreme heat or cold Operate the analyzer within the specified temperature range 2 1 Getting Started 2 2 Precautions Precautions Your LANEXPERT Network Analyzer is designed to withstand the rigors of everyday use and travel However you should observe certain precautions to further reduce the risk of personal injury or damage to the analyzer e Never apply heavy pressure to the analyzer especially on or around the display area Avoid sharp impacts to the analyzer Excessive pressure or impact can damage components or otherwise cause the analyzer to malfunction Do not submerge float or allow liquids to spill into or onto the analyzer Do not use excessive force to connect or disconnect cables or peripherals e Use wrist strap to prevent accidentally dropping the analyzer e Never use sharp objects on the display touchscreen area Use the supplied stylus Initial Start Up of Analyzer The analyzer contains a rechargeable battery pack which needs to be fully charged before use for any length of time
23. pairs is called Allspan Select TEST to run the test E PoE 11 29 pm Of 12 36 45 78 NOT TESTED NOT TESTED WIREMAP PoE lt 0 O For Inline Current measurement press X to get back to the Home Screen Select SETUP and change the profile to be inline Next go to ANALYZE NETWORK from the HOME screen and go to the PoE test For further information see chapter 4 page 4 26 Warning Cable test is ONLY performed on Port 2 Do not connect anything into Port 1 while performing cable tests Psiber is not liable for misuse of these ports NOTE Select another Test button visible on the screen or by scrolling to the right or left with the white arrows or select the Exit button Chapter 6 Chapter 7 Loopback This chapter will explain the screens presented as you use your LANEXPERT to test for loopback mode on the LE80 and LE85 The Loopback sends traffic to its own IP address through a remote device This remote device must be configured in an external loopback mode to send the packets back to the LanExpert In a reflector mode the remote swaps the source and destination addresses In loopback the packets are not handled by the remote MAC they are just passed from the receive portion of the phy to the transmit portion and the source and destination addresses are unchanged The two LanExpert ports can both be independent source devices but do not provide the external loopback function This is a way to determine whe
24. support psiber com The RMA must be clearly marked on the shipping label or package See sample label To Psiber Data Systems Inc 7075 K Mission Gorge Rd San Diego CA 92120 RMA XXXXXXX Chapter 1 Finding Your Way Around This chapter presents a tour of the Network Analyzer and serves as a reference to locate specific parts of the analyzer Make Sure You Have Everything This section lists all items to be included with the LANEXPERT Network Analyzer Notify supplier immediately of any missing or damaged items LANEXPERT Gigabit Inline Network Analyzer LANEXPERT Wiremap Terminator LE80 Flash Drive or DVD Contains User Guide and Console Application AC Adapter with Country Specific Power Cord RJ45 Patch Cable Wrist Strap Quick Start Guide Carrying Case with Removable Shoulder Strap SFP Modules Two Single Mode LE85S Two Mulitmode LE85M One 10 100 1000BaseT LE85 Two Fiber Patch Cables LE85 1 1 Find Your Way Around 2 Front Port View Front Port View i hw es OS rs ey 10 100 1000BaseT 10 100 1000 BaseT Port with Cable Port Test mode LE80 Port 1 Port 2 Port 1 is a 10 100 1000BaseT RJ 45 Port Port 2 is a 10 100 1000BaseT RJ 45 Port with Cable Test modes LE80 For more information on the Cable test performed by the LAN EXPERT 8 0 go to chapter 6 page 6 1 Both ports can be used simultaneously when running Inline Independent and Stress Test modes Two
25. the TAG number A numerical keyboard screen is displayed Valid entries are 0 to 4095 If a non valid entry is chosen an error message will appear The screen will then revert back to the keyboard to re enter a valid number The CLEAR button removes the incorrect digits from the display After selecting a valid number select ENTER to return to the CAPTURE VLAN FRAMES parameters screen NOTE Press the DOWN arrow on the right of the screen to scroll to the next page of parameters Chapter 3 Setup 3 2 Capture Primary Protocols Capture Primary Protocols CAPTURE PRIMARY PROTOCOLS allows for the selection of either one or a combination of protocols to be detected Use the list below to select certain protocols or select the ANY button to search all protocols If there are none there will be no more parameters to select CAPTURE 4 08PM DER APTURE PRIMARY PROTOCOLS E ANY O NETBIOS O IPud O ARP O IPu6 O SNMP O LLDP O APPLETALK O RARP O PPoE O AARP O PPP O IPX 0 802 1 TRAFFIC STRESS GENERATE TEST CAPTURE Capture Screen 3 NOTE Press the DOWN arrow on the right of the screen to scroll to the next page of parameters Chapter 3 Setup 3 23 Capture Source IP Capture Source IP CAPTURE SOURCE IP allows for the selection to capture from ANY source IP address or a single user defined source IP address Select the address button to go to a numerical keyboard screen to enter a source IP address If
26. username and password by using the keyboard The ADMIN account can enable disable and set the abilities of the user accounts and only the ADMIN account can perform a total SDcard secure erase If both the username and password of the ADMIN account is blank then security is turned off and no logon is required amp Any user account username and or password can be blank Any username or password can be the same as another account s username the username password pairing determines the user level If both the username and password are the same as another user account the lowest numbered account is logged into by that username password While logging in the password is not visible each character is shown as an asterisk character the password is visible while editing it in the security screen While editing the username password the following special actions can be done While entering the username pressing the ENTER area ends entry of the username and starts entry of the password While entering the password pressing the ENTER area ends entry of the password and saves the edited data as applicable n Selecting the X EXIT button saves the username and password entries as applicable Both the username and the password are case sensitive and can be up to 16 characters long There are no restrictions on the characters using the keyboard provided on the screen NOTE There is no way to g
27. 1000BaseTX to identify protocols port usage VoIP statistics and network utilization The LAN EXPERT can capture and store up to 10 000 packets with user defined filters for detailed analysis in the field downloaded over the network or to a USB flash drive Use either RJ 45 port to test Ping Link Trace Route DHCP and Discovery which will quickly identify network problems The LANE XPERT can generate up to 100 traffic loading in 1 increments to demonstrate network performance at various traffic levels A stress test that generates traffic and measures performance metrics per RFC 2544 is also provided The stress test can be conducted using the two independent ports on a single unit or used with a second unit located remotely on a network PoE tests include voltage and inline current measurement to determine the actual power used by a powered device The LAN EXPERT also tests cable for shorts opens split pairs reversed pairs measures cable length and generates tones for cable tracing Guide This guide introduces the analyzer s features You can Read the entire guide beginning to end Skim through and stop when a topic interests you Use the table of contents and index to find specific information Read through Part to familiarize yourself with the parts of the analyzer Introduction xX Other Documentation Other Documentation In addition to this user s guide the LANEXPERT comes with the following documen
28. 1X The 802 1X screen displays a filtered capture of packets detected by the LanExpert Select START to start the test and watch the actual frame detected from the LanE xpert Select STOP to stop the capture The LanExpert detects and saves the last received 64 802 1X frames received If configured in INDEP mode only 802 1X traffic on port 1 is collected For each captured frame the following is displayed on the 802 1X screen e 1st line the captured frame counter and the date time at which the frame was detected e 2nd line the source MAC address of the frame e 3rd line the destination MAC address of the frame 4th line the 802 1X frame version the standard is up to 4 now 5th line the 802 1X frame type number and the text description of the type e g EAP Start Logoff etc e 6th line the 802 1X frame payload byte length if the type is known to require a payload and there is not one then ERROR is also displayed The following only is shown for 802 1X frame type EAP with a valid payload size 7th line the EAP code and the text description of the type e g Request Response Success Failure e 8th line the EAP frame ID 9th line the EAP payload byte length if the code is known to require a payload and there is not one then ERROR is also displayed The following only is shown for EAP Request and Response codes with a valid payload size e 10th line the EAP request response type
29. 29pm 0E O TONE 1 E TONE 2 O TONE 3 O TONE 4 CJ TONE 5 PORT ID TONE LENGTH lt 0O gt NOTE Select another Test button visible on the screen or by scrolling to the right or left with the white arrows or select the Exit button Chapter 6 Cable Test 6 3 Length Length LENGTH measures and displays the distance to an open or short of each wire pair in a cable Please disconnected Wiremap Terminator prior to starting the length measurement Change the NVP for the connected cable by selecting the up and down arrow next to the NVP number The highest NVP is 74 and the lowest is 65 Change the feet to meters by selecting the FEET button Select START to run the test LENGTH 11 29pm 0 WIRE PAIR LENGTHS 12 12 12 12 10 ft 10 ft 10 ft 10 ft OPEN OPEN OPEN OPEN A NVP 68 PORT ID TONE LENGTH room eo Warning The far end of the cable under test should be disconnected from a port or Wiremap Terminator prior to starting the length measurement NOTE Select another Test button visible on the screen or by scrolling to the right or left with the white arrows or select the Exit button Chapter 6 Cable Test 6 4 Wiremap Wiremap WIREMAP verifies proper cable wiring and detects split pairs Connect the Wiremap Terminator to the cable under test prior to selecting START Select START to run the test If the Wiremap Terminator in not connected all pairs will display OPEN an
30. BER MM 1000baseX SFP2 COPPER 10 100 1000baseT Home Screen LE80 Home Screen LE85 NOTE The LANEXPERT can not recall saved capture files These files have to be opened with Wireshark or equivalent on a computer NOTE The LANEXPERT does not need to connect to the network to see saved data Connecting to the network allows the user to get an IP address from the DHCP server to plug into the LANE XPERT Console Application on the computer 8 1 Recall Saved Data 8 2 Recall Screen Recall Internal Data Select the internal number field to enter the saved data number This is where you saved the data under Analyze Network Press ENTER to return back to the RECALL screen Press RECALL to find the data If the saved number location is valid then the screen information will be displayed This will look identical to the analyze network button except no new information is being filled in Select the buttons to navigate to the saved data Press the EXIT button to get back to the RECALL screen If the saved number location is not valid then a message is displayed above the RECALL button saying INVALID DATA Enter a new saved data number or press EXIT to get back to the HOME screen RECALL i po x anarysis 12pm Sl BO STORAGE BINTERNAL Gg O EXTERNAL Ll Recall Screen NOTE Note the Mode screen graphic in the upper left corner is the Recall symbol and not the Analyze network symbol Print Recalled Data
31. EAM shows the details of the RTP connections for the calls and the protocols codecs being used This is the information negotiated with the SIP server For each end being used the IP address and the codec if Known are displayed SERVER shows the server lt end gt of the RTP link DEVICE shows the device lt end gt of the RTP link generally this will be the same IP as the one used by the device for SIP but not always STATISTICS shows the statistics for each of the two RIP data streams as measured by the LanExpert we do NOT use any received RTCP data The lt DEVICE gt column shows the data for the stream coming from the device The lt SERVER gt column shows the data for the stream coming from the server RTCP FRAMES shows a count of the RTCP frames if any RTP FRAMES shows a count of the number of RTP i e data stream frames Since audio is usually 50fps this can be used to provide an estimate of the length of the call Note the DEVICE and SERVER data should be similar NOTE Select another Test button visible on the screen or by scrolling to the right or left with the white arrows or select the Exit button Chapter 4 Analyze Network 4 26 VoIP cont VoIP example cont FS VoIP 5 08AM D LOST JITTERCms gt 1 62 FRAME REMOTE VoIP CAPTURE ACCESS O0 Example VoIP Screen 5 Media Stream cont RESTARTS MISORDERS LOST and JITTER shows the corresponding statistics data for
32. ED only ONE port speed duplex can be selected NOTE Press the DOWN arrow on the right of the screen to scroll to the next page of parameters Chapter 3 Setup Ports Transmit 3 6 Transmit TRANSMIT parameter displays how the LanE xpert communicates with the user s network i e DISABLED RFC894 LLC SNAP or VLAN Tag SELECT PROFILE PROFILE NAME PORTS tm Ports Setup Screen Il DISABLE turns off all packet generation for non intrusive testing No IP address is required for this configuration RFC894 enables packet transmission This protocol is the most common standard using IP datagrams LLC SNAP enables packet transmission It is a legacy standard using IEEE 802 2 frames VLAN logically groups computers together across one or more switches For example the IT Department VLAN The VLAN Identifier or tag specifies the VLAN to which the frame belongs A value of 0 means the frame is not assigned to any VLAN All other values may be used as VLAN identifiers allowing up to 4095 VLANs VLAN 1 is often reserved for management of a network bridge Next to VLAN the user can select or change the TAG number if there is more than one Select the TAG button A numerical keyboard screen is displayed Valid entries are 0 to 4095 If a non valid entry is chosen then an error message will appear indicating the error The screen will then revert back to the keyboard to re enter a valid number The CLEAR button removes
