Inspired by a thread on cisco-nsp ( https://puck.nether.net/pipermail/cisco-nsp/2008-October/055260.html) I was wondering if there was network device testing/packet generating equipment (be it a Spirent SmartBits or Agilent N2X (thanks for sponsoring Swinog-13)or anything similar) to borrow/for rent in the swinog community ? Until now I've mostly used iperf et al to test equipment - what are your opinions and experiences regarding testing/troubleshooting/benchmarking network equipment ?
Best regards (and until next week at Swinog-17), Aarno