eG Monitoring
 

Measures reported by PEPVPNThruptTest

When users complain of slowness of the VPN sessions, administrators should first check the throughput of the VPN connections. Throughput reveals how well/badly the VPN tunnel processes network traffic. Low throughput is an indicator of bursty network traffic, which can cause users to experience slowness when interacting through the router. To receive real-time insights into the throughput of the VPN profiles, administrators can use the VPN Throughputs test.

This test measures the throughput in real-time and alerts administrators if the throughput is low. Additionally, the test also reveals where the bottleneck is - during data reception/transmission?

For each WAN connection established based on the VPN profiles on the target router, this test reports the amount of data sent and received, the number of packets dropped during packet transmission and the time taken for data/packet transmission. The metrics reported by this test help administrators to identify the WAN connections through which the target router experienced more packet loss and transmission delay. Using this revelation, administrators can take remedial actions to alleviate the errors that caused the above-mentioned issues and enhance the user experience.

Outputs of the test : One set of results for each VPN profile:WAN connection that is connected to the target router.

First-level descriptor:VPN profile

Second-level descriptor:WAN

The measures made by this test are as follows:

Measurement Description Measurement Unit Interpretation
Transmitted_bytes Indicates the rate at which data was sent through this WAN connection during the last measurement period. MB/sec Compare the value of these measures across the WAN connections to figure out the WAN connection through which the maximum amount of data was transmitted/received.
Received_bytes Indicates the rate at which data was received through this WAN connection during the last measurement period. MB/sec Compare the value of these measures across the WAN connections to figure out the WAN connection through which the maximum amount of data was transmitted/received.
Dropped_packets Indicates the number of packets dropped during packet transmission through this WAN connection. Packets A low value is desired for this measure.
Latency Indicates the time taken by this WAN connection for data transmission. Milliseconds A low value is desired for this measure. Compare the value of this measure across the WAN connections to identify the slow WAN connection.