Transfer speed monitor

The Transfer speed monitor measures the transfer speed between Network Monitor and a device. The test measures the time it takes to download the specified amount of data from the chargen.exe server running on the device.

A chargen (Character Generator) server must be installed and running on the device. Microsoft supplies a chargen server for Windows as part of the Simple TCP/IP Services service. This service is typically installed as a feature on Windows servers. The chargen.exe server uses port 19 (TCP) by default.

• System type: All
• Category: Network services

Note: Only monitor specific settings are documented here. See Standard monitor settings.

Monitor specific properties

• Transfer speed - Minimum transfer speed in the selected unit.
• Unit - The unit to record the transfer speed test in. Shown in real time chart and reports.
• Data size - Size, in kilo bytes, of total amount of data to receive in the test.
• Port number - The port number the TFTP server is configured to use. Defaults to 19.