In article <[email protected]>, Bruce B <[email protected]> wrote: > > How can I introduce some distortion, echo, chopping sound and all other bad > quality things that can happen to a SIP trunk? I have plenty of bandwidth > and crisp clear lines so the only thing that I can think of is to limit > bandwidth but even that requires quite some scripting work. > > Is there any easy way to simulate a distorted SIP line temporarily for > testing? > > I am appreciate experienced inputs.
You could use iptables to cause random packet loss. See http://code.nomad-labs.com/2010/03/11/simulating-dropped-packets-aka-crappy-internets-with-iptables/ for examples. You might want to precede those rules with ACCEPT rules for the traffic you want to remain reliable (such as TCP connections). Cheers Tony -- Tony Mountifield Work: [email protected] - http://www.softins.co.uk Play: [email protected] - http://tony.mountifield.org -- _____________________________________________________________________ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- New to Asterisk? Join us for a live introductory webinar every Thurs: http://www.asterisk.org/hello asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
