[138467] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Ethernet circuit testing
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Dustin Jurman)
Tue Mar 8 10:55:10 2011
From: Dustin Jurman <dustin@rseng.net>
To: "frnkblk@iname.com" <frnkblk@iname.com>
Date: Tue, 8 Mar 2011 10:52:38 -0500
In-Reply-To: <005201cbdd53$60666b20$21334160$@iname.com>
Cc: "nanog@nanog.org" <nanog@nanog.org>
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We use the EXFO 860's. Great product, rugged and Accurate. =20
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On Mar 7, 2011, at 9:41 PM, "Frank Bulk" <frnkblk@iname.com> wrote:
> I've heard good things from a neighbor service provider that uses EXFO's
> EtherSAM.
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> Frank
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dustin Swinford [mailto:dustinnanog@gmail.com]=20
> Sent: Monday, March 07, 2011 2:07 PM
> To: nanog@nanog.org
> Subject: Ethernet circuit testing
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> More often on Ethernet services, we experience a customer wanting to see
> more than an Ookla based server test from our network. Our hands in the
> field are limited in the number of Ethernet smart loopback devices that t=
hey
> own. If we do have a tester on site, we can generate traffic from an Exf=
o
> purpose built appliance toward the loop and determine results. Too often=
,
> we have found things such as ftp downloads to be unreliable based on use =
of
> server, windows PC doing the download, etc. What other methods are you g=
uys
> using for testing these services? =20
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