[15716] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: IP Generation program/devices
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Lewis Eatherton)
Wed Mar 18 13:28:55 1998
Date: Wed, 18 Mar 1998 09:39:41 -0800
To: "David J. Schmidt" <davids@on-ramp.ior.com>,
Michael F Sullivan <mfjs@attmail.com>
From: Lewis Eatherton <eathertl@segasoft.com>
Cc: nanog@merit.edu
Also, you might want to take a look at Anvil, from Mightnight Networks.
Its a very nice tool that runs on various Unix flavors and will test just
about any part of the RFC on what ever protocols you order...
At 11:25 PM 3/17/98 -0800, David J. Schmidt wrote:
>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/
>
>
>
Lewis Eatherton
Network Architect
SegaSoft, Inc
650.654.2318
