socket_test - trivial test of socket creation API
mbuf_test - trivial test of mbuf allocation API
These two do not communicate over the net; they just perform
simple API tests then exit.
ftp_test - simple FTP test, connects to “server”
This test initializes the interface(s) then connects to the
FTP server on the “server” machine for for each
active interface in turn, confirms that the connection was successful,
disconnects and exits. This tests interworking with the server.
ping_test - pings “server” and non-existent host to test timeout
This test initializes the interface(s) then pings the server
machine in the standard way, then pings address “32 up” from
the server in the expectation that there is no machine there. This
confirms that the successful ping is not a false positive, and tests
the receive timeout. If there is such a machine, of course the
2nd set of pings succeeds, confirming that we can talk to a machine
not previously mentioned by configuration or by bootp. It then does
the same thing on the other interface, eth1.
If IPv6 is enabled, the program will also ping to the address it
last received a router advertisement from. Also a ping will be made to
that address plus 32, in a similar way the the IPv4 case.
dhcp_test - ping test, but also manipulates DHCP leases
This test is very similar to the ping test, but in addition,
provided the network package is not configured to do this automatically,
it manually relinquishes and reclaims DHCP leases for all available
interfaces. This tests the external API to DHCP. See section below
describing this.
flood - a flood ping test; use with care
This test performs pings on all interfaces as quickly as possible,
and only prints status information periodically. Flood pinging is
bad for network performance; so do not use this test on general
purpose networks unless protected by a switch.