33. Heure Avanc e des Rocheuses Hawaii Aleutian Standard Time Heure Avanc e de Terre Neuve Heure Avanc e du Yukon Heure Normale de l Atlantique Heure Normale du Centre Heure Normale de l Est Heure Normale du Pacifique Heure Normale des Rocheuses Heure Normale de Terre Neuve Heure Normale du Yukon India Time Zone Irish Summer Time Kilo Time Zone Lima Time Zone Mike Time Zone Mountain Daylight Time Mitteleuro ische Sommerzeit Mitteleurop ische Zeit Moscow Daylight Time Moscow Standard Time Mountain Standard Time November Time Zone Newfoundland Daylight Time Norfolk Island Time Newfoundland Standard Time Oscar Time Zone Papa Time Zone Military Europe Military North America North America North America North America North America North America North America North America North America North America North America North America North America North America North America North America Military Europe Military Military Military North America Europe Europe Europe Europe North America Military North America Australia North America Military Military UTC 7 hours UTC UTC 8 hours UTC 3 hours UTC 5 hours UTC 9 hours UTC 4 hours UTC 7 hours UTC 6 hours UTC 10 hours UTC 2 30 hours UTC 8 hours UTC 4 hours UTC 6 hours UTC 5 hours UTC 8 hours UTC 7 hours UTC 3 30 hours UTC 9 hours UTC 9 hours UTC 1 hour UTC 10 hours UTC 11 hours UTC 12 ho
34. LECT PROFILE PROFILE NAME PORTS PROFILE NAME PORTS Single Mode Inline Mode SELECT PROFILE Port Configuration PORT CONFIGURATION has three modes the unit can be set to SINGLE INLINE or INDEP INDEPENDENT See Configurations in Apendix A page A 1 for more details on how to connect the LANE XPERT SINGLE mode connects one port on the LanE xpert straight into a hub switch or network device SINGLE mode can be plugged into either Port 1 or Port 2 If both Ports are plugged in at the same time then whichever Port links first will be enabled This will cause the unused port to be disabled The LEDs will indicate which Port is linked INLINE mode must have both ports connected to two network devices INLINE mode can be used to observe the traffic flowing between two network devices Disconnect the cable between the two network devices and connect one end into Port 1 Add a patch cable from the other network device into Port 2 The LanExpert is now between the two network devices If a Port is not plugged in the corresponding LED will flash red to indicate that no cable is plugged in INDEPENDENT mode must also have both Ports connected to one or two network devices INDEPENDENT mode can inject variable traffic from one port onto the network while the other port listens to investigate the effects on the network INDEPENDENT mode can monitor two separate network devices simultaneously If INDEPENDENT mode is selected then both Ports 1
35. P provides a quick way of navigating to the SETUP gt PORTS screen for the presently selected profile Select the X exit button in the upper right of the SETUP screen to return to the previous screen For more information on this Port Configuration see page 3 4 NOTE Press the Down arrow on the right of the screen to scroll to IP information of the unit Link IP Information Link IP Information includes MAC address IP address Subnet Mask Gateway IP address and DHCP Server IP address The WINS Windows Internet Name Service name and up to three DNS Domain Name System Server IP addresses are also provided if assigned When the port is configured for DHCP the lease time and time remaining on the lease are displayed NOTE If some of the information fields are left blank a longer EXT SERVER TIMEOUT can be selected in PORTS Setup Once a link is established if the cable is disconnected the analyzer displays LINKING while attempting to find a link partner If the cable is disconnected and reconnected within the timeout period the LANEXPERT will re establish a link with the current configurations The previously collected data is not cleared and new data will be added to the displayed data If the cable is disconnected and reconnected out of the timeout period the LAN EXPERT will connect to a link and the previously collected data is cleared NOTE Select another Test button visible on the screen or by scrolling to the right
36. S TEST CAPTURE SECURITY Security Home Screen Security Access Screen O OO Oo Account Access This screen is used to set up a uSername and password for an administrator and up to three users Select the ACCESS button The ACCESS button only affects USERS 1 thru 3 and can only be accessed by the ADMIN user checking the respective box enables the access e ENABLED enables the respective user account does not affect the stored username amp password e NAMES amp PASSWORDS allows the respective user to edit usernames and passwords for USERS 1 thru 3 a user can never edit the ADMIN username or password e SECURE ERASE allows the respective user to perform a secure erase a user can never perform a total erase SELECT PROFILE allows the respective user to change which profile is selected if not enabled they can still view which is selected they just can t change it SETUP PROFILE allows the respective user to make alterations to the selected profile i e all setup is disabled and the user cannot rename the profile if this is not enabled Chapter 3 Setup 3 26 Security Account Access E ACCESS LEVELS ENABLED NAMES amp PASSHORDS SECURE ERASE SELECT PROFILE SETUP PROFILE VIEH VoIP DATA EMAIL DATA CAPTURED DATA 602 1 DATA DEVICE DATA GENERATE TRAFFIC PINGS oo ODoooo amp ooo OOoOdod0 OOoOd00 OOoO0od0 oO OO O Security Access
37. S ADMIN LOOPBACK TEST CABLE TEST SETUP 1 Factory Default os Log On Screen if Security Logged On as Admin Screen Straight to Home Screen if was already set up Security is disabled Chapter 2 Getting Started 2 5 Using the Analyzer for the First Time Using the Analyzer for the First Time Setting time and date Initially the analyzer comes from the factory without the time and date set There will be red dashes in place of the numbers Red Dashes Click on dashes or displayed time to access TIME DATE screen Select the time format for use as either 12hr or 24hr Select the date format for use as DD MM YY MM DD YY or YY MM DD Select the correct time zone in relation to UTC time by using the up and down arrows Use the up or down arrows to set time and date The time and date will automatically update to preview your selections NOTE The LANEXPERT does not automatically update for daylight savings time G TIME DATE oc Jem TIME FORMAT 12hr O 24hr DATE FORMAT O DD MM YY MM DD YY O YYHH DD A FROM UTC 0 00 Y Y Time Date Screen Chapter 2 Getting Started 2 6 Using the Analyzer for the First Time Setting Power Options Setting power options Select the Battery Symbol in the top right of the screen The POWER screen displays power timing options and illumination settings POWER 11 000 cj AUTO POWER OFF BATTERY O DEFAULT 5min O OTHER E STA
38. SIBER DATA GMBH PSIBER PROVIDE NO WARRANTY WITH REGARD TO THIS MANUAL OR ANY OTHER INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN AND HEREBY EX PRESSLY DISCLAIM ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANT ABILITY OR FITNESS FOR ANY PARTICULAR PURPOSE WITH REGARD TO ANY OF THE FOREGOING PSIBER ASSUMES NO LIABILITY FOR ANY DAMAGES INCURRED DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY FROM ANY TECHNICAL OR TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS OR OMISSIONS CON TAINED HEREIN OR FOR DISCREPANCIES BETWEEN PRODUCT AND THE MANUAL IN NO EVENT SHALL PSIBER BE LIABLE FOR ANY INCIDENTAL CONSEQUENTIAL SPECIAL OR EXEMPLARY DAM AGES WHETHER BASED ON TORT CONTRACT OR OTHERWISE ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS MANUAL OR ANY OTHER INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN OR THE USE THEREOF Trademarks The Psiber Logo Psiber and LanExpert are trademarks of Psiber Data Systems Inc All other brands and product names are trademarks or registered trade marks of their respective companies Table of Contents Introduction VIX Chapter 1 Finding Your Way Around 1 1 Make Sure You Have Everthing 1 1 Front Port View 1 2 Rear Port View 1 3 Display View 1 4 Chapter 2 Getting Started 2 1 Preparing the Unit 2 1 Initial Startup of Analyzer 2 2 Connecting AC Adapter 2 2 Charging the Battery 2 3 Using the Analyzer for First Time 2 4 Power On 2 4 Setting Time and Date 2 5 Setting Power Options 2 6 Setting Illumination Options 2 6 Status Indicators 2 7 Navigating the Screen 2 8 Active Buttons 2 9 Ba
39. Screen All of the VIEW settings are designed to prohibit an unauthorized user from viewing potentially secure data phone numbers email addresses device names etc check the box to enable each function VoIP DATA the user can START STOP CLEAR VolP data collection and can save the results of the collection as part of the detector database EMAIL DATA similar to VolP DATA but affects the EMAIL screen e CAPTURED DATA similar to VoIP DATA but affects the CAPTURE screen 802 1X DATA similar to VolP DATA but affects the 802 1X screen e DEVICE DATA similar to VolP DATA but affects the DEVICES and TOP TALKERS screens All of the GENERATE settings are designed to stop an unauthorized user from performing an operation that has the potential of bringing down a network or setting off a network security alarm e TRAFFIC enables disables the respective user s ability to use TRAFFIC GENERATE e PINGS enables disables the respective user s ability to use PING TRACE NOTE Select the Exit button to apply the changes to the users access and to go back to the Security Home Screen Chapter 3 Setup 3 27 Security Admin Account aie ADMIN a ADMIN rs ACCT ACCT Username Username ADMIN 1 Password Paena Password as ONE SHIFT BKSPC SPACE CLEAR ENTE HSE SHIFT BKSPC SPACE CLEAR ENTE Admin Account Screen Admin Account Screen Select SETUP next to Admin to create a
40. Standard Time Christmas Island Time Delta Time Zone Echo Time Zone Eastern Daylight Time Eastern Daylight Time Eastern European Daylight Time Eastern European Summer Time Eastern European Time Eastern Summer Time Eastern Standard Time Eastern Standard Time Foxtrot Time Zone Location Military Australia Australia North America Australia Australia North America North America North America Australia Australia Military Europe Military Australia North America Europe Europe Europe Australia Australia North America Australia Military Military Australia North America Europe Europe Europe Australia Australia North America Military Time zone UTC 1 hour UTC 10 30 hours UTC 9 30 hours UTC 3 hours UTC 11 hours UTC 10 hours UTC 8 hours UTC 9 hours UTC 4 hours UTC 9 hours UTC 8 hours UTC 2 hours UTC 1 hour UTC 3 hours UTC 10 30 hours UTC 5 hours UTC 2 hours UTC 2 hours UTC 1 hour UTC 10 30 hours UTC 9 30 hours UTC 6 hours UTC 7 hours UTC 4 hours UTC 5 hours UTC 11 hours UTC 4 hours UTC 3 hours UTC 3 hours UTC 2 hours UTC 11 hours UTC 10 hours UTC 5 hours UTC 6 hours C 1 Appendixes UTC Time Zones Golf Time Zone Greenwich Mean Time Hotel Time Zone Heure Avanc e de l Atlantique Heure Avanc e du Centre Hawaii Aleutian Daylight Time Heure Avanc e de l Est Heure Avanc e du Pacifique
41. Test Setup and is shown as the Remote IP address There is a button under the Remote IP address labeled LOCAL gt REMOTE or REMOTE gt LOCAL This describes where the packets originate from Selecting LOCAL gt REMOTE describes the packet originates from the Local LANEXPERT and is sent to the remote LA N EXPERT This gives us an upstream configured test Selecting REMOTE gt LOCAL describes the packet originates from the Remote LANE XPERT and is sent to the Local LANE XPERT This gives us an downstream configured test Select from one to four test s to be performed The estimated time for each test is given Select START to begin the test s Stopping a test before it is complete may give invalid results STRESS Ma STRESS TEST TEST PORT 1 100H 192 168 1 200 PORT 2 100H 192 168 1 201 REMOTE IP 202 168 1 202 M THROUGHPUT ESTIMATED 56 0s M LATENCY ESTIMATED 1 91nin E FRAME LOSS ESTINATED 2 16min E BACK TO BACK RESULTS ESTIMATED 2 33min Stress test Screen Start Stop PORT 1 100H 192 168 1 200 PORT 2 100H 192 168 1 201 LOCAL gt REMOTE THROUGHPUT RESULTS ESTIMATED 56 0s M LATENCY RESULTS ESTIMATED 1 91min E FRAME LOSS RESULTS ESTIMATED 2 16min E BACK TO BACK RESULTS ESTIMATED 2 33min Stress test Screen with invalid IP address Select START in the data action buttons to start the selected tests The LANEXPERT tests the connection to the remote IP address t
42. UserGuide LANEXPERT Inline Gigabit Network Analyzer Tips for viewing PDFs e To use thumbnails click the Thumbnail tab and double click on the page number you want to view The page will appear on the right side of your screen e To print specify a range of pages in the Acrobat Print dialog box or specify non contiguous pages or a particular page before opening the dialog box Click the Print button or choose File gt Print e This User guide is for the models LANEXPERT 8O and LANEXPERT 85 Some features will be applicable for only the LANEXPERT 8O or LANEXPERT 8 5 These features will be sited on the individual pages in the manual For more information select Help gt Reader Guide from the Acrobat window If you need assistance Customer Support e 8am to 5pm PST 619 287 9970 e support psiber com 1005 0800 0000 Rev 1 36 psiber Copyright This guide is copyrighted by Psiber Data Systems Inc with all rights reserved Under the copyright laws this guide cannot be reproduced in any form without the prior written permission of Psiber Data Systems Inc No patent liability is assumed however with respect to the use of the information contained herein 2008 2011 by Psiber Data Systems Inc All rights reserved Notice The information contained in this manual including but not limited to any product specifications is subject to change without notice PSIBER DATA SYSTEMS INC AND P
43. X PORT 1 LINKED AS NIC AT 100H A PARTNER CAPABILITIES MDI X SPEED SIGNALS POLARITY NORMAL Yv NOT TESTED LAN 10H 100H PORT INFO EXPERT Example Copper Link Screen Partner Capabilities FN LINK PORT 1 1000baseX Rx Pouer 4 6dBn x Pouer 6 5dBn enperature 39C PORT LINK INFO EXPERT eS Example Fiber Link Screen A connection to a network device that can automatically swap the transmit and receive pairs is indicated by AUTO MDI X A fixed port is shown as LAN or NIC The MDI X mode is provided only if Auto Detect is selected in PORTS Setup If not the analyzer displays NOT TESTED All Speed and duplex modes advertised by the Link Partner are displayed If a fixed speed is selected then the partners speed will show only that specific fixed speed and not all advertised speeds Chapter 4 Analyze Network 4 Signals 09 Signals Polarity normal or reversed is shown for 10 100BaseT links Master or slave status is shown for gigabit links Gigabit links require one end to be the master and the other to be a slave Relink In the Data Action Buttons area pressing RELINK will force a re establishment of the link partner note that this also clears all the data collected If no link is established within the timeout period configured a message is displayed in the EXPERT Screen but the unit will attempt to automatically re link Setup In the data action button area pressing SETU
