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Testing Network Responsiveness

Apple Remote Desktop can test network responsiveness between your administrator computer and client computers. It sends network packets to the clients and reports the time taken to receive confirmation from the clients.

You can choose how many network packets to send, how often they are sent, and how long the administrator computer waits for a reply before listing a packet as lost.

  1. Select a computer list in the Remote Desktop window.
  2. Select one or more computers in the selected computer list.
  3. Choose Report > Network Test.
  4. Select the options you want.

    Choose the number of packets sent from the Packets pop-up menu (Total Packets to Send).

    Choose how often to send the send packets from the Interval pop-up menu (Interval Between Packets).

    Choose how long to wait before reporting a packet as lost from the Time Out pop-up menu (Packet Time Out).

  5. Click Get Report.

    The newly generated report window appears.

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