Why are IWL network emulators better?

IWL Network Emulators versus Brand X

Emulate all network impairments.

 

  • All network impairments:

    • Delay (latency)

    • duplication

    • drop/lose

    • re-order

    • jitter

    • fragment

    • burst errors

  • Reduced bandwidth link emulation

  • Rate limitation

Create user defined plugins.

 

  • Add your own “Smart” impairments.

  • Impair the protocol, not just the packet to intelligently modify or corrupt a packet

  • Customize for particular situations (e.g. legacy networks)

Pre-defined scenarios.

 

  • Choose from more than 50 pre-defined network environments — just point and click

  • The scenarios are created from published research of measured network behavior, performance, and anomalies.

  • Automatically step through network conditions ranging from the routine to the extreme

  • Minimal networking expertise required.

Comprehensive interface and access methods.

 

  • Access KMAX via:

    • Graphical User Interface

    • Command line

    • Remote interface

    • External program.

  • JSON Remote Interface

  • REST Application Programming Interface

Multiple, concurrent, bidirectional network flows.

 

  • Multiple, concurrent, bidirectional flows. Exercise the entire network transaction.

  • Define source and destination for traffic based on IP address, MAC address, port number, VLAN tag, and many other parameters.

  • Filter traffic into flows or bands based on any of the above, and protocol type, packet size, payload.

  • Create different impairments on different flows, that operate simultaneously.

Meticulous calibration yields accurate emulations.

 

  • IWL Network Emulators are calibrated, meeting the rigorous standards of the medical device industry:

    • 50 ms delay is really 50 ms delay

    • 1.544 Mbps rate limitation is 1.544 Mbps rate limitation.

  • Dependable, accurate emulations

Time-released emulations.

  • Define impairment patterns over a period of time or repeat them by using time-varying waveform expressions.

  • Extend the impairment patterns to operate over days, weeks, or months.