44. Y ON AC M DEFAULT STAY OND O OTHER ILLUMINATION BACKLIGHT OOOOOG LEDs OOOOOG Power Screen There are three options for BATTERY power off times Default Factory Set Other and Stay On Select an option by clicking the box to the left of the name The option is selected when the box is filled For example if the default is 5 minutes then after 5 minutes of inactive use the unit will display a brief message indicating it will shut down unless the user touches the screen If selecting Other under either the BATTERY or AC power then the user can change the time by pressing on the button to the right of the word A numerical keyboard is displayed After selecting the desired numbers select ENTER to go back to the POWER screen Setting illumination options The Illumination of the Backlight of the display and the LEDs intensity can be adjusted on the Power Screen as well The brightness options for both are lowest at the leftmost and progressively brighten as boxes to the right are selected Chapter 2 Getting Started 27 Status Indicators Status Indicators LANE XPERT GJ A JUUL Status Indicators From left to right the indicators are Power Port 1 Port 2 and Activity e Power shows battery and external power status e Green Battery has more than 25 charge e Red Battery has less than 25 charge e Orange External power connected Port 1 and Port 2 shows the status of each port when it is
45. ames Recommendations Check switches and routers between the LanExpert and the device Replace the device 28 Detected ICMP Unreachable frames Small numbers of these are not unusual High numbers usually indicate that a device is misconfigured incorrect server IP or port Recommendations Change the devices for compatibility 29 Devices on P1 and P2 have mismatched speed capabilities They will not operate together Recommendations Change the devices for compatibility 30 Devices on P1 and P2 have mismatched MDI X capabilities They will not operate together Recommendations Change the devices for compatibility 8 31 Collisions have been detected Recommendations Check devices are properly configured for half duplex operation Change network to only use full duplex amp 32 Cable has reversed polarity in 1 or more wire pairs Recommendations Check the cable and the device o 33 VoIP device address SIP response timeout See VolP screen for details Recommendations Check configuration of the VolP device Check connectivity to SIP server Chapter 4 Analyze Network 4 10 Vitals Vitals Select the VITALS button in the Bottom Area The VITALS screen displays Frame information in a List or Bar chart format While in the List screen it displays how long the link has been connected Elapsed Time and time it has unlinked Time Unlinked both in milliseconds It also displays the Maximu
46. and 2 will need to be configured independently Chapter 3 Setup 3 Ports Link As UT NOTE If INDEPENDENT mode is selected Port 1 parameters will be configured first Port 2 parameters will then be available The param eters will be port identified for clarity Link As LINK AS parameter determines whether the LANEXPERT is going to connect as an Auto MDI X Auto Detect LAN or NIC device on the network e Auto MDI X will auto crossover the port LAN or NIC It will link at the first compatible mode to provide faster testing Auto Detect will auto crossover the port LAN or NIC and give more link information than auto MDI X It will test for all modes available before linking and will display the configuration for the link partners Some SOHO Small office home office gigabit switches are not fully compatible with Auto Detect detection LAN will force the analyzer s port to look like a switch or a hub to the device it is connected to NIC will force the analyzer s port to look like a PC to the device it is connected to In INLINE mode there are two additional options of forcing Port 1 to connect as NIC while Port 2 connects as LAN P1 NIC P2 LAN or vise versa P1 LAN P2 NIC Speed Duplex SPEED DUPLEX parameter can be conducted in an Auto negotiating mode or forced to a single FIXED speed duplex For AUTO select any combination of the five speed duplex modes 10H 10F 100H 100F or 1000F In FIX
47. and the text description of the type e g Identity Notification Nak MD5 OTP Generic etc NOTE Select another Test button visible on the screen or by scrolling to the right or left with the white arrows or select the Exit button Chapter 4 Analyze Network 4 20 Email Email Select the EMAIL button in the Bottom Area PR EMAIL 3 40PM M A JEUICE 192 168 1 104 POP3 72 167 82 11 USERNAME s johnson psiber c LOG INs 3 G 0K LAST OK RECEIVED 3 93344bytes DELETED 3 3 40PM Gil I XI OK A 1 432bytes FAILED 0 SMTP 207 115 36 27 USERNAME s johnson psiber c LOG INs 1 OK PING TRAFFIC TRACE GENERATE EMAIL TRAFFIC GENERATE EMAIL Example Email Screen Example Email Screen 2 For the best EMAIL information set the LanExpert to inline mode between the computer sending out the emails and the network This screen displays the device IP address that receives an email and the IP address of the email server used POP3 The LAN EXPERT displays the email address or the username of the current email session and how many attempts were made to log in It describes the Last attempt and whether it was successful or not Next the LANEXPERT displays how many recieved and deleted emails and the total number of bytes the emails contained For Sending an email from a computer the LANE x PERT displays the IP address of the email server connected SMTP Username attempted log ins state of the last attempted log in and
48. ator and Battery symbol on the display provides the charge status of the battery pack For more information on the Status indicators and the Battery icon see Status indicators on page 2 6 and Battery symbol on page 2 8 Chapter 2 Getting Started 2 4 Using the Analyzer for the First Time Using the Analyzer for the First Time Power on Turn on the LANE XPERT by pressing the power button until the screen lights up then release the button The unit displays the welcome screen for approximately 3 seconds The firmware versionis shown on this screen If Security is enabled then a Username and Password must be entered before the HOME screen can be displayed If the incorrect username or password is entered an error screen stating Invalid Log on no Matching Account appears and then returns back to the log on screen If the correct username and password is entered the LanExpert displays a green screen saying Logged on as Admin or User depending on what was entered If Security is disabled the HOME screen comes up automatically C a a SS SS ee SS eS eS eS NOTE There is no way to get the username or password back from the LanExpert so write down the the entered data or the LanExpert will need to be returned to the factory for Service Service fee will apply LOG ON Usernane Passuord APPEEEPEEEEE 00000000 0URD 0000000000 2OC0000R0QUE a serra tom ANALYZE NETWORK STRESS TEST LOGGED ON A
49. attery is not connected or the Battery needs to be replaced Black with Red Outline Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Setup This chapter describes how to configure the LANE XPERT using the setup screens Navigating to Setup Screens Select the SETUP button from the HOME screen The available configurable categories are displayed at the bottom of the screen Use the left and right scroll arrows to select a different category When completed with any setup configuration select the EXIT button to return to the previous screen or Home screen A HOME 12 00pm CR HOME icon SI D ANALYZE NETWORK TAL VFR SETA fi STRESS TEST LOOPBACK TEST RECALL CABLE TEST Brrr Mavbuee etal SETUP MATE sihi pines 1 Factory Default LENAPE TNE TE RER PS oies Home Screen LE80 Home Screen LE85 3 1 Setup 3 2 Select Profile Select Profile SELECT PROFILE shows a listing of all the profile names There are 49 changeable profiles and one factory default The factory default profile cannot be changed Select a profile by clicking on the box to the left This will enable the stored parameters to be used for testing a 1 Factory Defaults 2 sj9 3 Profile 3 4 Profile 4 Profile 5 6 Profile 6 Profile 7 Profile 8 9 Profile 9 O 10 Profile 10 SELECT PROFILE PROFILE NAME PORTS t Select Profile Screen NOTE Select another Setup button visible on the screen or by scrolling to the right or left with
50. bottom of the screen to display the LANE XPERTs IP address Enter this IP address into the LANE XPERT Consol Application Press the Screen Capture tab to Print saved screens Chapter 8 Chapter 9 Technical Support This chapter will explain how to get answers to questions about the LANEXPERT First go to http www psiber com de home products network analyzer lanexpert faqs general html to view Frequently Asked Question about the LanExpert If you do not see you question select Submit question to enter a unique question Our technical support department views submitted questions everyday and will answer questions as soon as possible For further assistance in the United States Address 7075 K Mission Gorge Rd san Diego CA 92120 Email support psiber com Phone 1 619 287 9970 Fax 1 619 287 9978 For further assistance in Europe Address Felix Wankel Str 4 82152 Krailling bei Munchen Email support psiber data com Phone 49 0 89 89 136060 Fax 49 0 89 89 136066 9 1 Chapter 10 Update Firmware This chapter will explain the steps on how to use the Console Application to Update the firmware for your LANEXPERT Select ANALYZE NETWORK from the HOME screen with the stylus The LANEXPERT Starts looking for a link connection on either port Once the LANEXPERT links the Status Indicators LEDs for the Ports will turn to a solid color depending on the speed it is connected i e Red 10Mbit Orange
51. ck all devices within the network 19 Detected oversize frames Usually caused by a faulty device Can be caused by improper half duplex operation Can be caused by using Jumbo frames Recommendations Check all devices within the network e 20 Detected jabber frames Recommendations Check all devices within the network amp 21 Detected improperly formatted frames Recommendations Check all devices within the network o 22 Detected improperly sized frames Can be caused by improper half duplex operation by a device Recommendations Check all devices within the network 23 Detected IP Header errors from address Recommendations Check switches and routers between the LanExpert and the device Replace the device amp 24 Detected UDP Header errors from address Can indicate there are multiple paths between devices Not unusual when the source is outside of local network Recommendations Check switches and routers between the LanExpert and the device Replace the device Chapter 4 Analyze Network 4 9 Problems cont 25 Detected TCP Header errors from address Recommendations Check switches and routers between the LanExpert and the device Replace the device 26 Detected ICMP Header errors from address Recommendations Check switches and routers between the LanExpert and the device Replace the device e 27 Detected ICMP Unreachable fr
52. d a message appears saying lt NO TERMINATOR FOUND If an error is found the incorrect numbers display in red on the right and a message is displayed inbetween the colored wires E WIREMAP 11 29 pm Of QWIREMAP 11 29 pm Of B i E a a eae SPLIT eee 2 SPLIT 5 a a a a a 3 EAA SPLIT PA 3 SPLIT 6 4 a a a a a A TT 7 7 ES TT aE a A AM A 8 WIREMAP PoE WIREMAP PoE Example Good cable Example Split Pair on 12 36 Warning Cable test is ONLY performed on Port 2 Do not connect anything into Port 1 while performing cable tests Psiber is not liable for misuse of these ports E WIREMAP 11 29 pm QWIREMAP SET EN B PA CROSSE PA CROSSED ae 7 7 77 CROSSED Mai CROSSED 7 CROSSED N PAPA CROSSED ME CROSSED EL a E ON O O E E A a U a ad j 1 1 2 2 3 3 6 6 4 4 O 5 gt 7 8 8 S WIREMAP PoE O MOAS Example Crossed 12 36 Example Crossed 12 36 cable shielded cable WIREMAP PoE NOTE Select another Test button visible on the screen or by scrolling to the right or left with the white arrows or select the Exit button Chapter 6 Cable Test 6 5 PoE PoE PoE tests for IEEE Standard Power The LANE XPERT displays the wire pairs that are powered the voltage measured and the wire pair polarity Power detected on pairs 12 36 is called an Endspan Power detected on Pairs 45 78 is called Midsapn Power detected on all
53. e SELECT LANGUAGE will display the various languages that the LANEXPERT supports Select the desired language for the screens to be represented in that language NOTE Select another Setup button visible on the screen or by scrolling to the right or left with the white arrows or select the Exit button Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Analyze Network This chapter will explain the screens presented for using the LANEXPERT to analyze the device under test i e PC network device amp HOME 12 00pm CI GX amp HOME 2 00 pm Cl ANALYZE NETWORK ANALYZE NETWORK STRESS TEST STRESS TEST LOOPBACK TEST LOOPBACK TEST RECALL RECALL SETUP CABLE TEST 1 Factory Default SETUP 1 Factory Default SFP1 FIBER MM 1000baseX SFP2 COPPER 10 100 1000baseT Home Screen LE80 Home Screen LE85 Preparing to Use the Analyzer Before selecting the ANALYZE NETWORK button on the HOME screen determine how the LAN EXPERT is to be connected to the device being tested i e PC netwok device etc This will be based on how the analyzer was set up in the Ports Configuration section of the setup e Single Mode attach the patch cable to either Port 1 or Port 2 e Inline Mode attach a patch cable to both Ports 1 and 2 Indepentent Mode attach a patch cable to both Ports 1 and 2 If only one port is connected while in Inline or Independent Mode that port will link while the other port continues searching for a link The Port LED t
54. e g 64 12345678 99 NOTE unlike the display the frames per second data is always in units of 1fps i e it NEVER has a K character on the end and scaled in 1000 s LATENCY CSV this is the latency stress test results If no latency test was performed then this file does not exist Each line of the this file has the format lt frame size min avg max gt e g 64 5 5 6 NOTE unlike the display the data is always in integer microseconds LOSS CSV this is the frame loss test results If no frame loss test was performed then this file does not exist The first line has the format 0 where each is the percentage frame rate for the corresponding column The remaining lines have the format lt frame size loss rate loss rate gt Where the loss rate is in integer percent NOTE if the character is missing then the data was not actually measured BTB CSV this is the back to back test results If no back to back test was performed then this file does not exist Each line of this file has the format lt frame size max frame burst gt Use the Excel Macro RFC2544 Report Generator from the website to make a Printable Stress Test Report NOTE Stress test data saved internal or external using this version or an earlier version can be recalled and then resaved with this version in order to generate the CSV files EE WARNING DO NOT SAVE DATA COLLECTED FROM AN ABORTED STRESS TEST Tests not actually performed might yield
