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+NAME="NET-COMMON-STANDALONE-TESTS">Standalone Tests</H1
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+><PRE
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+>socket_test</I
+></SPAN
+> - trivial test of socket creation API 
+<SPAN
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+><I
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+>mbuf_test</I
+></SPAN
+> - trivial test of mbuf allocation API</PRE
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+><P
+>These two do not communicate over the net; they just perform
+simple API tests then exit.</P
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+>ftp_test</I
+></SPAN
+>      - simple FTP test, connects to &#8220;server&#8221;</PRE
+></TD
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+><P
+>This test initializes the interface(s) then connects to the
+FTP server on the &#8220;server&#8221; machine for for each
+active interface in turn, confirms that the connection was successful,
+disconnects and exits.  This tests interworking with the server.</P
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+>      - pings &#8220;server&#8221; and non-existent host to test timeout</PRE
+></TD
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+></TABLE
+><P
+>This test initializes the interface(s) then pings the server
+machine in the standard way, then pings address &#8220;32 up&#8221; 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
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+>    - ping test, but also manipulates DHCP leases</PRE
+></TD
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+><P
+>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.</P
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+>flood</I
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+>        - a flood ping test; use with care</PRE
+></TD
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+><P
+>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.</P
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