Hello,
I need a tool that generates traffic flows from different source IP addresses for network tests.
Regards,
Naiden Dimitrov
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Thank you for the response, but this is a tool that examines data flows. I need a tool that generates data flows in order to test network equipment.
Regards,
Naiden Dimitrov
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Sorry I missed your context. YAF will generate flows (which is what I
thought you were asking) as it sees packets stream by, but it sounds
like you want something that puts traffic on the wire.
An old standby is:
and of course there are commercial options. Not sure how up to date
this is, but there are quite a few options listed here:
http://www.protocoltesting.com/trgen.html
---George Jones
Perhaps not a tool as in software, but clearly something that you might want
to have a look at :
Ixia and Spirent devices ... Those are mostly used for applications like
generating different kind of traffic.
Erik Bais
Another commercial tool (for large-scale application re-creation) is the Mu
Studio Performance Suite from Mu Dynamics:
http://www.mudynamics.com/resources/collaterals_noreg/Mu_Studio_Performance_Suite.pdf
~tom
The venerable mgen (http://cs.itd.nrl.navy.mil/work/mgen/) is another good option, provided you don't want lots of bandwidth.
It has some flexibility in scripting the flows it creates.
Jonathon
If you are looking to automate any of your testing, +1 Ixia if the box
is using the Agilent OS/Interface (I forget how they are marketing it
now). In regards to automation, I recently heard the Spirent
interface was quite handy for generating scripts from GUI
interactions, but I have not used it myself.
HTHs,
-Eddie
If a software based solution is OK, check out IxChariot, endpoints can be Windows, Linux, OS X, and Solaris. Used it years ago and was happy with it.
http://www.ixchariot.com/