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Sending generic UDP traffic for Network Simulation

I need to test an application which drops a user-specified percentage of packets. Right now, it will drop any packet type which I can easily verify by sending pings and observing the ICMP messages in ...
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How to test dynamic channel selection (DCS) with LANforge?

I would like to test the dynamic channel selection (DCS) feature of an access point AP. How can I test it using Candela Technologies LANforge-WiFIRE WiFi traffic generator? Would the following steps ...
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How to test Wi-Fi Multimedia (WMM) QoS management with LANforge?

I would like to test the Wi-Fi Multimedia (WMM) feature of an access point AP. How can I test it using Candela Technologies LANforge-WiFIRE WiFi traffic generator? Some thoughts after reading the ...
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Wifi TCP iperf throughput: 1 stream vs multiple streams?

In a WLAN iperf TCP throughput test, multiple parallel streams will give me higher throughput than 1 stream. I tried increasing the TCP window size, but I still cannot achieve the max throughput with ...
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Simple Question: Does High Bandwidth usage affect Speedtest.net Results?

In an office building with 20-some employees, our internet service sometimes drops to about .3 Mbits/sec from 5 Mbits/sec. I use speedtest.net to test the speed. When the speed drops, how can I tell ...
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Traffic generation from Cisco IOS device to prove WAN circuit

In essence I want to know if there is any way that we can use extended ping or any other command variants to prove to the customer that that the circuit is able to achieve the minimum CIR. The CE ...
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Simulating a poor network

I'd like to set up a poor wifi network in my office for developers to test on. What is the best way to simulate real world crappy wifi? High latency? Dropped packets? low bandwidth?
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bgp simulation tool [on hold]

Has anyone heard of a good (preferably GUI-based) BGP simulator for Windows? One that would bind itself to a specific NIC and would act as a proper BGP speaker. I need this for testing purposes. I ...
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Accurate strategy for measuring point-to-point link performance?

I have a requirement to provide an accurate means to demonstrate line performance over a flat layer2 1Gb point-to-point Ethernet circuit, approx 100 miles apart that seemingly goes through a number of ...
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How to generate traffic for lab scenarios

I'd like to start exploring QoS, and lower level optimizations for things like broadcasts/multicasts within my home lab. I've looked around for ways to generate traffic to and from a box, but haven't ...
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Cisco: No autostate on GigabitEthernet interfaces, any alternative? (not working)

I recently tried the command "no autostate" on a GigabitEthernet interface (on a newer router) and this didn't work anymore, does anyone know why this is occuring? This use to work on FastEthernet ...
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How to emulate ethernet frame loss for testing purposes?

Maybe I am missing something rather basic, but I don't know so I figured I would ask. In terms of testing how sensitive various TDMoE are to BER and packet delay I am looking into how to simulate ...