I could use some hints.
I have a single link between host router/switches and host with
several miles between the routers (fiber optic). This is TCP/IP data.
I'd like to measure or analyze the quality of the link. I could mirror
a port with Wireshark on each router for both ends.
After reviewing Wireshark some notions I had are:
A) Checksum: Run applications from host, capture all data and analyse
captured data at far end for "Checksum" errors to create a close
estimate of Bit Error Rate by counting total packets to packets
w/Checksum errors. This with checksum offloading off.
B) Round Trip Time (RTT): Send continuous ping from host, capture lots
of data and analyze RTT times. I could do this by exporting data and
using a spreadsheet to analyze. Does Wireshark do this already? It
doesnt look like the Service Response Time feature would do this.
Any thought would be greatly appreciated
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