55. entry screen is being shown on the display Exit Graphic This is the exit button graphic in the top right of almost all screens Help Graphic This is the HELP button graphic in the top right of almost all screens B 1 Graphics B 2 Home Screen Graphics c 4 Analyze Network Button This is the graphic for the ANALYZE NETWORK button on the home screen Recall Button This is the graphic for the RECALL button on the HOME screen da 4 Stress Test Button This is the graphic for the STRESS TEST button on C2 the HOME screen y 4 Cable Test Button This is the graphic for the CABLE TEST button on the home screen LE Setup Button This is the graphic for the SETUP button on the home screen and the SETUP button at the bottom of all ANALYZE NETWORK screens Setup Graphics Bottom Area 1 Select Profile Button This is the graphic for the SELECT PROFILE button at the bottom of the SETUP screens Set Profile Name Button This is the graphic for the PROFILE NAME button at the bottom of the SETUP screens PORTS Button This is the graphic for the PORTS button at the bottom GA of the SETUP screens Protocols Button This is the graphic for the PROTOCOLS button at the bottom of the ANALYZE NETWORK screens and also at the bottom of the SETUP screens Le Pe Ping Trace Button This is the graphic for the PING TRACE button at the bottom of the ANALYZE NETWORK screens and also at the bottom of the SETUP screens i
56. ess Source MAC address is where the packet originated To change the Source MAC address select the editable MAC field button This will display a Hexadecimal keyboard to change the MAC Address After entering the desired MAC address select ENTER to return to the CAPTURE parameters screen Capture destination MAC CAPTURE DESTINATION MAC will either capture packets from the user defined Destination MAC address entered any UNICAST MULTICASTS or BROADCASTS Destination MAC address is where the packet is received To change the Destination MAC address select the editable MAC field button This will display a Hexadecimal keyboard to change the MAC Address After entering the desired MAC address select ENTER to return to the CAPTURE parameters screen NOTE Press the DOWN arrow on the right of the screen to scroll to the next page of parameters Chapter 3 Setup 3 21 Capture Frame Types Capture frame types CAPTURE FRAME TYPES allows for the selection of one or a combination for frame types detected Select RFC894 STP LLC and or LLC SNAP capture 4 08P1 EX APTURE FRAME TYPES E RFC894 E STP LLC E LLC SNAP APTURE VLAN FRAMES E NON UL AN E ANY mE Yy TRAFFIC STRESS GENERATE TEST CAPTURE Capture Screen 2 Capture VLAN frames CAPTURE VLAN FRAMES allows for the selection of one or a combination of VLAN options Select NON VLAN ANY and or a specific VLAN tag Next to VLAN the user can select or change
57. et the username or password back from the LanExpert so write down the the entered data or the LanExpert will need to be returned to the factory for Service Service fee will apply Chapter 3 Setup 3 28 Security User Account ACCOUNTS Admin EDIT User 1 EDIT User 2 EDIT User 3 EDIT SECURE ERASE Aer ad Usernane Password PEPE EE BOs Og pA amp X ME nes ERR ENT ALL PROFILES START ALL SAVED DATA START ALL MEMORY START on STRESS TEST CAPTURE SECURITY Admin Account Accepted User 1 Name and Password Screen Screen Select EDIT next to User 1 to 3 to enter a username and password by using the keyboard This is done by the Admin to allow access for 3 different user Any user account username and or password can be blank Any username or password can be the same as another account s username the username password pairing determines the user level If both the username and password are the same as another user account the lowest numbered account is logged into by that username password While logging in the password is not visible each character is shown as an asterisk character the password is visible while editing it in the security screen While editing the username password the following special actions can be done e While entering the username pressing the ENTER area ends entry of the username and starts entry of the password While entering the password pres
58. expected activity Use higher speed or split link into segments 10 Could not obtain address from DHCP server Recommendations Check the DHCP server s 11 No response from the DNS server s Recommendations Check the DNS IP addresses 12 Could not resolve a WINS name Recommendations If using a WINS server Check the WINS IP address If not using a WINS server Check all computer NetBios names 13 VoIP device address did not authenticate See VoIP screen for details Recommendations Check configuration of the VoIP device 14 Detected discarded IP fragments Can indicate there are multiple paths between devices Recommendations Check configuration of your network and routers 15 Detected duplicated or overlapping IP fragments Can indicate there are multiple paths between devices Not unusual when the source is outside of local network Recommendations Check configuration of your network and routers 16 Detected CRC errors within frames Recommendations Check all cables and devices Chapter 4 Analyze Network 4 8 Problems cont e 17 Detected frame alignment errors Usually caused by a faulty device Can be caused by improper half duplex operation Recommendations Check all devices within the network 18 Detected undersize frames runts Usually caused by a faulty device Can be caused by improper half duplex operation Recommendations Use faster devices Che
59. ght of the screen to scroll to the next page of parameters Chapter 3 Setup 3 9 Ports Port Flow Control Link Search Timeout LINK SEARCH TIMEOUT allows the user to select either 5s factory default or Other Link Search Timeout is the time it takes in seconds for the LANE XPERT to acquire a link before it determines there is no link Select the Other button then select the Time button to the right to change the parameter This will display a numerical keyboard screen Valid entries are 1 to 99 After entering a valid time select ENTER to return to the PORTS parameters Link Lost Timeout LINK LOST TIMEOUT allows the user to select either 3s factory default or Other Link Lost Timeout is the time it takes in seconds to determine when there is a lost link after the link was established Select the Other button then select the Time button to the right to change the parameter This will display a numerical keyboard screen Valid entries are 1 to 99 After entering a valid time select ENTER to return to the PORTS parameters Ext Server Timeout EXT SERVER TIMEOUT allows the user to select either 10s factory default or Other Ext Server Timeout is the time it takes in seconds to determine when there is no external server present Select the Other button then select the Time button to the right to change the parameter This will display a numerical keyboard screen Valid entries are 1 to 99 After entering a valid time selec
60. go through a single switch Going through multiple devices and medias decrease the amount of back to back frames NOTE Select another Setup button visible on the screen or by scrolling to the right or left with the white arrows or select the Exit button Chapter 5 Stress Test 5 10 Storage Storage This section will describe how to Save a RFC2544 Stress Test After performing a stress test select STORAGE from the main stress test screen Select to SAVE the stress test data collected internally or externally onto a flashdrive For saving to flashdrive The files are placed into the LANDATA directory under the name entered on the LanExpert when the files were saved The previous binary file username STT is still saved in the LANDATA directory This STT file allows the LanExpert to recall the data at a later time from the unit __ LESS SSS Se SS SS SS SS ES a WARNING DO NOT DISCONNECT THE USB DRIVE UNTIL THE lt SAVING xxx gt TEXT GOES AWAY ON THE LANE X PERT SCREEN THIS MIGHT TAKE SEVERAL SECONDS TO SAVE AND IT MIGHT APPEAR STUCK BUT DO NOT UNPLUG USB THE USB DRIVE WILL NEED TO BE REFORMATTED IF YOU DO THAT The CSV files placed into the sub directory with the user defined name are as follows TPUT CSV this is the throughput stress test results If no throughput test was performed then this file does not exist Each line of the this file has the format lt frame size frames per second utilization gt
61. hat has not established a link will keep blinking red and the screen will display a LINKING message for the unlinked port until a link is established Only minimum information about the linked port will be displayed No additional information will be shown unless both ports are connected and a link established 4 1 Analyze Network 4 2 Selecting the Test Mode Selecting the Test Mode Link Select the ANALYZE NETWORK button with the stylus on the HOME screen Notice that both Status Port LEDs are blinking red until a link is established on the connected ports For detailed information on the LEDs see Status Indicator section page 2 6 The first screen that appears is the LINK Screen This screen will display the partner s capabilities and actual link status When Link Signals are detected on either both Ports the Link Screen is displayed The linked Port s are shown with the actual link parameters including connection type LAN or NIC speed 10 100 1000 and duplex mode Half or Full For the LANEXPERT 85 the unit measures Optical Power Recieved Rx and Transmited Tx when Fiber is connected The measurment in displayed in 0 1dBm increment with a Range of 32dBm to 8dBm and accuracy 2 dB The Tempurature of the SFPs are displayed in C The LANEXPERT Displays the text White if the measurement is within the range of the spec Orange if it s marginal Red if it s outside of the range PSN LINK ce
62. he link rate the frames will be sent at A valid entry is 0 to 100 After entering a valid number select ENTER to return to the TRAFFIC GENERATION parameters screen Remote IP REMOTE IP is a known IP address of a device on the network or a random IP address If the IP address selected is not a valid address on the network then the LANEXPERT will send out broadcasts frames to the entire network To change the Remote IP Address select the editable field button next to the word Remote IP This will display a numerical keyboard to change the IP Address After entering the desired IP address select ENTER to return to the TRAFFIC GENERATION parameters screen Broadcast If the Broadcast button is enabled then an ARP is generated for the remote IP If there is a resopnse to the ARP then traffic is generated to the remote IP with the responding MAC address If there is no response to the ARP then the traffic generated to the remote IP is with a broadcast MAC address i e the traffic would generate throughout the network Direction DIRECTION displays REMOTE gt LOCAL or LOCAL gt REMOTE This sends traffic from the Remote unit to the local unit or from the Local unit to the Remote unit This gives a downstream and an upstream path WARNING The LANEXPERT is a high performance tester and can generate a high amount of traffic very quickly This can take down any network Psiber is not liable for this action NOTE Select another Setup button v
63. hich is only available under Admin logon a message stating this renders the unit inoperable appears and the unit automatically powers down after CONFIRMED completion NOTE If ALL MEMORY is selected and Confirmed the LanExpert beomes inoperable and will need to be returned to the factory for Service Service fee will apply While erasing the percentage completion is displayed to the right of the respective START CONFIRM button NOTE Select another Setup button visible on the screen or by scrolling to the right or left with the white arrows or select the Exit button Chapter 3 Setup 3 30 Colors Colors To edit or view the parameter select the COLORS button 8 47AM i eX BOT KEYS O O BUILD INFO Colors Screen This screen will change the colors on the display of the Top Area Middle Area Bottom Area and Keys Select the boxes of the desired colors Colors will automatically update to preview the selections NOTE Select another Setup button visible on the screen or by scrolling to the right or left with the white arrows or select the Exit button Chapter 3 Setup 3 31 Build Info and Select Language Build Info BUILD INFO will display Firmware version Hardware version Port 1 and Port 2 MAC addresses as well as the Serial Number NOTE Select another Setup button visible on the screen or by scrolling to the right or left with the white arrows or select the Exit button Select Languag
64. how many sent and failed emails The email displays the total number of bytes the emails contained NOTE Select another Test button visible on the screen or by scrolling to the right or left with the white arrows or select the Exit button Chapter 4 Analyze Network 4 21 VoIP VoIP Select the VoIP button in the Bottom Area VoIP uses three different protocols Detected phone lines could also be video links or data links SIPis used for lt Session Management gt the VoIP device line combination registers with the SIP server at intervals usually every few minutes In this way the location and status of the device line is maintained with the VoIP provider This authenticates the device line also Incoming and outgoing calls are also managed through the SIP server e RTP is used for the actual lt streaming data gt i e audio ina phone call when a call is made to from a device line then the SIP server provides the device line with the IPs of the RTP server to use The device line then sends or receives a data stream to from the RTP server Generally this data is at a consistent rate usually 50fps for audio and there are two data streams one for inbound data the other for outbound e RTCP is used to allow each end of an active RTP session to communicate link quality information with each other Not all RTP devices or servers do this If this occurs the sender will generally send one packet every few seconds This
65. i e copper and radio link and speeds to make a roundtrip NOTE Select another Setup button visible on the screen or by scrolling to the right or left with the white arrows or select the Exit button Chapter 5 Stress Test 5 8 Frame Loss Frame Loss jest 1 00P A je STRESS 4 01PM C_ MR FRAME LOSS FRAME LOSS 100 90 80 70 SIZE 60 50 40 30 100 100 100 100 64 100 100 100 66 4 100 100 100 100 128 100 100 100 79 0 100 100 100 100 256 100 100 100 986 5 100 100 100 100 512 100 100 100 90 6 100 100 100 100 1024 100 100 100 92 7 100 100 100 100 1280 100 100 100 93 2 100 100 100 100 1518 100 100 100 93 2 lt Test results are shown as Frame Loss percentage versus percent of maximum line speed for each packet size The test starts at 100 of the line speed and steps down in selectable step sizes until two consecutive steps have 0 frame loss which ends the test Dashed lines are displayed for line speeds not tested when the 0 frame loss is met In the first example below the test shows 0 loss at both 100 and 90 of the maximum line speed which ended the test Everything below 90 will also have no frame loss and is not tested The line speeds less than 90 have dashed lines showing that frame loss rate was not tested In the second example below based on the previous microwave link test there was 100 frame loss down to 30 of the maximum line rate Some fra
