Ah no, Humberto, I wasn't offended ! You're perfectly entitled to choices (as if you needed my saying so :) ) and I just wanted to learn more about what criteria drive your preferences.
Thank you for replying. Cheers, Etienne On Thu, Aug 26, 2021 at 8:23 PM Humberto Galiza <humbertogal...@gmail.com> wrote: > Sorry if you thought so Etienne, but I didn't mean to 'suggest' it as > a second-class/second option solution (please note I only mentioned > cost and open source as the factors; I'm sure there are much more to > evaluate!). I just put the options on the table willing to help him to > see what's available out there. It is up to him now to pick X, Y, or > go with ping -i. > > This list is really become more and more sensitive these days :p > > On Thu, Aug 26, 2021 at 7:05 PM Etienne-Victor Depasquale > <ed...@ieee.org> wrote: > > > > > >> If the budget is short or if you're willing to go with an open source > >> suite for testing, you might want to have a look at Pktgen-DPDK too: > >> https://github.com/pktgen/Pktgen-DPDK > >> There are tons of tutorials out there explaining how to use Linux + > >> pktgen-dpdk to generate traffic. I hope it helps. > > > > > > Without wishing in the least to derail this thread, > > would you explain why you (seem to) consider Pktgen-DPDK > > as a second, rather than a first choice, > > for packet generation? > > > > Cheers, > > > > Etienne > > > > On Thu, Aug 26, 2021 at 7:59 PM Humberto Galiza < > humbertogal...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> > >> I've used Ixia for similar purposes (nothing related to voip stuff > >> though), but as others already said equipment cost is a factor here. > >> If the budget is short or if you're willing to go with an open source > >> suite for testing, you might want to have a look at Pktgen-DPDK too: > >> https://github.com/pktgen/Pktgen-DPDK > >> There are tons of tutorials out there explaining how to use Linux + > >> pktgen-dpdk to generate traffic. I hope it helps. > >> > >> Cheers! > >> > >> On Thu, Aug 26, 2021 at 2:07 PM Joe Yabuki <joeyabuki...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> > > >> > Hi all, > >> > > >> > I just wanted to know how you do your network testing when validating > a new design/technology in your Network, especially to ensure that it will > meet your SLA requirements for example that a voice call will not be > dropped in case of a network element failure ? > >> > > >> > Do you test with IXIA, multiping, launch somes VM using ping with -i > option, Windows ping by setting the timeout interval, or may be directly > from the Network device (routers...), > >> > > >> > Many thanks, > >> > Joe > > > > > > > > -- > > Ing. Etienne-Victor Depasquale > > Assistant Lecturer > > Department of Communications & Computer Engineering > > Faculty of Information & Communication Technology > > University of Malta > > Web. https://www.um.edu.mt/profile/etiennedepasquale > -- Ing. Etienne-Victor Depasquale Assistant Lecturer Department of Communications & Computer Engineering Faculty of Information & Communication Technology University of Malta Web. https://www.um.edu.mt/profile/etiennedepasquale
