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A user from a remote office is reporting slow file transfers. Which of the following tools will an engineer MOST likely use to get detailed measurement data?

  • A. Packet capture
  • B. iPerf
  • C. NetFlow analyzer
  • D. Internet speed test
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Suggested Answer: B 🗳️

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TheFivePips
Highly Voted 9 months, 4 weeks ago
Selected Answer: B
iPerf is a widely used open-source network performance testing tool that allows you to measure network throughput, latency, and other performance metrics. iPerf is particularly useful for measuring the actual throughput between two endpoints, which can help diagnose slow file transfers. NetFlow analyzers are used to analyze network traffic data and provide insights into network usage patterns, flow data, and application behavior. While they can be helpful, they are generally more focused on overall traffic analysis rather than detailed performance measurements for specific file transfers.
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phoenix98
Most Recent 7 months, 2 weeks ago
Selected Answer: C
A NetFlow analyzer reports and interprets information by querying the collector and can be configured to generate alerts and notifications. In practical terms, the collector and analyzer components are often implemented as a single product.
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MitchF
9 months, 4 weeks ago
GPT picks (B): "To get detailed measurement data for slow file transfers, an engineer would MOST likely use (B) iPerf. iPerf is a commonly used tool for measuring network performance by generating and analyzing TCP and UDP data streams. It can provide detailed information about network bandwidth, throughput, latency, and jitter. By running iPerf tests between the remote office and the central location, the engineer can gather valuable data to identify the causes of slow file transfers and troubleshoot network performance issues."
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MitchF
9 months, 4 weeks ago
GPT continues: The other options have different purposes: (A) Packet capture: Packet capture tools, such as Wireshark, are used to capture and analyze network traffic at the packet level. While they can provide insights into network issues, they might require more expertise and might not be as focused on measuring overall network performance. (C) NetFlow analyzer: NetFlow analyzers collect and analyze network traffic data to provide insights into network behavior and patterns. While useful, they might not be as focused on measuring specific performance metrics like bandwidth and throughput. (D) Internet speed test: Internet speed tests are typically used to measure the speed of the internet connection from a specific location to an external server. While they can provide general information about the internet connection speed, they might not give detailed measurement data about the internal network performance."
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Juliana1017
10 months, 2 weeks ago
Selected Answer: B
the correct answer is B
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luken7777
1 year, 1 month ago
iPerf is a tool which can be used to test LAN and WLAN speeds and throughput. It works by generating traffic from a computer acting as a client which is sent to the IP address of a computer acting as the server. Question mentions remote so iPerf is not the right option. I'd go with NetFlow.
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1Abel1
1 year, 1 month ago
Selected Answer: B
iPerf is a command line tools that is used to troubleshoot various kinds of network performance issues, so for the fact that this scenario is related to remote user...then I will go for iPerf.
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famco
1 year, 2 months ago
Do not miss that the question talks about the remote office and not about downloading from the internet. So, the option of internet speed test is out. That leaves iPerf as the right option. Netflow etc can be used later
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famco
1 year, 2 months ago
If this was not about the remote office, it could have been the speedtest instead of iperf
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ajuntapall316
1 year, 3 months ago
While iPerf might be the BEST answer, I don't know that it is the correct answer, because the question says "MOST likely use". So the answer resides in what most would use, not what is best to use.
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Danie001
1 year, 3 months ago
Selected Answer: C
The answer is (C) Netflow analyzer. It helps to monitor, in troubleshooting, and in-depth inspection, interpretation, and synthesis of a traffic flow data. Netflow can also be used to see and track what type of traffic is consuming all the resources on a network. IPERF on the other hand focuses on measuring acheivable bandwidth on an IP based network
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233Matis
1 year, 4 months ago
chatGPT answer: An engineer is MOST likely to use iPerf to get detailed measurement data when a user from a remote office is reporting slow file transfers. iPerf is a tool that can be used to measure the network performance and bandwidth.
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FreePrivacy
1 year, 4 months ago
Confirmed
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JakeCharles
1 year, 5 months ago
A NetFlow analyzer is a tool that analyzes NetFlow data exported from network devices, such as routers and switches. NetFlow data provides information on the volume and type of traffic passing through a network, but it does not provide detailed measurement data on network performance. An internet speed test is a tool that measures the speed of an internet connection by measuring the time it takes to download and upload data from a server. It can be used to test the performance of an internet connection, but it would not provide detailed measurement data on the performance of the network between two systems in the way that iPerf does.
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JakeCharles
1 year, 5 months ago
Selected Answer: B
B. iPerf would be the correct answer. iPerf is a tool for measuring network performance and bandwidth. It can be used to test the throughput of a network by sending and receiving data between two systems and measuring the amount of data that can be transferred in a certain period of time. By running iPerf on both the client and server systems, an engineer can get detailed measurement data on the network performance between the two systems and identify any bottlenecks or issues that may be causing slow file transfers. A packet capture is a tool that captures and records network traffic data. It can be used to analyze network traffic and troubleshoot issues, but it would not provide detailed measurement data on network performance in the way that iPerf does.
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Nishkurup
1 year, 5 months ago
Selected Answer: C
the question is about remote user. A NetFlow analyzer is a tool deployed to perform monitoring, troubleshooting and in-depth inspection, interpretation, and synthesis of traffic flow data. Iperf is a commonly used network testing tool that can create TCP and UDP data streams and measure the throughput of a network that is carrying them. Iperf allows the user to set various parameters that can be used for testing a network, or alternatively for optimizing or tuning a network
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Rongupta
1 year, 7 months ago
Selected Answer: B
iPerf is open source bandwidth speed tester. Users of a network often complain about the speed of the network. Network “speed” is in some ways a personal perception because some people have more patience than others. To determine when a network slowdown is real as opposed to perceived, you need to actually measure the throughput. That’s what throughput testers are used for.- iPerf
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marmarhar1980
1 year, 7 months ago
Iperf is a tool for network performance measurement and tuning. It is a cross-platform tool that can produce standardized performance measurements for any network.
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bengy78
1 year, 8 months ago
You would use iPerf to get a real world number of the bandwith of the link is but it would not tell you what is filling up the current pipe. Netflow would give you detailed flow information about what exactly is filling the pipe
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alwaysrollin247
1 year, 8 months ago
Selected Answer: A
Question says "detailed measurement data". Packet Capture provides more detail than Netflow Analyzer. Reference: https://www.oreilly.com/learning-paths/learning-path-comptia/9780135940433/9780134772066-CSAP_04_17_15/
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