Measuring Response Time
94 PATROL DashBoard User Guide
5 Provide the information required for the type of peer according to Table 4, and
then click
OK:
Table 4 Information Required in Creating Different Types of Peers
Field Description DNS Echo FTP HTTP Jitter Ping TCP UDP
Peer Address IP address of the peer:
■ a single address specifies
destination; current device is
the source
■ two addresses specify source
and destination; current
device is separate observer
XX XXXX
Label name that appears in the Network
tree
XXXX XXXX
Server Name name or address of the DNS
server
X
Peer URL complete URL for this peer, such
as ftp://peer.peer@IPaddress/... or
http://IPaddress
XX
Source Address IP address of the source entity X X X X X X
CoS (ToS) Class of Service (Type of Service) X X X X X X
Packet Size size of packets exchanged (see
Warning)
XXXX
Packet Number number of packets exchanged
(see Warning)
XX
Interval time between two packets X
Peer Port port used by the peer address X X X
E-mail
option for selecting e-mail
notification about threshold
crossings
XXXX XXXX
SNMP
option for selecting SNMP traps
for notification about threshold
crossings
XXXX XXXX
Enable Polling
option for selecting polling of the
device
XXXX XXXX
WARNING
For jitter and ping peers, the product of the Packet Number and the Packet Size must be
less than or equal to 10000. If it is not, a warning is displayed and you must set up the
peer properties again.
