[45066] in North American Network Operators' Group
RE: Request for info: DSL test gear
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Bender, Andrew)
Tue Jan 15 13:12:51 2002
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Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2002 13:11:51 -0500
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From: "Bender, Andrew" <abender@taqua.com>
To: <tim@eng.bellsouth.net>
Cc: <nanog@merit.edu>
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Since you know of the spirent stuff, have a look at the adtech 4000 =
(http://adtech.spirentcom.com/)... this system is more capable at the =
ATM layer, if that matters for you.
Also, try ixia (http://www.ixiacom.com/)... they are the winner on price =
/ performance with IP datagrams.=20
Regards,
Andrew Bender
taqua.com
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tim Irwin [mailto:tim@eng.bellsouth.net]
> Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2002 9:53 AM
> To: NANOG
> Subject: Request for info: DSL test gear
>=20
> DSL Test System requirements:
>=20
> -Interfaces: ATM, Ethernet, DS3, OC3, OC12, 10/100
> -Generate approximately 32,000 PPP sessions
> -Bi-directional traffic
> -PPP throughput tests
> -L2TP emulation (both LAC and LNS)
> -Ability to perform L2TP conformance test as per RFC 2661
> -Simulate user traffic and session turn up rates
> -Full negotiation of the IP and PPP parameters
> -Ability to vary the rate of the PPP session startup
> -Ability to see the sessions and associated users or IP addresses
> -Take measurements while generating the L2TP tunnels and PPP sessions
> -Generate PPPoE sessions through the L2TP tunnels
> -Generate PPPoA sessions using AAL5 and RFC1483
> -Generate PPPoEoA sessions using AAL5 and RFC1483
