LANforge
Ice simulates WAN or LAN latencies.
LANforge
ICE is a WAN or Network impaiment simulator.
LANforge
ICE is used to simulate the core of a network, and is used to test and verify
equipment that communicates through the core. The LANforge ICE platform is
used to simulate T1, DS3, OC-3, OC-12, GigE, DSL, Satellite, Dial-Up, and
other Wide Area Networks (WANs).
LANforge
ICE: Feature Highlights
LANforge
NetReplay & Backtrack Feature Highlights
LANforge
ICEcap Network Probe
A wide area network (WAN) subjects applications to network impairments such
as congestion, latency or jitter. These connections such as T1, DSL or Wireless
can impact an applications scalability, performance and service level compliance.
Some products use mathematical network models to predict performance, LANforge
Ice simulates the actual connection allowing you to test during application
development or before an application is deployed.
- Reduces
lab and training costs by replacing expensive WAN hardware, such as T1 and
FrameRelay devices.
- Automates
testing with various scripting features and libraries.
- Compact
form factor and rack-mount chassis conserves valuable lab space.
- Laptop
form factor convenient for traveling good for trade shows and customer demos.
- Validates
stability and functionality of devices and programs functioning across a
wide variety of network conditions.
- Affordable
and functionaly competivie.
- Delivers
advanced, remote, cross-platform, graphical management interface.
- Modular
architecture allows you to leverage existing LANforge investment as your
need for capacity increases
- Turn
key solution. The LANforge systems can come pre-installed and configured
to customer requirements.
- Ease
of use - central management of entire LANforge system from anywhere on the
network.
LANforge ICE: Feature Highlights
- General
purpose WAN and Network impairment emulator.
- Able
to simulate DS1, DS3, OC-3, OC-12, GigE, DSL, CableModem, Satellite links
and other rate-limited networks, from 10bps up to 1Gbps speeds (full duplex).
- Can
modify various network attributes including: network-speed, latency, jitter,
packet-loss, packet-reordering, and packet-duplication.
- Supports
WanPath feature to allow configuration of specific behaviour between different
IP subnets or MAC addresses using a single pair of physical interfaces.
- Supports
WAN emulation across virtual 802.1Q VLAN interfaces more efficient use of
limited physical network interfaces.
- Supports
'WAN-Playback' allowing one to capture the characteristics of a live WAN
and later have LANforge-ICE emulate those captured characteristics. The
playback file is in XML format, and can be easily created by hand or with
scripts. The LANforge ICEcap tool can be used to probe networks and automatically
create the XML playback file.
- Available
configurations include all-in-one Laptops and rackmount systems for stationary
labs.
- Allows
packet sniffing and network protocol decoding with the integrated Ethereal
protocol sniffer.
- Comprehensive
management information detailing all aspects of the LANforge system including
processor card statistics, test cases, and ethernet port statistics.
- GUI
runs as Java application on Linux, Solaris and Microsoft Operating Systems
(among others).
- GUI
can run remotely, even over a dial-up modem link to accommodate the needs
of the users.
- Central
management application can manage multiple units, tests, and testers simultaneously.
- Supports
scriptable command line interface (telnet) which can be used to automate
test scenarios. Perl libraries and example scripts are also provided!
- Automatic
discovery of LANforge processor cards simplifies maintenance of LANforge
test equipment.
- LANforge
systems come pre-installed and configured with customer supplied network
information.
- LANforge
traffic generation and management software qualified on Red Hat Linux.
LANforge
NetReplay & Backtrack Feature Highlights
- Using
a combination of the LANforge-FIRE traffic generation and LANforge-ICE network
emulation, LANforge now supports capture and replay of ethernet packet streams.
- Capture
protocol can be converted to standard 'libpcap' format for use with other
tools such as Ethereal and tcpdump.
- Capture
has been benchmarked at 700Mbps bi-directional (1400 Mbps total) on high-end
hardware using the new kernel-mode capture support.
LANforge
ICEcap Network Probe Feature Highlights
- The
LANforge-ICEcap tool can probe a network and save the probed latency, packet
loss and other values to an XML file that can be replayed by the LANforge-ICE
WAN emulator. This allows for realistic WAN emulations based on real-world
networks.
- LANforge-ICEcap
currently supports Linux and Windows.
