Network load test equipment

I'm looking for equipment that can be used to load test network equipment such as switches, routers, firewall, and load balancers with pre-defined traffic patterns at differing rates. Ideally, this is only something I think I'll need 2-3x a year, so purchasing is not necessarily justifiable. I'd

RE: Network load test equipment

: Wednesday, September 02, 2009 3:00 PM To: nanog Subject: Network load test equipment I'm looking for equipment that can be used to load test network equipment such as switches, routers, firewall, and load balancers with pre-defined traffic patterns at differing rates. Ideally, this is only

Re: Network load test equipment

We've used Spirent with a lot of success. They have a good lease program, too: www.spirent.com Tom Greg Schwimer wrote: I'm looking for equipment that can be used to load test network equipment such as switches, routers, firewall, and load balancers with pre-defined traffic patterns at

Re: Network load test equipment

I've used Spirent, IXIA and Anritsu test gear and I prefer the Anritsu boxes, even if they are a tad more complicated to configure. There are places that you can rent stuff like that (I've rented OTDRs in the past) but the details escape me. nb --- Nick Buraglio Network Engineer, CITES,