Win Sock Test
The WinSock Proxy service supports Microsoft Windows operating systems using Windows Sockets. Windows Sockets is an interprocess communication mechanism derived from the Berkeley Sockets interface (originally designed for Unix systems). The Sockets interface was extended to support Windows-based clients running Microsoft implementations of TCP/IP. The name given to this Sockets interface for Windows was WinSock (for Windows Sockets). The WinSock Proxy Service support is available for both Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) and Internetwork Packet Exchange/Sequenced Packet Exchange (IPX/SPX) protocols. The WinSock Proxy service applies mainly to Windows clients, including Windows 3.x, Windows 95, and Windows NT.
This test reports the performance statistics pertaining to each WinSock Proxy Service.
Target of the test : A Microsoft Proxy server
Agent deploying the test : An internal agent
Outputs of the test : One set of results for every WinSock that is being monitored.
| Parameters | Description |
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Test period |
This indicates how often should the test be executed. |
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Host |
The host for which the test is to be configured. |
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Port |
Refers to the port used by the Microsoft Proxy server. |
| Measurement | Description | Measurement Unit | Interpretation |
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Accepting TCP connections |
The number of TCP connection objects that will wait for TCP connections from WinSock proxy clients |
Percent |
A high value could indicate an increase in the proxy server load, due to which lesser TCP connection requests are accepted. |
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Active sessions |
The number of active sessions for the WinSock proxy service |
Number |
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Active TCP connections |
The total number of TCP connections that are currently transmitting data |
Number |
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Active UDP connections |
The number of active UDP connections |
Number |
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Available worker threads |
The number of available WinSock worker threads |
Number |
The high increase in the number may affect the performance of the host / applications. |
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Data received |
The rate at which data is received |
KB/sec |
A low value could indicate a network bottleneck |
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Data transmitted |
The rate at which data is submitted |
KB/sec |
A high value of this measure could result in a network congestion |
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Failed DNS resolutions |
The number of calls that have failed to resolve DNS domain name and IP address for WinSock proxy connections |
Number |
This value must be low; a high value indicates that there may be a network / WinSock service problem on the host. |
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Pending DNS requests |
The number of calls awaiting DNS domain name and IP address resolution for WinSock proxy connections |
Number |
This value must be low; a high value indicates that there may be a network / WinSock service problem on the host. |
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Worker threads |
The number of WinSock worker threads that are currently available or alive. |
Number |
