[c-nsp] Re: Packet Generator

[Nic McCartney]

Of the three I have played with (Ixia, Agilent RT and Smartbits) I prefer
Agilent. However I have an old steam-driven Smartbits box which does not
have all the features of newer boxes. Smartbits is very easy to set up
though, you can be doing basic throughput tests in minutes.

Nic

On Thu, 20 Jan 2005, Thomas Kernen wrote:

>
> Ixia fan here, great hardware and software but way too expensive,
> sometimes the hardware does show up on ebay & co and some good prices
> but 15K won't buy you a chassis and cards :-(
>
> Thomas
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Tantsura, Jeff" <jeff.tantsura at capgemini.com>
> To: "Lupi, Guy" <Guy.Lupi at eurekanetworks.net>; "Stephen J. Wilcox"
> <steve at telecomplete.co.uk>
> Cc: <cisco-nsp at puck.nether.net>
> Sent: Thursday, January 20, 2005 9:17 AM
> Subject: RE: [c-nsp] Re: Packet Generator
>
>
> >
> > I've been working with Spirent Smartbits for years.
> > They have got lot of different chassis with different cards.
> > Software is quite easy to use and stable.
> > Support is also great.
> >
> > Jeff
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: cisco-nsp-bounces at puck.nether.net
> > [mailto:cisco-nsp-bounces at puck.nether.net] On Behalf Of Lupi, Guy
> > Sent: Wednesday, January 19, 2005 11:27 PM
> > To: 'Stephen J. Wilcox'
> > Cc: cisco-nsp at puck.nether.net
> > Subject: [c-nsp] Re: Packet Generator
> >
> > Ethernet output from the box would be fine, I would like to be able to
> > generate tcp/udp/icmp with random destination Ips and packet sizes,
> > perhaps
> > where I could define a minimum amount of a certain traffic type.
> >
> > For instance one scenario would be 75 Mbps output, random destination
> > Ips,
> > packet sizes from 128 to 1500 bytes, 50% of the traffic should be UDP
> > in
> > port range 16484 through 32767.  I have never worked with any packet
> > generation tools before so I don't know if I am being unreasonable
> > with
> > my
> > budget.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Stephen J. Wilcox [mailto:steve at telecomplete.co.uk]
> > Sent: Wednesday, January 19, 2005 5:21 PM
> > To: Lupi, Guy
> > Cc: cisco-nsp at puck.nether.net
> > Subject: Re: [c-nsp] Packet Generator
> >
> > linux/bsd?
> >
> > i think i know what you mean but is this for ethernet/gig
> > ethernet/sonet/other and what sort of packets at what volume do you
> > want?
> >
> > Steve
> >
> > On Wed, 19 Jan 2005, Lupi, Guy wrote:
> >
> >> Can anyone recommend a reasonably priced (less than $15,000) packet
> >> generator?
> >>
> >> Guy H. Lupi
> >> Eureka Networks
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