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Network Performance Testing?

Posted by Cliff on from the simulating-bits dept.

ItsMr.Data asks: "Recently, the department I work in has been planning on rolling out a new gigabit backbone network. We have been looking for ways to test network congestion. I am looking for a simple but accurate tool to test different paths through the network. I looked at Iperf, but I wonder what other test setups are out there, and if any are customizable to emulate differing types of traffic, such as streaming media, file sharing traffic, and video conferencing. So, what network performance testing setups do you use?"

2 of 18 comments (clear)

  1. Do what my company did... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    First I got the higher ups to file a lawsuit against
    IBM claiming Linux has some of our code in it. Then
    got our site linked from slashdot. Later one even
    created a virus to attack the company's site just
    to see how well the network's performance is. ;)


    Too bad the company is going bankrupt, but we do
    have a great network.

  2. first positive and non-partisan post by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    good luck to George Bush and John Kerry!