[c-nsp] Basic Load/Stress Test Tool

[Mark Tinka]

On Wednesday 19 November 2008 15:27:17 Nimal David Sirimanne 
wrote:

> Am looking for a simple tool which i can use to load or
> stress test the network devices before we put them on a
> production network. For example, if my network device has
> a 100Mbps interface, i'd like to be able to load up to
> 100Mbps on to the interface and see what happens. Any
> suggestions?

Do you want to test how well the device withstands the 
throughput, or do you want to test how well it fills up the 
interface.

For the former, you're probably going to be worried about 
CPU utilization (if forwarding is done in software) and 
when the box starts dropping packets.

For the latter, suggest Iperf.

Cheers,

Mark.
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