Network Traffic Measurement

Domain Login

Start an Ethereal capture on the Domain Controller, filtering only for packets destined to or sourced from the client. (Click Capture->Start. Select the correct interface from the drop-down box. Deselect promiscuous mode, MAC resolution, and transport resolution. Click Capture Filter. Into the Filter string textbox, type '(src host <DC IP> and dst host <Client IP>) or (src host <Client IP> and dst host <DC IP>)', replacing as appropriate. Click OK.)

Log onto the domain from the client.

Stop the capture, and view the results. (Click Stop. Click Statistics->Summary)

Domain Logoff

Start an Ethereal capture on the Domain Controller, filtering only for packets destined to or sourced from the client.

Log off of the domain on the client.

Stop the capture, and view the results.

Word – Opening

Start an Ethereal capture on the client, disabling any active filters.

Open a word document.

Stop the capture, and view the results.

Word – Editing

Start an Ethereal capture on the client.

Edit the open Word document, recording the time spent editing.

Stop the capture, and view the results.

Find average traffic in bps by dividing total data transferred in bits by time in seconds

Word – Autosaving

Start an Ethereal capture on the client.

Watch the status bar at the bottom of the open Word document for an autosave to occur.

Stop the capture, and view the results.

FIXME – bps?

Word – Saving

Start an Ethereal capture on the client.

Save the open Word document by clicking File->Save

Stop the capture, and view the results.

Word – Printing

Start an Ethereal capture on the client.

Select File->Print in the open Word document.

Stop the capture, and view the results.

Word – Closing

Start an Ethereal capture on the client.

Close the open Word document.

Stop the capture, and view the results.

Email – Accessing

Start an Ethereal capture on the client.

Open Outlook Express. Wait for it to finish connecting.

Stop the capture, and view the results.

Email – Opening

Start an Ethereal capture on the client.

Open an email message in Outlook Express by double-clicking it in the list.

Stop the capture, and view the results.

Email – Saving

Start an Ethereal capture on the client.

Save the open email by clicking File->Save.

Stop the capture, and view the results.

Email – Sending via SMTP

Start an Ethereal capture on the client.

Create a new message in Outlook Express by clicking File->New Message. FIXME. Enter an appropriate email address into the To textbox. Enter a subject, and type a few lines into the body. Click File->Send.

Stop the capture, and view the results.

Web Browsing

Start an Ethereal capture on the client.

Open Internet Explorer. Enter a World Wide Web address into the Address bar. Hit enter.

Stop the capture, and view the results.

Messenger – Opening

Start an Ethereal capture on the client.

Open MSN Messenger. Wait for it to finish connecting.

Stop the capture, and view the results.

Messenger – Listening

Start an Ethereal capture on the client.

With MSN Messenger open in the background, wait a predetermined length of time.

Stop the capture, and view the results.

Calculate average traffic in bps by dividing total data transferred in bits by time in seconds.

Messenger – Sending

Start an Ethereal capture on the client.

Send a message to one of your contacts.

Stop the capture, and view the results.

Messenger – Receiving

Start an Ethereal capture on the client.

Have one of your contacts send you a message.

Stop the capture, and view the results.

SynchronEyes – Receive Multicast

Start an Ethereal capture on the client.

Start a multicast on the server. Wait a predetermined length of time.

Stop the multicast.

Stop the capture, and view the results.

Calculate average traffic in bps by dividing total data transferred in bits by time in seconds.

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