66. ine rate before a frame is lost 3 1 Stress Test 5 2 Stess Test Screen Basic Setup This section will describe how to configure the LANEXPERT fora RFC2544 Stress Test Stress Test with One LanExpert Select SETUP and select any Profile besides Factory Default under the Select Profile Go to PORTS and change the configuration to INDEP for Independent mode NOTE If you are not connected to a network that has DHCP or con nected directly into the other port of the LanExpert with a cable you must select a fixed IP address that has the same subnet mask as Port 2 SSS SS eee If you are not connected to a network that has DHCP press the DOWN arrow twice to display Port 1 IP address Select FIXED and give PORT 1 an IP address Subnet and Gateway IP address Press the DOWN arrow three more times to display Port 2 IP address Select FIXED and give PORT 2 an IP address which is in the same subnet mask as Port 1 Select the same Subnet Mask and Gateway IP address as Port 1 For Example Port 1 IP address 192 125 1 100 Subnet Mask 255 255 255 0 Gateway 192 125 1 1 Port 2 IP address 192 125 1 101 Subnet Mask 255 255 255 0 Gateway 192 125 1 1 Make sure to change the Remote IP address to Port 2 IP address Select STRESS TEST under setup to change the Remote IP Chapter 5 Stress Test 5 3 Stess Test Screen Basic Setup This section will describe how to configure the LANEXPERT fora RFC2544 Stress Test Stres
67. isible on the screen or by scrolling to the right or left with the white arrows or select the Exit button Chapter 3 Setup 3 17 Stress Test Stress Test To edit or view the parameters for the SELECTED profile select the STRESS TEST button oo 9 460 i A X 192 168 1 201 O ALL O64 O 128 O 256 O 512 M 10240 12800 1518 MAX BIT RATE MAX FRAME RATE INTER TEST DELAY y SELECT PROFILE PROFILE NAME PORTS Stress test Screen Remote IP Select the IP address button to enter or change the IP address The IP address of the second port or another LanExpert must be entered as the destination for the transmitted test packets Frame Size Select from one to seven of the standard frame sizes These frame sizes are generated by the LanE xpert to test the network This setting is used for all tests Max Bit Rate Select the maximum bit rate percentage for testing Selecting 100 has no effect on the network The maximum bit rate setting is not used for the Back to Back tests Max Frame Rate Select the maximum frame rate for testing in integer Kfps Selecting a very high number e g 10000K effectively removes the effect The maximum frame rate setting is not used for the Back to Back tests Inter test Delay Select the delay between tests to receive test results before performing another test NOTE Press the DOWN arrow on the right of the screen to scroll to the next page of parameters Chapter 3
68. lication 6 Press Connect Make sure the Connection Status reads Connected and the LanExpert Response displays the current firmware version 7 Select the Update Firmware tab on the Console Application 8 Select the Browse button on the Console Application 9 Search for Update_1_XXa lanexpert in the LanExpertFW directory on your hard drive 10 Once selected press Start to update yourLanExpert 11 Once the LanE xpert Console application displays Complete turn off the LanExpert 12 Turn the LanExpert back on 13 Verify that the firmware version displayed in the Welcome Screen is 1 XX Select Setup gt Build Info to see the firmware version is the same 14 Press Analyze Network After establishing a connection press the down arrow to view the IP address 15 Enter the LanE xpert IP address into the Console Application 16 Press Connect Make sure the Connection Status reads Connected and the LanExpert Response displays the current firmware version 17 Select the Update Firmware tab on the Console Application 18 Select the Browse button on the Console Application 19 Search for Update_1_XXb lanexpert in the LanExpertFW directory on your hard drive Note the LanExpert must have firmware version 1 33 or higher before part b can be uploaded 20 Once selected press Start to update your LanExpert 21 Once the LanExpert Console application displays Complete turn off the LanExpert Chapter 10 Appendix Con
69. m Frame Size received This screen breaksdown the individual frames collected into good and bad frames The good frames are then brokendown into unicast multicast and broadcast with the amount of frames detected of each Each frame is shown as a percentage of the entire network traffic FS VITALS ce X ELAPSED TIME 9 23min A fre UNLINKED 0 0s MAX FRAME SIZE 1510 E GOOD FRAMES 152K 99 9 ren 151K 99 3 MULTICAST 629 0 41 BROADCAST 416 0 27 GOOD BYTES 7783K COLLISIONS O BAD FRAMES Yy TOP VITALS PROTOCOLS TALKERS Example Vitals Screen Clear Select CLEAR in the data action buttons to clear all the data received NOTE Linked time will NOT be cleared because the link never discon nected List Chart Select LIST in the data action buttons A bar chart describing good and bad frames is displayed These colored bars show the percentage of the total frames received that are multicast or broadcast frames in relation to the total frames The bars are green if the frames are good and red if the frames are bad Each bar is logarithmically set in length and is horizontal there are 0 1 1 10 100 markers shown in the first line of the data area which cannot be changed Select CHART in the Data Action buttons The LIST will be displayed again showing the good and bad frame counts and percentages Chapter 4 Analyze Network 4 11 Vitals Good Frames Good Good Total The TOTAL button in the Data Actio
70. mes were transmitted correctly from 30 to 20 Between 20 and 10 transmission reached 0 frame loss 0 frame loss was expected at about 15 5 because of the 155Mbps microwave link More accurate results can be attained by changing the Frame Loss setup to a smaller step size such as 1 STRESS TEST FRAME LOSS SIZE 100 90 80 70 64 0 00 0 00 128 0 00 0 00 256 0 00 0 00 512 0 00 0 00 1024 0 00 0 00 1280 0 00 0 00 1518 0 00 0 00 lt STRESS o1P _ A FRAME LOSS SIZE 20 10 64 11 3 0 00 128 19 3 0 00 256 24 2 0 00 512 27 0 0 00 1024 28 54 0 00 1280 28 8 0 00 1518 28 8 0 00 lt mm Chapter 5 Stress Test Back to Back Back to Back Test results are shown as the number of frames sent at maximum line speed until a frame was lost The test is repeated for each selected frame size with one row of data for each frame size up to 7 rows Ma STRESS TEST BACK TO BACK SIZE 64 128 256 512 1024 1280 1518 BURST 3029K 1719K 921K 478K 243K 195K 165K STRESS TEST 2 40PM i M X BACK TO BACK SIZE 64 128 256 512 1024 1280 1518 BURST The screen on the left shows that the LAN EXPERT can send a very large about of back to back frames before an error occurs This shows that our single switch has good buffering capabilities to keep up with the flow of traffic The screen on the right shows that the burst of frames isn t as big as what can
71. n This is the graphic for the SAVE button at the bottom of the ANALYZE NETWORK screens H Appendixes Graphics B 5 Cable Test Bottom Area Port ID Button This is the graphic for the PORT ID button at the bottom eo of the CABLE TEST screens Tone Button This is the graphic for the TONE button at the bottom of the CABLE TEST screens i Length Button This is the graphic for the LENGTH button at the bottom of the CABLE TEST screens Wiremap Button This is the graphic for the WIREMAP button at the AR bottom of the CABLE TEST screens Li PoE Button This is the graphic for the PoE button at the bottom of the ANALYZE NETWORK screens and the CABLE TEST screens Appendixes Appendix C UTC Time Zones Abbreviation m Im m O j mm m Oo m m m o m i IT e op Full name Alpha Time Zone Australian Central Daylight Time Australian Central Standard Time Atlantic Daylight Time Australian Eastern Daylight Time or Australian Eastern Summer Time Australian Eastern Standard Time Alaska Daylight Time Alaska Standard Time Atlantic Standard Time Australian Western Daylight Time Australian Western Standard Time Bravo Time Zone British Summer Time Charlie Time Zone Central Daylight Time Central Daylight Time Central European Daylight Time Central European Summer Time Central European Time Central Summer Time Central Standard Time Central
72. n Area is used to change how the information is presented The amount of Frames Good and Bad frames and Good Bytes collected will be presented in the time frame selected This function works in both the List and Chart mode The choices below are how the information can be presented avg s shows the average of frames and bytes collected per second e 1s shows frames and bytes that were collected within the last second This will update every second e 10s shows frames and bytes that were collected within the last 10 seconds This will update every 10 seconds e 1m shows frames and bytes that were collected within the last minute This will update every minute Total shows all frames and bytes that were collected since the link was established Frames GOOD FRAMES are displayed in number of frames and percentage of total received frames of good unicast multicast and broadcast Ethernet frames received in relation to the total frames Select the outlined white box to show the breakdown of good frames Select the filled box to hide the breakdown Bytes GOOD BYTES are displayed in number of KB of good multicast and broadcast Ethernet bytes received in relation to the total bytes Bad Frames BAD FRAMES are displayed in red if there are any found They are displayed in number of frames and percentage of total received frames of bad unicast multicast and broadcast Ethernet frames received in relation to
73. n IP NOT KNOWN AST 0 51ims Attenpts 1 Lost 0 Bad 0 fin 0 51 Aug 0 51 Max 0 51ns Y PING TRAFFIC DEVICES TRACE GENERATE Yv PING TRAFFIC DEVICES TRACE GENERATE Example Ping Screen Example Trace Route Screen Tracert Select TRACERT button under the device name to trace the route to that device The device is listed with the number of hops it took the LANEXPERT to get to the device The IP address if available is displayed with the roundtrip time in milliseconds If the LANE xX PERT cannot resolve the IP address it displays IP NOT KNOWN Repeat Select REPEAT to run through the test again Return Select RETURN to go back to the PING Screen NOTE Select another Test button visible on the screen or by scrolling to the right or left with the white arrows or select the Exit button Chapter 4 Analyze Network 4 1 Traffic Generate Traffic Generate Select the TRAFFIC GENERATE button in the Bottom Area The Traffic Generate Screen displays first the Remote IP address to where the frames are sent Then it displays the size of the packets being sent with how many Transmitted and Received frames If there are any lost packets then the LANEXPERT displays then number of frames lost with the percentage Lastly the remaining time in seconds will be displayed along with the percentage of the total time left If you configure for BROADCAST that means that the LANE XPERT does not expect there to be aLANEXPERT
74. necting the Analyzer Single Ended i Fim i DEVICE HETWORK HETWORK HETWORK A 1 Connecting the Analyzer Stress Test qj PoE SOURCE A 2 Connecting the Analyzer Loopback Test LOOPBACK DEVICE LOOPBACK LOOPBACK DEVICE Appendix B Graphics Upper Display Area Graphics BOBS El Home Graphic This is the graphic in the upper left corner when the home screen is being shown on the display Analyze Network Graphic This is the graphic in the upper left corner when any of the ANALYZE NETWORK screens is being shown on the display Cable Test Graphic This is the graphic in the upper left corner when any of the CABLE screens is being shown on the display Setup Graphic This is the graphic in the upper left corner when any of the SETUP screens is being shown on the display Lock Graphic This is the graphic in the upper left corner that replaces the SETUP graphic when the user locks the unit with a password Power Graphic This is the graphic in the upper left corner when the power settings screen is being shown on the display i e after the battery symbol has been pressed Date Time Graphic This is the graphic in the upper left corner when the date time settings screen is being shown on the display i e after the time has been pressed Numeric Name MAC IP and Ping List Entry Graphic This is the graphic in the upper left corner when any numeric or name
75. o ensure a valid IP was entered If an invalid IP address was entered then the LanExpert displays an error message saying lt REMOTE DEVICE NOT FOUND gt and returns to the stress test screen where the remote IP is now in red Select a valid IP address either from PORT 2 or another LANEXPERT on the network Select STOP in the data action buttons to stop the test Chapter 5 Stress Test 5 5 Stess Test Screen Stress Test Screen STRESS TEST PORT 1 100H 192 168 1 200 PORT 2 100H 192 168 1 201 REMOTE IP 202 168 1 202 LOCAL gt REMOTE E THROUGHPUT RESULTS ESTIMATED 56 0s lm STORAGE STORAGE E INTERNAL 0 OEXTERNAL 5 7 E LATENCY RESULTS ESTINATED 1 91min E FRAME LOSS RESULTS ESTINATED 2 16min E BACK TO BACK RESULTS ESTIMATED 2 33min Stress test Screen Storage Screen Storage Select STORAGE in the Data action buttons to save current test results or recall previously saved test results The SAVE button can only be used when the set of tests have been performed completely and no changes to SETUP or test selection have been made Select an internal or external store number to save the current test data for further analysis or recall previously saved data Setup Select SETUP in the data action buttons to go to the stress test setup to change test parameters Results Select RESULTS in the data action buttons to go to the stress test results screen of a selected test Chapter 5
76. of Contents vii Port Info 4 4 Expert 4 6 Vitals 4 10 Good Frames 4 11 Good Bytes 4 11 Bad Frames 4 11 Protocols 4 12 Top Talkers 4 14 Devices 4 15 Ping Trace 4 16 Tracert 4 16 Traffic Generate 4 17 802 1X 4 19 Email 4 20 VoIP 4 21 Frame Capture 4 27 Remote Access 4 28 Inline PoE 4 29 Save 4 30 Setup 4 31 Chapter 5 Stress Test 5 1 Understanding RFC2544 5 1 Stress Test Basic Setup 5 2 Stress Test home Screen 5 4 Throughput 5 6 Latency 5 7 Frame Loss 5 8 Table of Contents viii Back to Back 5 9 Basic Storage 5 10 Chapter 6 Cable Test LE80 ONLY 6 1 Port Identification 6 2 Tone 6 2 Length 6 3 Wiremap 6 4 PoE 6 5 Chapter 7 Loopback 7 1 Setup Loopback Mode 7 2 Chapter 8 Recall Saved Data 8 1 Recall Internal Data 8 2 Recall External Data 8 3 Chapter 9 Technical Support 9 1 Chapter 10 Update Firmware 10 1 Install Console Application 10 2 Firmware Update Instructions 10 3 Appendix A Connecting the Analyzer A 1 Appendix B Graphics B 1 Appendix C UTC Time Zones C 1 VIX Introduction Th IS The LANEXPERT Inline Gigabit Network Analyzer is a handheld network tool that features protocol analysis packet capture traffic generation cable testing and IPv4 IPv6 support The LANE XPERT utilizes a color touch screen interface to access one of the most complete suites of test and analysis functions available in a portable test tool The Inline Mode allows users to non intrusively monitor network traffic 10 100
