Sudip, The actual purpose of uique IP addresse is to determine the performance of load balancers. A stickly load balancer would always send requests to a single server node in a clustered server setup.The source IPs have to be spoofed in order to emulate real world scenario.
-Chaitanya M Bhatt -http://www.performancecompetence.com 2010/7/20 Sudip Kumar Bhattacharya <skb.subscripti...@gmail.com> > Vikas, > I also agree that using unique ips is not the right way to identify unique > users. Think of the scenario when multiple people from some company try to > access ur site via a proxy server. U wud see the same source ip on all the > requests and that wud be the proxy server ip. Are you saying that your > application will not allow them to login? > Sent on my BlackBerry® from Vodafone > > -----Original Message----- > From: chaitanya bhatt <bhatt.chaita...@gmail.com> > Date: Tue, 20 Jul 2010 00:55:29 > To: JMeter Users List<jmeter-user@jakarta.apache.org> > Reply-To: "JMeter Users List" <jmeter-user@jakarta.apache.org> > Subject: Re: unique Source IP Address > > @Kirk: You are right. I guess the author of this thread should consider > "Grinder" for load testing. It supports IP spoofing and its equally user > friendly. > > -Chaitanya M Bhatt > http://www.performancecompetence.com > > 2010/7/20 Kirk <kirk.pepperd...@gmail.com> > > > you can setup aliases.. however, I doubt that you're going to get enough > > aliases to get a decent load test. I question why you're equating a > session > > to an IP address. Not saying you shouldn't, just it's unusual. > > > > Regards, > > Kirk > > > > On Jul 20, 2010, at 5:17 AM, Vikas Gupta (vikgupt2) wrote: > > > > > I couldn't quite understand the meaning of "Source IP Address" usage . > > The official doc says > > > > > > Source IP address: > > > [Only for HTTP Request HTTPClient] Override the default local IP > address > > for this sample. The JMeter host must have multiple IP addresses (i.e. IP > > aliases or network interfaces). If the property httpclient.localaddress > is > > defined, that is used for all HttpClient requests. > > > > > > "The Jmeter host must have multiple IP addresses" .. what exactly does > > this sentence mean ? Does it mean that the Jmeter host should have > multiple > > NIC's and every NIC has a unique IP address. In that case I cannot have > as > > many NIC's as the number of users I want to simulate. > > > > > > This is confusing me. > > > > > > Vikas Gupta > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Sudip Kumar Bhattacharya [mailto:skb.subscripti...@gmail.com] > > > Sent: Monday, July 19, 2010 5:37 PM > > > To: JMeter Users List > > > Subject: Re: unique Source IP Address > > > > > > Ya, I agree. > > > Try using the http client. That has a source ip option. Load it from a > > csv file. > > > Let us know if that works. > > > Sent on my BlackBerry® from Vodafone > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: "Vikas Gupta (vikgupt2)" <vikgu...@cisco.com> > > > Date: Mon, 19 Jul 2010 14:02:31 > > > To: JMeter Users List<jmeter-user@jakarta.apache.org> > > > Reply-To: "JMeter Users List" <jmeter-user@jakarta.apache.org> > > > Subject: RE: unique Source IP Address > > > > > > That will be worst case scenario.. I have to run multiple instances of > > Jmeter on VM's, then again it won't be a feasible model for 1000 user > > thread. > > > > > > Hopefully we can find some other solution. > > > > > > > > > Vikas Gupta > > > Software/QA Lead Cisco Health Solutions > > > vikgu...@cisco.com (epage) > > > Phone: +919886944470 > > > Cisco Systems, Inc. > > > G7-14, 5th Floor, No.11, Divyasree Chambers, B Wing > > > O'Shaugnessy Road, Akkithimanahalli > > > Bangalore, Karnataka, India > > > Pin-560027 > > > India > > > Cisco home page > > > > > > Download vCard > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Think before you print. > > > This e-mail may contain confidential and privileged material for the > sole > > use of the intended recipient. Any review, use, distribution or > disclosure > > by others is strictly prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient > (or > > authorized to receive for the recipient), please contact the sender by > reply > > e-mail and delete all copies of this message. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Sudip Kumar Bhattacharya [mailto:skb.subscripti...@gmail.com] > > > Sent: Monday, July 19, 2010 5:19 PM > > > To: JMeter Users List > > > Subject: Re: unique Source IP Address > > > > > > Run a distributed jmeter test. But even then u will need as many jmeter > > servers as ur users. > > > Not sure what wud be the best way to emulate your use case. > > > Sent on my BlackBerry® from Vodafone > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: "Vikas Gupta (vikgupt2)" <vikgu...@cisco.com> > > > Date: Mon, 19 Jul 2010 13:22:09 > > > To: <jmeter-user@jakarta.apache.org> > > > Reply-To: "JMeter Users List" <jmeter-user@jakarta.apache.org> > > > Subject: unique Source IP Address > > > > > > Hi All, > > > > > > > > > > > > IS it possible to have unique source IP address for every user thread > > > HTTPS traffic in Jmeter ? > > > > > > > > > > > > The portal server under test maps unique IP address to unique user, > > > hence this requirement. > > > > > > > > > > > > Looking forward to reply. > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks & Regards > > > > > > > > > > > > Vikas Gupta > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Vikas Gupta > > > Software/QA Lead Cisco Health Solutions > > > > > > vikgu...@cisco.com <mailto:vikgu...@cisco.com> (epage) > > > <mailto:vikgu...@epage.cisco.com> > > > Phone: +919886944470 > > > > > > Cisco Systems, Inc. > > > G7-14, 5th Floor, No.11, Divyasree Chambers, B Wing > > > O'Shaugnessy Road, Akkithimanahalli > > > Bangalore, Karnataka, India > > > Pin-560027 > > > India > > > Cisco home page <http://www.cisco.com/global/IN/> > > > > > > Download vCard <http://wwwin-tools.cisco.com/dir/vcard/vikgupt2.vcf> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Think before you print. > > > > > > This e-mail may contain confidential and privileged material for the > > > sole use of the intended recipient. 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