Monitoring Cyclone
In normal circumstances,
you will enjoy the benefits of Cyclone's performance
without even being aware of its operation. However,
if for any reason you need to check the status of
your Cyclone link, you may do so using the Connection
Monitor. The connection monitor is accessed through
the Cyclone AcceleNet icon
in the system tray.
Content
Connection
Status
Cyclone Client
may be configured to use one proxy server for both
email and web traffic. The Connection Monitor displays
the IP address settings for this server.
The current connection
status of the proxy server is displayed.
The status reported will be one of the following:
- Connected
This is Cyclone’s “normal” mode.
It means that the Cyclone proxy
server is ready and able to send data to (and
receive data from) the client. The connected
status will show when the following acceleration
mode options have been selected: “Accelerate
All Supported Applications”, “Email
Only”, or “Web Only”.
These options can be set in the Options dialog.
- User Disabled
This mode
occurs if you have chosen to manually disable all
acceleration. This is done from the Options dialog.
Data is still sent and received over the communications
link, but not at accelerated rates.
- Not
Connected
This
mode is similar to ‘user disabled’;
however, in this mode, the Cyclone proxy
server is not currently able to provide
acceleration, even though you have acceleration
enabled. Data is still sent and received
over the communications link, but not
at accelerated rates.
Note:
for more information on acceleration modes, refer
to the section on the ‘General Options
Page.’
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Statistics
The Statistics section
of the Connection Monitor allows you to monitor data
compression, which is one measure of the acceleration
performance of your Cyclone AcceleNet link.
Separate statistics are provided for data being sent
from your computer, and data being received by your
computer. For each of these two types of data, cumulative
counts of “Raw” and “Compressed” data
are displayed, as well as a Ratio that compares the
two numbers.
For “Sent” data,
the raw count refers to the amount of data that applications
on your computer sent to the Cyclone client
for transmission over the communications link. The
compressed count displays the amount of data that
the Cyclone client actually
sent (after compression and optimization).
For “Received” data,
the compressed count refers to the amount of data
received by the Cyclone client
from the Cyclone proxy
server. The raw count displays the amount of data
that the Cyclone client
then delivered to the network applications on your
computer.
Clicking on the “Clear
Statistics” button can reset these cumulative
statistics.
Although compression
is only one aspect of acceleration performance, it’s
generally true that if your compression ratio is
high, your acceleration performance is high as well.
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Event
Log
The event log displays
messages indicating a variety of system activities.
These include messages describing normal events:
client connecting to server, client disconnecting,
etc. Error messages indicating system failures are
also sent to the event log.
The event log is
cumulative, with the most recent messages appearing
at the bottom. The log can be reset by clicking on
the “Clear Events” button.
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Restart
If you wish to re-start
Cyclone while the client is still running, you may
click the restart button. Your client will temporarily
be disconnected from the Cyclone server, and then
automatically reconnect again.
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Always
on Top
Select this option
if you wish to view the information in the connection
monitor while data is in progress. This option enables
the connection monitor dialog to run on top of any
other open window.
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Note: As of August 1, 2004 Cyclone Demo
will not work. If you wish to continue using Cyclone
after August 1, 2004 contact our office at 910-564-4638
or 800-840-1113 |
Monitoring
Cyclone