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Measures reported by WgVpnPairTest
This test auto discovers the VPN pairs configured using the WatchGuard Firewall and closely monitors the IPSEc traffic and the amount of packets sent and received via every VPN pair. In the process, the test accurately points to that VPN pair that is handling an abnormally high volume of traffic and is hence hogging the bandwidth resources available to the network! Also, this test reports the number of packets thatwere discarded due to various errors such as authentication, decrpt etc. This way, the test enables administrators to understand whether/not their firewall configurations are effective, and if not, initiate measures to fine-tune them.
The measures made by this test are as follows:
| Measurement |
Description |
Measurement Unit |
Interpretation |
| Inbound_traffic |
Indicates the amount of IPSec protocol traffic that was received through this VPN pair since the connection was established. |
KB |
Comparing the value of this measure across the VPN pairs will help you in identifying the VPN pair through which most of the IPSec traffic is flowing! |
| Outbound_traffic |
Indicates the amount of IPSec protocol traffic that was transmitted through this VPN pair since the connection was established. |
KB |
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| Inbound_packets |
Indicates the number of packets that were received through this VPN pair during the last measurement period. |
Number |
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| Outbound_packets |
Indicates the number of packets that were transmitted through this VPN pair during the last measurement period. |
Number |
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| Pkts_disc_dec_error |
Indicates the number of packets that were discarded due to decrypt errors by this VPN pair during the last measurement period. |
Number |
Ideally, the value of these measures should be zero. Comparing the value of these measures across the VPN Pairs will help you in identifying the VPN pair that is more error prone during packet transmission. |
| Pkts_disc_Ah_error |
Indicates the number of packets flowing through this VPN pair that were discarded due to authentication errors during the last measurement period. |
Number |
| Pkts_disc_reply_error |
Indicates the number of packets that were discarded due to replay errors by this VPN pair during the last measurement period. |
Number |
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