Publish a Test Page to a NCS

Deploy a browser-based test page to Network Connection Satellites for remote testing.

Click Publish Link

Click Publish a Test from the Tools menu on the MCS main menu.

Publish a Test link in Tools menu
Publish a Test link

Choose Web Page

Click the Web Page option.

Web Page publish option
Select Web Page

Select Test to Run

Click a test to run. In this example, a Speed test will be chosen. The bottom section of the page is where custom tests are located. Custom tests can run more than one test and can have altered test specifications.

Test type selection
Choose test type to run

Select Page Template

This step showcases various page customization options. This example will use the basic page. All the options seen so far can be added at a later date.

Page template options
Page template options

Select Test Template

Each test type also has customization options, some of which are available here. These can also be changed later. For now, choose Default Speed test.

Test template options
Test template options

Choose Publish Options

Enter a name for the test and then check one or both of the checkboxes shown below.

To publish to an Access Device, check the Access Device box. To publish to an NQC Satellite, check the NQC Satellite box.

Click Submit to finalize the publishing procedure.

Publish to satellite options
Publish to satellite

Published

It will likely take a couple of minutes for the Satellites to pick up the newly published test.

Satellites must have server capability enabled to be able to serve a browser test.