Minimizing the Test Packet Failures by Applying Threshold on Test Packet Generation in Debugging and Network Testing

It is very hard to debug networks. Every day network engineers struggle with router fiber cuts, misconfigurations, mislabeled cables, faulty interfaces, software bugs, intermittent links and additional reasons that are reason for networks to behave badly, or be unsuccessful completely. Network engineers chase down bugs by means of the most elementary tools like ping and trace route, and trail down origin causes by means of combination of perception and wisdom. Debugging networks is just becoming difficult as networks are getting larger and are getting more complex. This paper proposes an automatic testing and debugging procedure for verifying the various network conditions and to provide safe reaching of the packets to the desired destination. The paper uses the Automatic Test Packet Generation system for debugging and adds an enhancement to that system which restricts the number of test packets generated and removes the threshold violation over the file size limit. This reduces the time taken to debug the entire system.