[109734] in North American Network Operators' Group
network testbed (was: Stress Testing LAN/WAN)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jim Popovitch)
Thu Dec 4 18:36:29 2008
Date: Thu, 4 Dec 2008 18:36:16 -0500
From: "Jim Popovitch" <yahoo@jimpop.com>
To: nanog@nanog.org
Errors-To: nanog-bounces@nanog.org
Coincidentally, this week I was asked to specify current and next-gen
equipment for a new network testbed at $DAYJOB. This lab would be
used to test software used to monitor large networks. Specifically I
need to setup an environment similar to that of large SPs, with
emphasis on MPLS, STP, OSPF and BGP. What present and next-gen
hardware would you recommend to include in such a testbed? I have
vendor C pretty well covered, and I am really trying to look outside
the box on this, but whatever you want to recommend is welcome.
Private replies are also welcome, I can post a recap once I've
received some feedback.
Thanks,
-Jim P.
On Thu, Dec 4, 2008 at 17:23, Brian Feeny <bfeeny@mac.com> wrote:
>
> I have the need to stress test a LAN and WAN. The primary concern is the
> WAN which is at most OC-3. The LAN would be an additional bonus if I could
> do that as well.
> I am familiar with tools such as those from Spirent and IXIA which are very
> expensive. I was wondering if someone has had to do this and can recommend
> some open source
> tools that would work well. I need to test a few different types of
> traffic, specifically trying to push traffic into various switch/router
> policies to make sure everything is performing as
> expected. If anyone knows of some software that works well for this I would
> appreciate letting me know.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Brian
>
>
>
