Network Testing Question

timfair · 06-21-2003, 07:33 AM

I work as an engineer for a voice and data networking company .... and I am looking for a linux utility to be able to plug an old laptop running RH8 with command line only, into a customer's network and run tests to do assessments on whether the network is ready for VoIP. Any leads would be appreciated. Thanks

Mara · 06-21-2003, 04:26 PM

What do you mean exactly? Do you need QoS tests or just test bandwidth and such things?

soob · 06-22-2003, 07:08 AM

For a short term test, latency + traceroute, you could try mtr (I think it comes as a redhat package). Maybe ttcp for a brute-force throughput test.

As mara said, it would help if you mentioned what you need to measure.

timfair · 06-23-2003, 09:32 AM

I would ideally like to find a utility that does a complete VoIP assessment including QoS and bandwidth measurements, however I can handle having multiple programs that can accomplish the same. Preferably the utility(s) should be able to run for a set time period and produce some sort of reports afterwards including MOS values. Thanks for your help.

Mara · 06-23-2003, 03:08 PM

iperf, I guess. You can also look at the list from here: http://www.fokus.fhg.de/research/cc/...tools/qos.html

timfair · 06-24-2003, 07:48 AM

Looks like what I am after ... I'll have to try it out .... Thanks again