77. on in the TLV Either n IPv4 XXX XXX XXX XXX where XXX XXX XXX XXX is the IPv4 address in this part of the TLV Or n IPv6 Or n IP UNKNOWN if the length of the address field was not 4 or 16 Or n NLPID UNKNOWN if defined using NLPID but the protocol was not the IP type 0xCC Or n 802 2 UNKNOWN if defined using 802 2 but the protocol was not 8 bytes or was not OxAAAA030000000800 Or n PROTOCOL UNKNOWN if not defined suing either NLPID or 802 2 Type 3 TLVs Displays Type 3 Port ID Displays LENGTH followed by the actual string length in the TLV Displays up to 25 characters of the string in the TLV hexadecimal format e g Ox00000000 Chapter 4 Analyze Network 4 5 Selecting the Test Mode LLDP CDP FDP Frames Decoded Type 4 TLVs Displays Type 4 Capabilities Displays VALUE followed by the capabilities value Type 5 TLVs Displays Type 5 Version Displays LENGTH followed by the actual string length Displays up to 25 characters of the string in the TLV Type 6 TLVs Displays Type 6 Platform Displays LENGTH followed by the actual string length Displays up to 25 characters of the string in the TLV Type 7 TLVs Displays Type 7 n IP Prefixes where n is the actual number of prefixes contained in the TLV note this displays 1 Prefix if the number of prefixes is 1 Display
78. or left with the white arrows or select the Exit button Chapter 4 Analyze Network 4 4 Selecting the Test Mode Port Info Select the PORT INFO button in the Bottom Area The PORT INFO Screen decodes LLDP and CDP frames which are shown on the screen in the order they were received PEN NEO EX INFO q Hop eap A PORT 1 TYPE 3 Time To Live TYPE 3 Port ID LLDP from 00 18 8b 9b 06 61 120s 8s LENGTH 16 Dell CDP from 00 16 c 68 ee 58 FastEthernet0 24 TYPE 1 Chassis ID Cisco Systens TYPE 4 Capabilities SUBTYPE 4 MAC Address Version 2 VALUE 0x00000028 00 18 8b 9b 06 54 TTL 180s 10s TYPE 5 Version TYPE 2 Port ID TYPE 1 Device ID LENGTH 217 SUBTYPE 5 Port Name LENGTH 8 Cisco Internetwork Operat LENGTH 4 tst 2950 TYPE 6 Platform 913 TYPE 2 0 Addresses LENGTH 18 ORT INFO EXPERT Yv Y PORT PORT LINK INFO EXPERT LINK INFO EXPERT Example Port 1 Info Screen Example Port 2 Info Screen Example Port 3 Info Screen LLDP CDP FDP Frames Decoded Type 1 TLVs Displays Type 1 Device ID Displays LENGTH followed by the actual string length in the TLV Displays up to 25 characters of the string in the TLV Type 2 TLVs Displays Type 2 n Addresses where n is the actual number of addresses contained in the TLV note this displays 1 address if the number of addresses is 1 Displays one line per address in the TLV as follows n is 1 upwards indicating the positi
79. ork if it doesn t will slow down the LANE XPERT you can read the AVG RATE data on the traffic generator screen to see what the maximum receive rate for the specific computer or the entire network is Chapter 4 Analyze Network Traffic Generate Traffic Generate Traffic generate relies upon getting data back from the remote end when using LOCAL gt REMOTE direction and relies upon control frames in both directions when using REMOTE gt LOCAL direction This means that neither can quite reach 100 utilization if either a the connection is using half duplex b using the REMOTE gt LOCAL direction NOTE Performing high utilization traffic generate when using DHCP has no time left to negotiate a lease renewal Select START to start the test and watch the actual frame and rate the LANEXPERT uses Select SETUP to change the TRAFFIC GENERATE parameters TRAFFIC GENERATE cea X 192 168 1 201 1024 10000 s 8 link Tx G 0 0 00 Min 116us Max 200us Aug 148us FRAME EMAIL VoIP CAPTURE Example Traffic Generate Screen TRAFFIC GENERATE 4 192 168 1 201 1024 11963 s 10 link Tx 221269 Rx 220197 Lost 0 G 42secs Min 117us Max 163ms Aug 19 5ms VoIP Example Traffic Generate Screen NOTE Select another Test button visible on the screen or by scrolling to the right or left with the white arrows or select the Exit button Chapter 4 Analyze Network 4 19 802 1X 802
80. ows the IP UDP port for the server which the device line last received registration info from These might be different because some systems send registrations to one server and receive the response from another NOTE Select another Test button visible on the screen or by scrolling to the right or left with the white arrows or select the Exit button Chapter 4 Analyze Network 4 23 VolP cont VoIP example cont 5 07AM CHE X STATUS OK OMPLETED CALLS IN 0 0UT 0 INE 555 121 2121 sip 15551212121 n voncp com JEVICE 00 12 17 fd 81 e8 192 168 1 112 10000 REGISTRATION CLEAR FRAME REMOTE CAPTURE ACCESS O0 Example VoIP Screen 2 Registration cont STATUS shows the textual informative part of the last registration status Generally this should be alright but if there is an issue this will describe the problem e g lt UNAUTHORIZEDs gt indicates that the device line did not correctly authenticate with the server Completed Calls COMPLETED CALLS shows the number of calls made to IN and from OUT the device line Note this includes calls which did not have a data stream e g if the other end never picked up the call This example uses two phone calls to demonstrate There is a white horizontal line separating the two phone lines NOTE Select another Test button visible on the screen or by scrolling to the right or left with the white arrows or select the Exit button Chapter 4 Analyze
81. p sending packets To change the PACKET count select the editable field buttons next to the word FRAMES This will display a numerical keyboard to change the number of frames in Kilobytes or Megabytes to send A valid entry is 0 to 9 999K or OM to 999 999M After entering a valid number select ENTER to return to the TRAFFIC GENERATION parameters screen SIZE is the frame size of the packet in bytes To change the Size select the editable field button This will display a numerical keyboard to change each frame size A valid entry is 64 to 1518 After entering a valid number select ENTER to return to the TRAFFIC GENERATION parameters screen Select RANDOM to have a mixture of packet sizes from 64 to 1518 sent from the LANEXPERT Chapter 3 Setup 3 16 Traffic Generation Rate Rate RATE is how fast the stream of frames is being generated by the LANEXPERT To change the Rate of the frames select the editable field button next to the word FRAMES S This will display a numerical keyboard to change how fast each frame is generated in kilo frames or frames per second A valid entry is 0 to 9999 and 0 to 1999K After entering a valid number select ENTER to return to the TRAFFIC GENERATION parameters screen LINK RATE can also be change to a user defined percentage of the actual link rate To change Link Rate select the editable field button next to the word LINK RATE This will display a numerical keyboard to change the percentage of t
82. pear to be fixed at times so please be patient DE Detectors DET files is used to store all the information shown in the Link Problems Vitals Protocols Top Talkers Devices Ping Trace Email and VoIP The LANEXPERT starts a database of information as soon as the unit Links with the network Some information is collected without running a specific test Running other tests adds more information to the data base This data is saved until the Link is broken and then a new data base is started Saving lt Detectors gt will save all the information in the data base and when recalled any of the listed tests will show the information in the database at the time it was stored So it is not limited to just a single test result Any saved tests can be printed from the Screen Cature in the LANE XPERT Console Appication Select to store the data internally in the LANE XPERT and RECALL the test results later or save to an external flash drive Enter a number to where the LANE XPERT will save the data internally then press Save The detector data can only be viewed on a LANEXPERT 2 43PM CHEX E CAPTURE O DETECTORS STORAGE E INTERNAL 0 OexTERNAL nn PoE SAVE SETUP Example Save Screen Chapter 4 Analyze Network 4 3 Setup Setup Select the SETUP button in the Bottom Area This will display the SELECTED PROFILES screen See how to change parameters under the SETUP in chapter 3 page 3 2 NOTE Select another Test b
83. port at the remote end f the configured IP of the remote end actually exists data is simply sent to the configured remote IP in the normal manner This means traffic is not broadcast all over the network but just to that one IP This is useful to stress a computer without stressing the entire network f the configured IP of the remote end does not exist it does not respond to an ARP then data is broadcast all over the users network with that destination IP but a broadcast MAC is used This is useful to stress an entire network Each port has only one receiver and one generator ALANEXPERT can use both receivers and both generators at the same time Traffic Generator guidlines In INLINE mode you might think there were two ports there is really only one from the traffic generate point of view A port can be a local generator sending traffic to somewhere else and be a traffic sink to another generator at the same time but both the remote generator and the remote sink must be the same LANEXPERT A port cannot be generating traffic in the REMOTE gt LOCAL di rection and receive traffic from another LANE XPERT in its LOCAL gt REMOTE direction this requires two traffic sinks on the same port or vice versa that would require two generat tors The LANEXPERT will react to pause frames and slow down the traffic generate rate When broadcasting the remote computer if it exists or the entire netw
84. random data in the CSV files Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Cable Test This chapter will explain the screens presented as you use your LANEXPERT 80 to perform Port ID Tone Length Wiremap and PoE tests This section is for LANE XPERT 80 ONLY Warning Cable test is ONLY performed on Port 2 Do not connect anything into Port 1 while performing cable tests Psiber is not liable for misuse of these ports Select CABLE TEST from the HOME screen with the stylus amp HOME 2 00 pm CI ANALYZE NETWORK STRESS TEST LOOPBACK TEST RECALL CABLE TEST SETUP 1 Factory Default Home Screen LE80 6 1 Cable Test 6 2 Port ID Port Identification PORT ID is used to determine which port of a hub or switch is wired to a particular wall jack by blinking the Link LED on the port The blink rate is adjustable for compatibility with most switches and hubs Select the rate at which the LED will blink either SLOW MEDIUM FAST or FASTEST Once a link is established the box will flash the chosen blink rate NO LINK will display in the box if nothing is connected to Port 2 Select START to run the test E PORT ID 11 29 pm Cj O FASTEST E FAST O MEDIUM 0 SLOW PORT ID TONE LENGTH lt O G gt Tone TONE is used to locate a punchdown or trace a cable using a CT 15 probe Optional Select the tone cadence and frequency by selecting the box next to the tone desired Select START to run the test E TONE 11
85. rn to the LOOPBACK MAIN screen SIZE is the frame size of the packet in bytes To change the Size select the editable field button This will display a numerical keyboard to change each frame size A valid entry is 64 to 1518 After entering a valid number select ENTER to return to the LOOPBACK MAIN parameters screen Select RANDOM to have a mixture of packet sizes from 64 to 1518 sent from the LANEXPERT RATE is how fast the stream of frames is being generated by the LANEXPERT Select either frames s or the link speed rate To change the rate of the frames select the editable field button This will display a numerical keyboard to change how fast each frame is generated in frames per second or Kilo frames per second A valid entry is 1 to 999 After entering a valid number select ENTER to return to the LOOPBACK MAIN screen Press the EXIT button to get back to the LOOPBACK MAIN screen JLOOPBACK 11 29 pm OB FRAMES DURATION min SIZE n bytes O RANDOM RATE a frames s o 100 Link Rate Loopback Setup Screen Chapter 7 Loopback 1 3 Loopback Screen Loopback Test Once the parameters are set press START on the Loopback main screen to start running the loopback test Once the START button has been pressed the LanExpert will show the SIZE in bytes of each packet the AVERAGE RATE at which the packets will be sent out and FRAMES transmitted and received by the LanExpert This screen will also display the
86. roblems the LANEXPERT will detect and the recommendations for correction e 1 Did not link Recommendations Check the LanExpert PORT settings Check the cable between the LanE xpert and the device Check that the device is powered Replace the device 2 Lost link for a total of Seconds Recommendations Check cable between LanE xpert and device Check power to the device Replace the device 3 High sustained byte traffic Recommendations Use higher speed or split link into segments 4 High sustained frame traffic Recommendations Check the MTU settings of all devices Check for devices generating unexpected traffic Use higher speed or split link into segments 5 High peak byte traffic Recommendations Use higher speed or split link into segments 6 High peak frame traffic Recommendations Check the MTU settings of all devices Check for devices generating unexpected traffic Use higher speed or split link into segments Chapter 4 Analyze Network 4 Problems cont a 7 Detected Pause frames when using half duplex Recommendations Check for device not configured for half duplex Check operation of device bridging full to half duplex Use full duplex throughout network 8 High volume of Pause frames Type of traffic Recommendations Use faster devices Split the link into separate segments 9 High volume Type of traffic from address Recommendations Check the device for un
