[geeks] I need a 'bad network'

[Mike Hebel]

> 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. :)

I was going to suggest dial-up to AOL but that works too. ;-)

Mike Hebel
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