Automating and extending path tracing through wireless links

A system, comprising:

• a processor;
• and
• a memory device including instructions that when executed by the processor perform an operation including:
• receiving a request to perform a network trace over a wireless link provided by an Access Point (AP) configured as a transparent forwarder between a trace source and a trace target;
• monitoring a trace packet from a first time of arrival at the AP, a first time of departure from the AP, a second time of arrival at the AP, and a second time of departure from the AP;
• monitoring a buffer status of the AP at the first e of arrival and the second time of arrival;
• and
• in response to identifying a network anomaly based on the trace packet and the buffer status, adjusting a network setting at the AP.

A memory device including computer readable instructions that when executed by a processor perform an operation comprising:

• receiving a request to perform a network trace over a wireless link provided by an Access Point (AP) configured as a transparent forwarder between a trace source and a trace target;
• monitoring a trace packet from a first time of arrival at the AP, a first time of departure from the AP, a second time of arrival at the AP, and a second time of departure from the AP;
• monitoring a buffer status of the AP at the first time of arrival and the second time of arrival;
• and
• in response to identifying a network anomaly based on the trace packet and the buffer status, adjusting a network setting at the AP.