[geeks] I need a "bad network"

[Bill Bradford]

On Thu, Jun 10, 2004 at 02:40:14PM -0400, David L Kindred (Dave) wrote:
> I have a need for a configurable and repeatable "bad network" for some
> testing.  I would need it to do things like "drop every nth packet" or
> "randomly drop n% of packets" or even "look for x then drop n packets",
> that sort of thing.  I can imagine how to build such a beast, perhaps by
> using a Linux or BSD box and constantly mucking with the
> ipchains/iptables/netfilter rules, but I'm assuming someone somewhere
> already sells (or has written) such a beast.
> The problem is, I'm not even sure what this thing would be called.
> Maybe a "Network Simulator"?

Just build a "router" out of a Windows machine and use Realtek
PCI 10/100 ethernet cards.  Same end result. :)

Bill

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bill bradford
austin texas