Network load test equipment

[tom.ammon at utah.edu (Tom Ammon)]

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 differing rates.  Ideally, this is only something I
> think I'll need 2-3x a year, so purchasing is not necessarily justifiable.
> I'd prefer to rent.  What products have you used?  Where did you get them
> from?
>
> I need to be able to run pre-defined traffic patterns at various rates, in
> excess of 10Gbps in most cases.
>
> Thanks!
> Greg
>   

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