[c-nsp] circuit degradation/error simulator

[Johan Grip]

On Wed, 12 May 2010 15:59:43 +0200, <Marcus.Gerdon at versatel.de> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> sorry for the not really Cisco-related topic, but the collected
> expertise present on this list might once again be the solution.
>
> For some testing I'm looking for a piece of software which is capable of
> inserting various degradation and/or errors into a traffic stream.
>
> The setup I thought of is setting up a PC with two NIC which passes
> traffic between the interfaces. In the middle the software should be
> able to generate packetloss, delay, jitter, fragmentation, reordering
> and alike within the traffic stream passed on.
>
> I didn't crawl through the depths of the internet dictionary (aka Google
> :)) yet, but maybe someone can point to a piece to look at.
>
You mean something like http://wanem.sourceforge.net/ ?
First hit on google for "WAN emulator" :)

I've been using it quite extensively in my home lab setup and it is very
capable.

//Johan