87. s After entering the desired address select ENTER to return to the PORTS parameters screen NOTE Press the DOWN arrow on the right of the screen to scroll to the next page of parameters Chapter 3 Setup 3 8 Ports IP Addess IP Address IP ADDRESS parameters allow selection of Ipv4 and FIXED or DHCP This must match the network to which the LANE xX PERT is being connected PORTS a IP ADDRESS IPu4 MFIXED CO DHCP CI FIXED W DHCP SELECT PROFILE PROFILE NAME PORTS SELECT PROFILE PROFILE NAME PORTS Ports Setup Screen Ill Fixed Ports Setup Screen III DHCP Ipv4 is a protocol type to be used for all transmitted packets used by traffic generation PING DHCP and other tests FIXED allows the IP Subnet Gateway WINS DNS1 DNS2 and DNS3 fields to be available to change Selecting the button next to the name displays a numerical keyboard to enter the desired address After entering the desired addresses select ENTER to return to the PORTS parameters screen DHCP causes the IP Subnet Gateway WINS DNS1 DNS2 and DNS3 fields not to appear because they are unavailable for change These will automatically be assigned to the LANEXPERT once a link is established with the DHCP server NOTE If INDEPENDENT mode is selected Port 1 parameters will be configured first then Port 2 parameters will be available The parameters will be port identified for clarity NOTE Press the DOWN arrow on the ri
88. s Test with Two LanExperts Select SETUP on both LANEXPERTS and select Factory Default under the Select Profile Press X to return to the Home Screen Select Stress Test and wait for both LANE XPERTs to link On the main LANEXPERT the one where you will press start Select Setup and change the Remote IP address to the other LANE XPERT IP address Remote LANE XPERT Select START to start the Stress test with the configuration set under Stress Test setup Select the RESULTS button to see the results of the test NOTE If you are not connected to a network that has DHCP or con nected directly into the other LANEXPERT with a cable you must select a fixed IP address for both of the LAN EXPERT Make sure the IP address are within ths same subnet mask NOTE Since stress testing does not and cannot by definition respond to pause frames it cannot be slowed down This means you cannot perform stress testing on an active network Remember stress testing has a zero tolerance to lost frames just a single frame lost is a failure of the test Chapter 5 Stress Test 5 4 Stess Test Screen Stress Test Screen Select the STRESS TEST button from the HOME screen This screen displays the port link connection and the IP address associated with that port All Stress Test packets are sent to either the second port on the LANEXPERT or another LANEXPERT The IP address for the other port or the second LanExpert must be entered in the Stress
89. s collected will be presented in the time frames selected This function works in both the List and Chart mode The choices below are how the information can be presented avg s shows the average of protocols collected per second e 1s shows protocols that were collected within the last second This will update every second e 10s shows protocols that were collected within the last 10 seconds This will update every 10 seconds 1m shows protocols that were collected within the last minute This will update every minute Total shows all protocols that were collected since the link was established NOTE Select another Test button visible on the screen or by scrolling to the right or left with the white arrows or select the Exit button Chapter 4 Analyze Network 4 14 Top Talkers Top Talkers Select the TOP TALKERS button in the Bottom Area This displays the MAC address if found Registered owner of that MAC address IP address name if found the number and percentage of transmitted frames on the network The LANEXPERT lists the devices in order from the highest used bandwidth to the lowest Bandwidth usage Over 50 is displayed in RED e Between 49 9 to 20 is displayed in ORANGE e 19 9 and below is displayed in WHITE This allows the user to quickly determine where the problem might be Clear Select CLEAR in the data action buttons to clear all the detected devices FERA TOP
90. s one line per prefix in the TLV as follows n is 1 upwards indicating the position in the TLV N XXX XXX XXX XXX yy where xxx xxx xxx xxx is the IP prefix in this part of the TLV and yy is the subnet mask number Type 9 TLVs Displays Type 9 VTP Domain Displays LENGTH followed by the actual string length Displays up to 25 characters of the string in the TLV Type 10 TLVs Displays Type 10 Native VLAN Displays VALUE followed by the VLAN tag Type 11 TLVs Displays Type 11 Duplex Displays VALUE followed by the duplex value Type 14 TLVs Displays Type 14 Appliance ID Displays VALUE followed by the VLAN tag value Type 16 TLVs Displays Type 16 Power Displays VALUE followed by the power consumption Any other type of TLV Displays TYPE Oxyyyy where yyyy is the hexadecimal type of the TLV Chapter 4 Analyze Network 4 6 Problems Expert Select the EXPERT button in the Bottom Area The Problems Screen displays any problems the analyzer detects The LANEXPERT can display up to 50 different problems One page will include the problem number the problem detected and the recommendation on how to solve the problem A lt NO PROBLEMS DETECTEDs gt message is displayed until a problem occurs Clear Select Clear in the data action buttons to clear the problems found Expert Messages The following are p
91. scroll to the rest of the protocols The LANEXPERT Can display up to 31 different protocols After 31 protocols are detected all additional new protocols are counted together in the 32 slot under OTHERS FA PROTOCOLS A FA PROTOCOLS cu 1900 SSDP 210 0 12 5656 6 lt 01 5657 2 lt 01 5658 2 lt 01 10734 165K 97 3 E IPuG 99 0 05 UDP 99 0 05 RFC894 165K 99 8 LLC STP 302 0 18 1 lt 01 165K 99 6 3145 1 869 162K 97 7 Se 40 0 02 L 546 DHCPu61 ARP NETBIOS 137 NBNS 184 0 11 138 NBT 11 lt 01 161 SNMP 20 0 01 Y CLEAR LIST TOTAL TOP TOP VITALS PROTOCOLS TALKERS VITALS PROTOCOLS TALKERS Example Protocols Screen Example Protocols 2 Screen Chapter 4 Analyze Network 4 13 Protocols cont Clear Select CLEAR in the data action buttons to clear all the detected protocols List Chart Select LIST in the Data Action buttons This will display the percentage of each protocol in a bar chart format These colored bars show the percentage of the each protocol received Each bar is logarithmically set in length and is horizontal there are 0 1 1 10 100 markers shown in the first line of the data area which cannot be changed Select CHART in the Data Action buttons The LIST will be displayed again showing the good and bad frame counts and percentages Total The TOTAL button in the Data Action Area is used to change how the information is presented The amount of protocol
92. ser defined or up to sixteen separate User Defined Targets Ping List Entries The Deselect All button clears all the selected choices Gateway GATEWAY allows for the pinging of the established gateway DHCP Server DHCP SERVER allows for the pinging of the established DHCP Server Chapter 3 Setup 3 13 Ping Trace IP Range IP Range IP RANGE allows for the pinging of a user defined range of IP Addresses Select the EDIT Field to display a numerical keyboard Select the box to change the IP range After entering the desired range select ENTER to return to the PING TRACE parameters Ping List Entries 1 to 16 PING LIST ENTRIES 1 to 16 are user defined Select any of the numbered choices to edit Select the EDIT field to go the Ping List Entry parameter screen Under Ping List Entry e TARGET selects how to enter and display the parameters on the list The choices are IP Address Name DNS or Name WINS e IP ADDRESS allows for an entry of a Name and an IP address Select the editable fields to enter the desired name or number After entering the desired name and or number select ENTER to return to the Ping List Entry parameters screen NAME DNS allows for an entry of a Name Select the editable fields to enter the desired name After entering the desired name select ENTER to return to the Ping List Entry parameters screen NAME WINS allows for an entry of a Name and an IP Select the editable fields
93. sing the ENTER area ends entry of the password and saves the edited data as applicable e Selecting the X EXIT button saves the username and password entries as applicable Both the username and the password are case sensitive and can be up to 16 characters long There are no restrictions on the characters using the keyboard provided on the screen NOTE If the username or password is lost then logon under the Admin username and password This will allow the Admin to change or retrieve the User s name and password Admin username and password can not be retrieved Chapter 3 Setup 3 29 Security Secure Erase SECURITY ma ACCOUNTS Adnin EDIT User 1 EDIT User 2 User 3 SECURE ERASE aig USER1 ACCT Usernane Password LEP ALL PROFILES START ALL SAVED DATA START ALL MEMORY START BOs Og EH amp DAUE ET EaR ENT STRESS TEST CAPTURE SECURITY Admin Account Accepted User 1 Name and Password Screen Screen Under Admin Account allow the Admin to Erase profiles saved data or the entier memory Select the START button next to either ALL PROFILES or ALL SAVED DATA A message stating this function cannot be undone appears Select CONFIRM to confirm the requested secure erase Once selected the LanExpert returns to the Security Home screen and the respective START button is now CONFIRM Press the CONFIRM button to actually perform the erase For the ALL MEMORY button w
94. t ENTER to return to the PORTS parameters NOTE Select another Setup button visible on the screen or by scrolling to the right or left with the white arrows or select the Exit button Chapter 3 Setup 3 10 Protocols Protocols To edit or view the parameters for the SELECTED profile select the PROTOCOLS button PROTOCOLS 4 07PM M EX PHEMERAL PORTS 102s To 5000 SERPORT1 OTCP W UDP SER PORT2 OTCP O UDP SER PORT3 OTCP O UDP SER PORT 4 OTCP O UDP PING PROTOCOLS TRACE DISCOVER Protocols Screen Ephemeral Ports EPHEMERAL PORTS are temporary ports that are used by clients to communicate with a server These temporary ports within the defined range are disregarded by the LANEXPERT Select either of the numbered buttons to change the range of ephemeral ports This will display a numerical keyboard Valid entries are 0 to 65535 After selecting valid numbers select ENTER to return to the PROTOCOLS parameters User Defined USER DEFINED ports allow the user to enter unique port names and numbers Select whether the port is a TCP UDP or Both User defined ports take priority over any other factory defined port definition For example Port 80 is HTTP 80 HTTP but if the user defines port 80 to be named Factory it will display Factory instead of HTTP 80 Factory under the PROTOCOLS screen Port Names and Numbers can be entered or changed by selecting either the name or number button This will display
95. tation A Quick Start Guide which explains the basics to get started analyzing networks quickly Electronic help and definition pages built into every screen displayed on the LANEXPERT Update help and information available at our web site Warranty Service option Psiber Data Systems Inc warrants that the product shall be free from defects in parts or workmanship for a period of 12 months from the date of purchase if used in accordance with Psiber Data Systems Inc operating specifications THIS IS THE ONLY WARRANTY MADE BY PSIBER DATA SYSTEMS INC AND IS EXPRESSLY MADE IN LIEU OF ALL OTHER WARRANTIES EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR ANY PARTICULAR PURPOSE Should any parts or workmanship prove defective Psiber Data Systems Inc will repair or replace at Psiber s discretion with no cost to the Buyer except for shipping costs from the Buyer s location to Psiber s location This is the Buyer s SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE REMEDY under this agree ment This warranty does not apply to products which have been subject to neglect accident or improper use or to units which have been altered or repaired by other than an authorized repair facility Return of Equipment Return of product to Psiber Data Systems Inc requires a Return Merchandise Authorization RMA issued by Customer Service To obtain an RMA contact us at 619 287 9970 8am to 4pm PST or email
96. tents CONSOLE AND FIRMWARE DOWNLOADS The latest firmware for the LANEXPERT is v1 66 Download and read first Instructions To update to this version click on the word FIRMWARE and download the files shown and follow the directions The Release Notes will help you to find out what is new Chapter 10 Update Firmware 10 3 Firmware Update LanExpert Firmware Update Instructions Definition XX latest available version 0 Before starting the LanExpert_ firmware update procedure ensure that the LanExpert is fully charged or is powered using the AC adapter Also that the LanExpert console application is downloaded and installed onto your computer If not download the app from Psiber s web site and install 1 Create a LanExpertFW directory on your hard drive Save the Update 1_XX zip file into the LanExpertFW directory Extract the Update 1 XXa lanexpert and Update_1_XXb lanexpert file to the LanExpertFW directory The directory should contain three files Update_1_XXa lanexpert Update_1_XXb lanexpert and Update 1 XX zip 2 Turnonthe LanExpert and select factory default for DHCP networks or select Profile 2 and assign the LanExpert a static IP address 3 Connect the LanExpert to your network and press Analyze Network After establishing a connection press the down arrow to view the IP address 4 Open the LanExpert Console Application from your computer 5 Enter the LanE xpert IP address into the Console App
97. the data stream The meanings of these are exactly as defined in the SIP RFC RESTARTS is the number of times that a badly scrambled data stream needed to be restarted this is bad MISORDERS is the number of times that frames were received out of order but not lost these frames generate poor signal quality e g garbled audio LOST is the number of frames which were not found in the data stream these frames generate poor signal quality if they reach a high volume JITTER is a measure of the timing of the frames if the frame rate is 50fps for the data stream then a figure of 1ms corresponds to a 2 uncertainty in the frequency of the audio signal aaa ER NOTE Select another Test button visible on the screen or by scrolling to the right or left with the white arrows or select the Exit button Chapter 4 Analyze Network 4 27 Frame Capture Frame Capture The FRAME CAPTURE screen displays a filtered or non filtered capture of packets detected by the LanExpert Select START to start capturing packets Once a packet is detected it displays which LANEXPERT port number the packet is received on the packet number received from the start of the capture test sequentially and the size of the packet It also displays the date and time in microseconds when the packet was detected Select STOP to stop the capture Select START to start the test and watch the actual frame detected from the LANEXPERT Select SETUP to change the
