Simulating Network Latency

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"TECH_NEWS" <info@tcdood.com> wrote:
>I have seen "DUMMYNET", for Linux. I am basically looking for a Windows
>solution. A multihomed PC or Laptop, running software that can slow down
>(add delay) to packets. WE want to test inhouse.

It's not very difficult to write such a thing, I hacked up a traffic
generator in C under DOS a few years back using the packet interface,
which does most things you need. Besides, if you develop it yourself,
it's trivial to add features...

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TECH_NEWS wrote:

>
> Been looking for a program that can simulate network latency. We
> have a problem with an embedded controller, that seems to suffer from
> network latency. Most of our clients are using networks that feed
> from a Mfg plant to a corporate network. We are afraid that the
> delay is significant, and that our application times out.
>
> I have seen "DUMMYNET", for Linux. I am basically looking for a
> Windows solution. A multihomed PC or Laptop, running software that
> can slow down (add delay) to packets. WE want to test inhouse.
>
> Let me know if you know any programs.


Only Windows based software that I know of is Shunra's product.


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