Waterfall Report Components Explanation
DNS: This is the time it takes our test station to request the DNS information from the web server hosting the files' DNS provider and for that DNS provider to return the information back to our test station. If no DNS time is listed, it means that our test station already looked up the DNS at some point earlier during this test. This is to be expected.
TCP Open: This is the time that it takes our test station and the server that is hosting the file to establish a valid TCP connection. If no TCP connect time is listed, it means that our test station already had a TCP connection to the server from an earlier file transfer. This is to be expected.
Request: This is the time that it takes the server that is hosting the file to send the first byte of data to our test station.
Never Finished: This indicates that the file began transferring but never finished.
No Response: This indicates that no response was received from your server when the test station requested the file.
Transfer: This is the amount of time that it takes for the file to be transferred entirely to our test station.
File size: This is the file size of the file.
HTTP status: This is the HTTP status that was transmitted to our test station when it requested the file in question. Typically, this should be “HTTP 200”.
IP address: This is the IP address of the web server that is hosting the file.
TCP Open: This is the time that it takes our test station and the server that is hosting the file to establish a valid TCP connection. If no TCP connect time is listed, it means that our test station already had a TCP connection to the server from an earlier file transfer. This is to be expected.
Request: This is the time that it takes the server that is hosting the file to send the first byte of data to our test station.
Never Finished: This indicates that the file began transferring but never finished.
No Response: This indicates that no response was received from your server when the test station requested the file.
Transfer: This is the amount of time that it takes for the file to be transferred entirely to our test station.
File size: This is the file size of the file.
HTTP status: This is the HTTP status that was transmitted to our test station when it requested the file in question. Typically, this should be “HTTP 200”.
IP address: This is the IP address of the web server that is hosting the file.
Updated on: 10/25/2022
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