LAN/WAN fault simulation

2008-09-24 Thread Michael ODonnell
We may want to characterize some client/server systems and applications (destined to be geographically distant from each other) in the face of various LAN/WAN faults/conditions like dropped/duplicate packets and varyious end-to-end throughput rates, so I'm wondering if anybody here has a pointer

Re: LAN/WAN fault simulation

2008-09-24 Thread Kenny Lussier
On Wed, Sep 24, 2008 at 9:51 AM, Michael ODonnell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: We may want to characterize some client/server systems and applications (destined to be geographically distant from each other) in the face of various LAN/WAN faults/conditions like dropped/duplicate packets and

Re: LAN/WAN fault simulation

2008-09-24 Thread Michael ODonnell
It sounds like you are looking for a network impairment generator. Sounds like a perfect description of ComCast... ;- If you are looking for F/OSS running on Linux, then take a look at NISTNet ( http://snad.ncsl.nist.gov/nistnet/). It is beta, and has been for a very long time, but it

Re: LAN/WAN fault simulation

2008-09-24 Thread Shawn O'Shea
On Wed, Sep 24, 2008 at 9:51 AM, Michael ODonnell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: We may want to characterize some client/server systems and applications (destined to be geographically distant from each other) in the face of various LAN/WAN faults/conditions like dropped/duplicate packets and