98. the incorrect entered digits from the display After selecting a valid number select ENTER to return to the PORTS parameters screen Chapter 3 Setup Ports MAC Transmit cont MAC MTU is used to set the size in bytes of the largest frame that a given layer of a communications protocol can process A higher MTU brings higher bandwidth efficiency Not all network devices can process large packets which can reduce network performance Select the parameter button next to MTU A numerical keyboard screen will be displayed Valid entries are 100 to1518 If a non valid entry is chosen an error message will appear indicating the error The screen will then revert back to the keyboard to re enter a valid number The CLEAR button removes the incorrect digits from the display After selecting a valid number select ENTER io return to the PORTS parameters screen MAC address parameters are displayed The user has a choice of the FACTORY or USER MAC address FACTORY MAC Address of the LANE XPERT is factory set and CANNOT be changed USER User can enter a MAC address of their choice for device cloning purposes MAC cloning allows the LanExpert to simulate another network device by using its own MAC address to detect issues originating from that device Select the address button to go to a Hexadecimal keyboard screen to enter a MAC address The CLEAR button removes the entered digits from the display before entering a new addres
99. the network Clear Select Clear in the data action buttons to clear all the devices found FRA DEVICES c_ 151 164 1 7 Tx 10 Rx 9 Frames 151 164 1 1 Tx 10 Rx 9 Frames O VoIP DEVICES O ROUTERS ALL PING TRAFFIC DEVICES TRACE GENERATE Example Devices Screen NOTE Select another Test button visible on the screen or by scrolling to the right or left with the white arrows or select the Exit button Chapter 4 Analyze Network 4 16 Ping Trace Ping Trace Select the PING TRACE button in the Bottom Area The PING test is used to verify connectivity measure round trip communication time check data integrity determine a MAC address and search a stored list or a range of IP addresses Select START in the data action buttons to start Pinging with the selected profile parameters Select STOP in the data action buttons to stop Pinging if using continuous ping Once the ping test is done the MAC address of the pinged devices is shown The LANE XPERT also displays the last ping response time in milliseconds how many Attempted Lost and Bad pings there were The next line describes the minimum average and maximum ping response in milliseconds Select SETUP in the data action buttons to go straight to the PING TRACE setup to change parameters quickly PING TRACE 192 168 1 1 00 04 5a f9 e4 4b 192 168 1 1 192 168 1 1 Attempts 1 Lost 0 Bad 0 ROUNDTRIP 0 44ms fin 0 86 Au9 0 86 Max 0 86ns Wuw psiber co
100. the total frames Select the outlined white box to show the breakdown of bad frames Select the filled box to hide the breakdown NOTE Select another Test button visible on the screen or by scrolling to the right or left with the white arrows or select the Exit button Chapter 4 Analyze Network 4 12 Protocols Protocols Select the PROTOCOLS button in the Bottom Area The protocols screen shows the number of packets and percentage of the total captured data for each protocol A protocol is added to the protocol list as it is detected The protocols at the Ethernet Frame level i e RFC894 IEEE 802 2 3 LLC LCC Snap VLAN etc and Ethernet type level i e ARP IP IPX AppleTalk NetBIOS IPv6 etc are displayed first when detected It shows how many frames received in KB and the percentage of a given protocol in relation to the total number of protocols received An outlined white box to the left of the protocol s name means there are more protocols to be displayed under that Ethernet type The box will be filled in and shows the rest of the protocols under that type The LANEXPERT provides protocol names for standard protocols such as LLC ARP and NETBIOS Unknown protocols are indicated by the word TYPE with the transmitting port number Port numbers in hexadecimal format are indicated by an h following the number If there are too many protocols to display on one screen press the Down arrow on the right of the screen to
101. the white arrows or select the Exit button Chapter 3 Setup 3 3 Profile Name Profile Name PROFILE NAME button changes the name of the SELECTED profile indicated by a filled white box A screen with an alphanumeric keyboard will appear Select CLEAR to remove the currently displayed name Choose any name with up to 16 characters If there are more than 16 characters detected an error screen will indicate too many characters Select CLEAR and re enter a new profile name If no characters were entered for a name and ENTER is selected an error message will indicate too few characters After entering a correct profile name select ENTER to return to the SELECT PROFILE screen a STRING A 94 t MS CT 10 24AM CD PROFILE NAME Profile Z_ RE ArARER SUSO0OOBEUOO SHIFT BKSPC SPACE CLEAR ENTER Full Keyboard NOTE Select another Setup button visible on the screen or by scrolling to the right or left with the white arrows or select the Exit button Chapter 3 Setup Ports 3 4 Ports To edit or view the parameters for the SELECTED profile select the button called PORTS PORTS cm PORT CONFIGURATION A M SINGLE C INLINE O INDEP PORTS M a A PORT CONFIGURATION A CO SINGLE W INLINE CO INDEP E AUTO MDI X CO AUTO DETECT O NIC O LAN E AUTO MDI X O AUTO DETECT O P1 NIC P2 LAN O P1 LAN P2 NIC O FIXED E AUTO BOL BUS W100H E 100F 1000F Re BIOS Be Dita E 1000F Y SE
102. ther the external device is working correctly or a way to pin down a failing node in a network Select LOOPBACK TEST from the HOME screen with the stylus The LANEXPERT starts looking for a link connection on either port Once the LANEXPERT links the Status Indicators LEDs for the Ports will turn to a solid color depending on the speed it is connected i e Red 10Mbit Orange 100Mbit and Green 1000Mbit amp HOME 12 00 pm CE E orne 1000F tm C2 ANALYZE NETWORK STRESS TEST LOOPBACK TEST REMAINING 30secs RECALL CABLE TEST SETUP 1 Factory Default Home Screen LE80 Loopback Start Screen 1 1 Loopback 7 2 Loopback Screen Setup for Loopback Mode Press SETUP from the Loopback main screen to view the configurable loopback parameters Change Duration Packet size and Frame Rate to fit all types of networks DURATION shows the actual time the test takes to complete Once the defined amount of packets is reached or the time has completed the LanExpert will stop sending packets Select either a specific time in minutes and seconds or enter a number of frames To change the duration select the editable field button with either the time or frames This will display a numerical keyboard to change the number of frames in Kilobytes or Megabytes or the time in minutes or seconds A valid entry is 0 to 9 999K or OM to 999 999M or 0 to 9999 minutes or 0 to 999 seconds After entering a valid number select ENTER to retu
103. tilization rate The difference is due to rounding as only whole numbers are displayed NOTE Select the red Exit button to go back to the main Stress Test Screen Select another result button to view results of the other test Chapter 5 Stress Test 5 7 Latency Latency Test results are shown as the minimum average and maximum latency time in microseconds for each size frame that is tested The total number of packets used in the Latency test is determined by the length of time and number of tests selected in Setup One row of data is shown for each enabled frame size up to 7 rows STRESS H ern 1 00PM I LATENCY LATENCY Min Aug SIZE Min Aug Max lus 4us 64 155us 156us 16 us 2us 5us 128 160us 16lus 174us 3us 6us 256 170us 1 7lus 182us 5us Bus 512 189us 190us 206us Sus 12us 1024 228us 229us 238us ius 14us 1280 247us 248us 258us 13us 16us 1518 265us 266us 276us When the latency time varies it causes issues with real time services For example latency variation in VoIP applications would degrade the voice quality Long latency can also degrade Ethernet service quality In client server applications the server might time out or poor application performance can occur The screen on the left shows very small latency times which we would expect from going through only one switch The screen on the right shows much longer latency times This is due to the fact that the sent packets have to go through different medias
104. to enter the desired name After entering the desired name select ENTER to return to the Ping List Entry parameters screen To exit the Ping List Entry screens select the Exit button in the top right corner to return to the PING TRACE parameters screen NOTE Select another Setup button visible on the screen or by scrolling to the right or left with the white arrows or select the Exit button Chapter 3 Setup 3 14 Discover Discover To edit or view the parameters for the SELECTED profile select the DISCOVER button DISCOVER 4 08PM EX E ARP E IGNORE 1st IP E IGNORE LAST IP E NETBIOS DNS PING PROTOCOLS TRACE DISCOVER Discover Screen Discover sends out an ARP NETBIOS and DNS request that actively searches for network devices on a network When performing the Discover action and the ARP checkbox is selected the LANEXPERT sends ARPs to the entire range of the configured subnet or the class C subnet if the LANEXPERT S subnet is wider than the configured subnet If this subnet is the same as the physical network subnet the first and last IPs are special IPs used for subnet multicasting Selecting ignore will not send an ARP to them Here are a few examples of how to configure e If you are unsure or if the LanExpert subnet is the actual subnet of the users network set both checkboxes i e neither the first nor the last IP will be ARPed e lf the LanExpert subnet is at the lowermost end of the
105. ts and the flow of current going from the source to the device In this case the current flow is going from P2 and is powering up P1 PS PoE 10 48AM J A X 12 36 NONE 90mA NO LOAD 4 19W P2 gt P1 SAVE SETUP M as Example Inline PoE Screen NOTE Select another Test button visible on the screen or by scrolling to the right or left with the white arrows or select the Exit button Chapter 4 Analyze Network 4 30 Save Save Select the SAVE button in the Bottom Area Capture CAP files is used to store the frames in the Frame Capture mode Up to 8192 frames in each of 10 memory storage locations can be stored Once stored the frames must be downloaded to the computer and viewed in the Wireshark protocol analysis software this is a free software package go to www wireshark org to download the latest version Select Internal to save the data internally in the unit and use the LANEXPERT Console Application to extract the data Select External and insert a USB flashdrive to save externally Give the data a filename no more than eight characters long SSS SSS SSS SSS SSS SSS SS SSS SS SSS SS SSS NOTE Write down the internal numbers and the external filename to remember where you saved the data SSS EES CAUTION Do NOT remove the flashdrive while saving the data to it The drive may become unreadable and needs to reformatted Saving data may take several seconds A percentage is shown for its progress and may a
106. ttery Symbol 2 9 Table of Contents Chapter 3 Setup Navigating to Setup Screens Select Profile Profile Name Ports Ports Configuration Link As Speed Duplex Transmit Tag MAC IP Address Link Search Timeout Link Lost Timeout EXT Server Timeout Protocols Ephemeral Ports User Defined Ping Trace Repeat Max Rate Payload Timeout 3 1 3 1 3 2 3 3 3 4 3 4 3 5 3 5 3 6 3 6 3 7 3 8 3 9 3 9 3 9 Table of Contents Discover Ping Targets Gateway DHCP Server IP Range Ping List Entries 1 to 16 Traffic Generation Duration Size Rate Sink IP Check Sum Stress Test Remote IP Frame Size Max Bit Rate Max Frame Rate Inter test Delay Accuracy Throughput Latency Frame Loss Back to Back Table of Contents Chapter 4 Capture Security Colors Build Info Capture Source MAC Capture Destination MAC Capture Frame Type Capture VLAN Frames Capture Primary Protocols Capture Source IP Capture Destination IP Capture IP Protocols Capture UDP TCP Ports Account Access Admin Account User Account Secure Erase Select Language Analyze the Network Prepare to Use the Analyzer Selecting the Test Mode Link Partner Capability Signals Relink Link IP Information 3 20 3 20 3 20 3 21 3 21 3 22 3 23 3 23 3 23 3 24 3 25 3 25 3 27 3 28 3 29 3 30 3 31 3 31 4 1 4 1 4 2 4 2 4 2 4 3 4 3 4 3 Vi Table
107. ttom of the ANALYZE NETWORK screens and also at the bottom of the SETUP screens J He Appendixes Graphics B 4 Analyze Network Bottom Area cont Top Talkers Button This is the graphic for the TOP TALKERS button at the bottom of the ANALYZE NETWORK screens a Devices Button This is the graphic for the DEVICES button at the bottom of the ANALYZE NETWORK screens i pen Ping Trace Button This is the graphic for the PING TRACE button at the bottom of the ANALYSE NETWORK screens and also at the bottom of the SETUP screens Traffic Generate Button This is the graphic for the TRAFFIC HE GENERATE button at the bottom of the ANALYZE NETWORK screens and also at the bottom of the SETUP screens Email Button This is the graphic for the EMAIL button at the bottom of the ANALYZE NETWORK screens and also at the bottom of the SETUP screens VoIP Button This is the graphic for the SECURITY button at the bottom il of the ANALYZE NETWORK screens and also at the bottom of the SETUP screens Frame Capture Button This is the graphic for the CAPTURE button at the bottom of the ANALYZE NETWORK screens and also at the bottom of the SETUP screens Remote Sessions Button This is the graphic for the REMOTE SESSIONS button at the bottom of the ANALYZE NETWORK screens PoE Inline Button This is the graphic for the PoE Inline button at the bottom of the ANALYZE NETWORK screens This is a lt Button gt graphic Save Butto
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109. utton visible on the screen or by scrolling to the right or left with the white arrows or select the Exit button Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Stress Test This chapter describes how to test the network with the RFC2544 Stress Test Understanding RFC 2544 The LANEXPERT Network Analyzer uses Throughput Latency Frame Loss and Back to Back tests to measure the performance of a network consisting of one or more active devices Throughput defines the maximum number of frames per second that can be transmitted without any errors The test starts ata mid range frame rate and then compares the number of transmitted and received frames If no frames are lost the rate is increased until frame loss occurs If frames are lost the rate is decreased until no frames are lost Latency measures the time required for a frame to travel from the originating device through the network to the destination device and then back to the source The frames are tagged with a time stamp during transmission When the tagged frame is received back the latency is measured Frame Loss measures the networks response to overload conditions Traffic is sent at the maximum line rate and then the number of dropped frames is counted When dropped frames are detected the test restarts at a slower rate This test is repeated until there is no frame loss for two consecutive iterations Back to Back Frames measures the maximum number of frames received at full l

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