System information

Traffic Generator 215
You can display the Traffic Generator dialog in Observer by selecting Tools > Traffic
Generator
.
• “Packet size” textbox—allows you to define the size of the packets that will be
generated. Allowable values are from 64 (bytes) to 1514 for Ethernet and from 64
(bytes) to 4096 for Token Ring.
• “Packets/sec” textbox—allows you to define the number of packets that Observer or
the Probe will generate per second.
• “Time period to generate (1-65550 sec)” option button and textbox—allows you to
define the amount of time Observer or Probe will generate packets in seconds; the
textbox is only active once you have checked the option button.
• “Number of packets to generate” option button and textbox—allows you to define the
number of packets Observer will send; the textbox is only active once you have
checked the option button.
You can specify a destination address and/or a source address. These will be displayed in
the header display. The address list is compiled from your filters table, with the addition of
the “Local” address and a “Broadcast” address.
• “Generate packets with random size distribution (range from 64 to ‘Packet size’)”
checkbox—allows you to specify the type of packet that Observer will generate. By
default, Observer will generate generic broadcast packets, but you can specify IP,
TCP, UDP, or IPX and Observer will form packets with the corresponding headers.
When generating traffic it is best to view the generated traffic as well as the
results of the traffic generation from a separate Observer station than the
one that is generating the traffic.
Note: You can edit the packet header string that the Traffic Generator
transmits. Simply highlight the hexadecimal codes you want to change, right
click and select Edit Selection... from the popup menu.
Header
display