[15710] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: IP Generation program/devices
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (David J. Schmidt)
Wed Mar 18 02:40:17 1998
Date: Tue, 17 Mar 1998 23:25:46 -0800 (PST)
From: "David J. Schmidt" <davids@on-ramp.ior.com>
To: Michael F Sullivan <mfjs@attmail.com>
cc: nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <winATT-3.01-mfjs-1520>
On Tue, 17 Mar 1998, Michael F Sullivan wrote:
> To do some load testing, we need a "tool" (h/w device and/or s/w) to generate
> a programmable amount of IP traffic on a segment (say 32Mbps on a fast enet
> segment or fddi ring) and a way to measure it (w/ hopefully something cheaper
> than a sniffer). Anyone have suggestions on what to use?
>
> Thanks
For the high end try Netcom Systems SmartBits.
Their systems can hold various interface cards (from 10-20 per chasis) and
you can run up to 4 chassis in a stack.
We are using them to fully stress test our Gigabit Bridge/Router and I've
been running tests with 24 gigabit cards into our device and we're also
using their 10/100mb cards to test our 10/100mb cards.
The software can generate various IP frames from templates or you can use
a raw packet editor.
NOT cheap! But it can generate and receive/trigger/count at full speed if
that's what you need.
David.Schmidt@ior.com Packet Engines, Inc. (509)922-9190
Spokane, Washington http://www.packetengines.com/
