Load testing
To create vast amounts of traffic to stress a device or a network requires either very expensive lab type traffic generation equipment or a large base of client machines running some sort of packet blasting agent. Many users in development or verification environments need solutions that can tackle this problem in a more elegant and cost effective manner.

FlameThrower fits perfectly in environments where generating high loads of traffic from 10 through 1000 Mbps is need to stress device or application capabilities. In fact, Compuware has used FlameThrower’s gigabit capabilities to ensure their full-duplex gigabit-monitoring probe (EcoScope ™) is functioning properly at both a hardware and a software level. They did this by simply creating a traffic profile in our BitStressor traffic emulation application and connecting directly to their probe dual-port NIC. This simple test was created in just a few minuets and made it possible to test their product under real-world conditions.

This same application of FlameThrower is valid for transceivers, PHYs, Cable plant infrastructures, hubs, basic switches, advanced multi-layer switched, routers, carrier level products with Ethernet front ends. Virtually any Ethernet type device that needs to respond to heavy traffic conditions can be stressed using FlameThrower. Vendors and end-users alike now have an application to test device level capability and performance. All this is done from a device no bigger than a VCR with the capacity to handle up to 40 wire speed 10/100 ports (UTP or fiber) or 10 wire speed fiber gigabit ports (we provide a full line of uplink tests as a part of our standard software).