LANforge ICE,
WAN and LAN Simulator
General purpose WAN and Network
impairment emulator.
Able to simulate DS1, DS3, OC-3,
OC-12, GigE, DSL, CableModem,
Satellite links and other rate-limited networks, from
10bps up to 1Gbps speeds (full duplex).
Can modify various network
attributes including: network-speed, latency, jitter, packet-loss,
packet-reordering, and packet-duplication.
Supports Packet corruptions, including
bit-flips, bit-transposes and byte-overwrites.
Supports WanPath
feature to allow configuration of specific behaviour
between different IP subnets or MAC addresses using a single pair of
physical interfaces.
Supports WAN emulation across
virtual 802.1Q VLAN interfaces more efficient use of limited physical
network interfaces.
Supports routed and bridged mode
for more flexibility in how your configure your
network and LANforge ICE. Virtual routers can
be configured with the new Netsmith feature in
release 5.0.1 (Linux only). LANforge ICE on
windows supports only bridged mode currently.
Supports 'WAN-Playback' allowing
one to capture the characteristics of a live WAN and later have LANforge ICE emulate those captured characteristics.
The playback file is in XML format, and can be easily created by hand or
with scripts. The LANforge ICEcap
tool can be used to probe networks and automatically create the XML
playback file.
Available configurations include
all-in-one Laptops and rackmount systems for
stationary labs.
Allows packet sniffing and network
protocol decoding with the integrated Wireshark
protocol sniffer.
Comprehensive management
information detailing all aspects of the LANforge
system including processor card statistics, test cases, and ethernet port statistics.
GUI runs as Java application on
Linux, Solaris and Microsoft Operating Systems (among others).
GUI can run remotely, even over
low-bandwidth links to accommodate the needs of the users.
Central management application can
manage multiple units, tests, and testers simultaneously.
Supports scriptable command line
interface (telnet) which can be used to automate test scenarios. Perl
libraries and example scripts are also provided!
Automatic discovery of LANforge processor cards simplifies maintenance of LANforge test equipment.
LANforge
systems come pre-installed and configured with customer supplied network
information.
LANforge
traffic generation and management software supported on Red Hat Linux and
Microsoft Windows.
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