This page contains the changelog for version 2.11 of the ByteBlower.
How to update your ByteBlower server is explained in following
article:
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https://support.excentis.com/index.php?/Knowledgebase/Article/View/74/51/how-to-update-a-byteblower-server
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INTRODUCTION
When you are testing your device with ByteBlower, you sometimes like
to have a pcap-capture of the data for debugging purpose. With the
ByteBlower API we can easly capture that network traffic and present
it to you as a pcap-file. This featu...
09:01 A.M., WORK IS DONE!
EASY AUTOMATION WITH THE NEW JSON REPORT.
The ByteBlower GUI and CLT now have a new type of report: JSON. Just
like CSV, this format is intended for machines rather than us humans.
Actually, JSON is a huge improvement over...
This article gives explains the status area at the top of the Wireless
Endpoint. This is open area in the screenshot below. Most of the
elements we'll discuss will familiar to those who have already used
the Wireless Endpoint. Still some debug elements mi...
BYTEBLOWER API 2.11.6 (2020-04-15)
DOWNLOAD
You can download the latest version at
https://setup.byteblower.com/software.html.
ENHANCEMENTS
* Added support for python 3.7 and Windows 64 bits.
FIXES
* The red 'evaluation license' message has been...
Did you know you can ping a ByteBlower Port? This requires no extra
configuration on your end, the port will respond to Ping requests as
soon as it has an IP address.
Pinging a ByteBlower Port is especially helpful when debugging
connectivity issues, th...
Signal quality has a large impact on Wi-Fi performance. Since 2.11.0
of the ByteBlower Server, ByteBlower API and the Wireless Endpoint, it
is now possible to map the RSSI, WiFi channel and the BSSID on your
throughput!
Watch it here in action [https://v...
By default the XRA-31 system will use DHCP to get its management IP.
In some lab-environments this is not wanted. This page explains you
how you can configure a fixed IP on the management interface.
All this configuration is done by using the Wicd tool o...
There are three methods to obtain the management IP address of an
XRA-31 system: Either using the graphical UI of Wicd, using wicd-cli
or using the ip command line tool.
Are you looking to configure a fixed IP address or change the network
configuration?...
If you have a big project to run but one of the devices under test
isn't connected or will fail to initialize (DHCP,ARP,etc.. ) then we
have an option to let the test continue. With this option you will not
be forced to either fix the device nor edit your...
On new devices you might encounter something like the screenshot
below: your new Wireless Endpoint is not supported yet.
WHAT CAN YOU DO WITH THOSE DEVICES?
With caution, almost everything; the disclaimer is only text.
The disclaimer means we didn't ha...
A ByteBlower has 2 or more traffic interfaces on the Server. They are
located on the back of the server and marked with
a T _(TRUNKING) _or a NT _(NON-TRUNKING)_. When you receive your
system, it is pre-configured.
This article explains how to configure ...
Latency is the time a packet takes to travel from source to
destination. Hence, seeing negative latency values in the report is
always a surprise, it's as if packets arrived even before they were
sent! The figure below is one such an example. This article...
The Wireless Endpoint is available for several operating systems. Not
all of them expose the same Wi-Fi statics. The table below lists which
value is available on the system.
OPERATING SYSTEM
SSID
BSSID
RSSI
CHANNEL NUMBER
TX RATE
A...
2.6.0
NEW FEATURES:
* Support for MacOS Catalina
* Cheat mode is no longer required to open config files with eSafe
TLVs
BUGFIXES:
* Fixed an issue where negative MIB value numbers were converted to
their 2-complement positive number
* Fixed ...
This article is intended for debugging a ByteBlower 1300. Only when
the ByteBlower debug log contains the line below should you go through
the steps below, preferably after contacting the
support.byteblower@excentis.com.
> STOPPED BYTEBLOWER DUE TO: NO ...
This article is a short guide on how to create an RFC-2544 test with
the ByteBlower GUI. This test estimates the throughput of your
network. The main advantage is that you have proper control over a
number of parameters. The drawback is that RFC-2544 test...
2.10.8 (2019-08-29)
ENHANCEMENT
* Add support for ByteBlower 3200 Gen2
2.10.6 (2019-08-14)
FIXES
* Unintended traffic on the management interface TCP port 9002 could
cause the ByteBlower daemon to stop. We've made it robust against
these packets
...
The Byteblower GUI generates several types of reports. The HTML and
PDF reports from the ByteBlower GUI are limited by size of the
test-run. On this page you'll a guideline to how large your tests can
grow. This is a limitation by the graphing of the resu...
Using Acrobat reader XI, you can get an error message saying there is
an error displaying a page.
Installing Acrobat reader DC solves this.
At times you find yourself repetitively tweaking the speed of a Frame
Blasting flow: a little bit faster has too much loss, slightly slower
results in no loss, slightly faster again... This is time consuming
and a perfect case for the Throughput wizard.
...
This article describes the behavior of the NATDiscovery in the
ByteBlower GUI. The text intends to answer technical questions. For a
step-by-step guide on how to use NATDiscovery we have an article in
the examples section
[https://support.excentis.com/ind...
This article explains the situation where a server is asked to
generate more traffic than available by its hardware. There are a
number of ways this can happen, but the response is always the same.
We'll first explain the reason and next delve into the ca...
This API release includes the beta release of the Python code. You
find an introduction to the Python API in this howto
[https://support.excentis.com/index.php?/Knowledgebase/Article/View/152/27/using-the-byteblower-python-api].
The full change-log is f...
If you run into trouble with the ByteBlower GUI you can contact our
support ( support.byteblower@excentis.com ). It is best to add as much
info to so we can asses directly what the problem is and help you
further. The relevant info is
* ByteBlower proj...
