On 30 May 2017 at 16:22, Nick Olsen <[email protected]> wrote: > Greetings all, > > Looking for a good test set. Primary use will be testing L2 circuits > (It'll technically be VPLS, But the test set will just see L2). Being able > to test routed L3 would also be useful. Most of the sets I've seen are two > sided, A "reflector" at the remote side, And the test set in hand run by > the technician. > > Looking to test up to 1Gb/s at various packet sizes, Measure Packet loss, > Jitter..etc. Primarily Copper, But if it had some form of optical port, I > wouldn't complain. Outputting a report that we can provide to the customer > would be useful, But isn't mandatory. Doesn't need anything fancy, Like > MPLS awareness, VLAN ID's..etc. > > > Nick Olsen > Sr. Network Engineer > Florida High Speed Internet > (321) 205-1100 x106
If you are just testing the forwarding at layer 2 and have no budget you can use free software and a laptop (for your copper requirement). I've been writing this (https://github.com/jwbensley/Etherate) and we use that as well as hardware testers. Cheers, James.
