Packet Loss Test
Improve network performance through packet loss testing
Configure polling intervals to regularly test packet loss and disruption areas
Packet loss occurs in every network environment. Ensure you’re ready to resolve data transmission issues with SolarWinds® VoIP and Network Quality Manager (VNQM). VNQM offers customizable polling intervals to test communication speeds between devices and endpoints on your preferred schedule without interfering with server processing load and data resolution. Minimize packet loss with regular updates on Quality of Service (QoS) metrics to spot transmission troubles as they happen.
Detect, check, and measure packet loss through real-time monitoring
Identifying VoIP performance problems often requires real-time WAN monitoring, site-to-site WAN performance alerts, and CDR analysis. This is why SolarWinds VNQM is built with real-time monitoring for key VoIP call performance metrics. You can even set custom real-time alerts, so you’re notified as soon as acceptable levels of packet loss are exceeded and can start minimizing the effects of packet loss before you feel their full impact.
VNQM can also correlate the CDRs generated by the Cisco and Avaya Aura Communication Manager programs with WAN performance to help you more quickly diagnose issues in your environment potentially causing packet loss.
Track and analyze packet loss over time to uncover the root cause of connection issues
SolarWinds VoIP & Network Quality Manager can help you create VoIP performance baselines by letting you quantify packet loss performance for emulated VoIP traffic. VNQM is built to store your call records in CDRs or call management records, so you can search and filter the records based on performance metrics, call quality, and the most common error codes. This visibility makes it easier to identify the underlying cause of packet loss issues.
With the PerfStack™ feature, you can also correlate packet loss with a wider range of system data to get to the root cause even faster.
Gauge traffic health with insight into Quality of Service (QoS) metrics
For a comprehensive overview of your network performance, VNQM collects QoS metrics using Cisco Network Service Assurance operations. View updated latency rates, jitter cases, packet loss frequency, and mean opinion scores on a user-friendly console that’s easy to navigate and digest at a glance. By knowing exactly what’s causing your environment to slow down, you can quickly address anomalies and resume running at peak network efficiency.
Visualize VoIP call paths for easier monitoring
Like other SolarWinds products, VoIP & Network Quality Manager comes with high-quality, intuitive dashboards designed to help you understand the root cause of performance issues, so you can address them quickly.
The dashboards in VNQM are also designed to show overviews of call paths in the form of a dial graph, like a speedometer in a car. This visualization module can use color-coded statuses to show you the health of each path, making it easier for you to get a visual handle on VoIP monitoring across your whole network.
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Do you find yourself asking…
Before it’s sent, data is packaged into several layers. This data packet then travels through various hubs (fiber optics, copper cables, wireless, etc.) to reach its destination. As it travels through these hubs, data packets can get lost or delayed. This results in packets arriving late or never arriving, causing network performance to suffer.
One of the areas where the effects of packet loss are most apparent are in VoIP (voice over internet protocol) calls. When you look at voice calls conducted over an internet connection—whether through Google Voice, WhatsApp, Skype, Facebook voice chat, or other platforms—you can immediately recognize the effects of packet loss, which are typically manifested as the call “breaking up” or “lagging.” The quality of the call becomes poor and you start to miss words or even whole sentences. This may be because the data got lost along the way. These same audio effects can occur in video calls, including those over FaceTime, Zoom, and Skype.
Used to identify the cause of data arriving late or failing to reach the intended destination on a network, a network packet loss test can help you address the cause to keep your overall environment healthy and improve performance. Packet loss can be a major issue in networks of any size.
You can use a packet loss checker to perform two types of packet loss tests:
- Packet loss caused by network congestion
- Packet loss caused by wireless signal coverage
Though packet loss can be a common cause for poor network performance, these issues can also be caused by general bandwidth problems, delay, and jitter. To help pinpoint whether packet loss is behind your poor network performance, a packet loss tester is designed to monitor key elements of the network in addition to packet loss itself. This helps you more easily determine if the network performance issues are due to data transmission or congestion.
Before it’s sent, data is packaged into several layers. This data packet then travels through various hubs (fiber optics, copper cables, wireless, etc.) to reach its destination. As it travels through these hubs, data packets can get lost or delayed. This results in packets arriving late or never arriving, causing network performance to suffer.
One of the areas where the effects of packet loss are most apparent are in VoIP (voice over internet protocol) calls. When you look at voice calls conducted over an internet connection—whether through Google Voice, WhatsApp, Skype, Facebook voice chat, or other platforms—you can immediately recognize the effects of packet loss, which are typically manifested as the call “breaking up” or “lagging.” The quality of the call becomes poor and you start to miss words or even whole sentences. This may be because the data got lost along the way. These same audio effects can occur in video calls, including those over FaceTime, Zoom, and Skype.
Used to identify the cause of data arriving late or failing to reach the intended destination on a network, a network packet loss test can help you address the cause to keep your overall environment healthy and improve performance. Packet loss can be a major issue in networks of any size.
You can use a packet loss checker to perform two types of packet loss tests:
- Packet loss caused by network congestion
- Packet loss caused by wireless signal coverage
Though packet loss can be a common cause for poor network performance, these issues can also be caused by general bandwidth problems, delay, and jitter. To help pinpoint whether packet loss is behind your poor network performance, a packet loss tester is designed to monitor key elements of the network in addition to packet loss itself. This helps you more easily determine if the network performance issues are due to data transmission or congestion.
Use packet loss tests to improve network performance
VoIP & Network Quality Manager
Use a visual VoIP call path trace for faster problem detection and troubleshooting.
Enjoy real-time WAN monitoring for network performance insights.
Easily search and filter VoIP call records.
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