Re: RFC2544 Testing Equipment

[Shawn L via NANOG]

JDSU make some nice ones that we use to qualify cell tower back haul.  Not 
cheap though
 


-Original Message-
From: "Jeremy Austin" 
Sent: Tuesday, May 30, 2017 11:29am
To: "James Breeden" , "n...@flhsi.com" , 
"nanog@nanog.org" 
Subject: Re: RFC2544 Testing Equipment



JW, have you moved on to EtherSAM? That's what I'd be looking for myself.
On Tue, May 30, 2017 at 7:28 AM James Breeden  wrote:

> When we had to do this once in a blue moon, we just bought a pair of old
> Agilent Framescopes off ebay. They worked great but we had issues getting
> reporting out of them. They had RJ45 and SFP on them.
>
> -Original Message-
> From: NANOG [mailto:nanog-bounces+james=arenalgroup...@nanog.org] On
> Behalf Of Nick Olsen
> Sent: Tuesday, May 30, 2017 10:23 AM
> To: nanog@nanog.org
> Subject: RFC2544 Testing Equipment
>
> 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
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>

Re: RFC2544 Testing Equipment

[Jeremy Austin]

JW, have you moved on to EtherSAM? That's what I'd be looking for myself.
On Tue, May 30, 2017 at 7:28 AM James Breeden  wrote:

> When we had to do this once in a blue moon, we just bought a pair of old
> Agilent Framescopes off ebay. They worked great but we had issues getting
> reporting out of them. They had RJ45 and SFP on them.
>
> -Original Message-
> From: NANOG [mailto:nanog-bounces+james=arenalgroup...@nanog.org] On
> Behalf Of Nick Olsen
> Sent: Tuesday, May 30, 2017 10:23 AM
> To: nanog@nanog.org
> Subject: RFC2544 Testing Equipment
>
>  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
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>

RE: RFC2544 Testing Equipment

[James Breeden]

When we had to do this once in a blue moon, we just bought a pair of old 
Agilent Framescopes off ebay. They worked great but we had issues getting 
reporting out of them. They had RJ45 and SFP on them. 

-Original Message-
From: NANOG [mailto:nanog-bounces+james=arenalgroup...@nanog.org] On Behalf Of 
Nick Olsen
Sent: Tuesday, May 30, 2017 10:23 AM
To: nanog@nanog.org
Subject: RFC2544 Testing Equipment

 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

  

  
  

RFC2544 Testing Equipment

[Nick Olsen]

 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