Question about determining the peak slope of a TCPtrace xplot TSG graph

From: Ivanovich, Milosh (Milosh.Ivanovich@team.telstra.com)
Date: 11/22/01

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From: "Ivanovich, Milosh" <Milosh.Ivanovich@team.telstra.com>
Subject: Question about determining the peak slope of a TCPtrace xplot TSG graph
Date: Fri, 23 Nov 2001 10:32:07 +1100

    > Hi,
    >
    > I am currently attempting to determine the peak IP-layer throughput of
    > various FTP sessions that have been captured by windump and manipulated by
    > TCPtrace. To do this, I am trying to find a way to calculate the maximum
    > slope of the time sequence graph as generated by xplot. The problem that
    > I'm having is that the x and y axes do not give sufficient resolution to
    > 'zoom in' on a particular region and find the slope that way, so I tried
    > opening the TSG file using a text editor. I was hoping to locate specific
    > time indexes on the graph and find them within the text file and thus
    > acquire the appropriate number of TCP segments that have 'passed' in that
    > interval, however while the graph displays the time index in
    > hrs:mins:secs, the text file seems to use the Unix convention of 'seconds
    > since 1970?' Does anyone happen to have had any experience with this, or
    > may be able to recommend a simple way of determining the peak slope of a
    > time sequence graph.
    >
    > Thanks,
    >
    > Mark Boulton
    > Research Technologist
    > Radio Networks
    > TRL, Clayton.
    > ph. (03) 9253 6787
    > mob. 0409250781
    >
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