Need WAN simulator – what to get [cisco routers] [frame relay]
Q: I am in the market for a WAN simulator for some upcoming tests. I can connecting all routers with V.35 cables or CSUs. I can simulate the frame-relay with a pair of Cisco routers.
What I can not do is turn on the latency you experience with a service provider WAN. All people who use it to simulate frame relay, ISDN, T1, T3? Something with good control and modular reports nice.
Thanks!
spidey
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Re:Very cool product ScottMAC!
- G
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Re:cool, i'll look into those.
Rene Molenaar – IT Consultancy & Teaching
Re:Check out a product called "The Cloud" by Shun Ra Systems ( www.shunra.com ). It's software for NT/2K I believe.
It basically lets you take a snapshot of any connection, then "replay" the ENVIRONMENT simulating the delays & traffic conditions. So you can snapshot Monday morning, Friday afternoon, and the Wednesday Lunchtime Quake tournaments….then use those conditions on a closed test system.
Good Luck
Scott
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Re:thanks G,
yeah, already have 7200s and 3600s frame-relay meshed to all get out. It is the latency that I need to observe (working on a lot of voice/video/QoS stuff)
I'll check out those products
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Re:You could configure a couple of Cisco routers as frame switches, tie 'em together with T1-speed circuits and generate some traffic on other interfaces. You wouldn't really be able to test latency that way, but could look at traffic loads.
Check out RadCom's Frame Relay Analyzer / Simulator. (http://www.radcom-inc.com/radcom/test/frame.htm) I've never used it, but it looks pretty cool.
Spirent is also pretty heavily into this – Might be worth a look. Their AX4000 (http://www.adtech-inc.com/products/ax4000.asp) product does frame, ATM, Ethernet, etc.
- G
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