CT521-at7
LANforge Wi-Fi-7 single radio Wi-Fi Traffic Generator
The CT521-at7 wireless traffic generator is an excellent choice for testing Access Points and other WiFi networks. The 4x4 MTK7915 /AX (a/b/g/n/ac/AX) chipset NICs can support 36 virtual stations per radio. They are packaged as three single-band radios (tri-band, tri-concurrent). Each Virtual Station has its own IP address, IP port space, MAC address, and routing table. The stations can be assigned to communicate to a particular Access Point, use a particular SSID, and have WPA2/WPA3 or enterprise authentication. Each radio can be configured independently of the other radios. Transmit power and channel/frequency is configured on a per-radio basis. Most other setting are configurable per station.
There are three single-band, or one tri-band tri-concurrent MTK7996 WiFi-7 4x4 2.4/5/6GHz and multiple LANforge systems can be clustered together for even more realistic radio interference patterns and increased traffic generation capability.
Wi-Fi 7
Portable
Feature
Test
WiFi Stations 1 102
⮝ 650
Wired Speed 2 2.5Gbps
⮝ 100Gbps
WiFi Speed 0 1.4Gbps
⮝ 10Gbps
Software Features
- Supports real-world protocols:
| Layer 2: Raw-Ethernet |
802.1Q VLANs |
| PPPoE: Integrated PPPoE support |
Layer 3: IPv4, IPv6, UDP/IP, IGMP Multicast UDP, TCP/IP |
| Layer 4-7: FTP, HTTP, HTTPS, TFTP, SFTP, SCP |
WiFi-7 Wireless Station (up to 102 per machine) |
| File-IO: NFSv3, NFSv4, CIFS, iSCSI |
- Supports up to 1000 concurrent TCP connections with base license package.
- Able to download around 1.8Gbps, depending on the protocols mix, wireless mode & environment, and speed of the network under test. Consider the CT523c or CT527 for more powerful systems.
- Supports real-world compliance with ARP protocol
- Supports ToS (QoS) settings for TCP/IP and UDP/IP connections
- Utilizes libcurl for FTP, HTTP & HTTPS (SSL), TFTP, and SCP protocols.
- Supports file system test endpoints (NFS, CIFS, and iSCSI file systems, too!).
- Supports custom command-line programs, such as telnet, SMTP, and ping
- Comprehensive traffic reports include: Packet Transmit Rate, Packet Receive Rate, Packet Drop %, Transmit Bytes, Receive Bytes, Latency, Jitter, various Ethernet driver-level counters, and much more.
- Allows packet sniffing and network protocol decoding with the integrated Wireshark protocol sniffer.
- GUI runs as Java application on Linux, MAC, and Microsoft operating systems (among others)
- GUI can run remotely, even of low-bandwidth links.
- Includes built-in scripting for iterating through rates and packet sizes, with automated reporting. Also supports a scriptable CLI (telnet) which can be used to automate test scenarios. Perl libraries and example scripts are provided!
Hardware Features
- Affordable Appliance with silent fan.
- Operating System: Debian Linux with customized 64-bit Linux kernel.
- Two 10Gbps and three 1Gbps Ethernet ports.
- Integrated tri-band, tri-concurrent MTK7996 4x4 WiFi-7 Radios.
- USB-C external power supply.
- ARM quad-core 1.9Ghz processor.
- Certification: CE Emission, FCC Class A, RoHS
Dimensions
8 x 5 x 5 inches (200 x 130 x130 mm)
Storage
60+ GB USB storage drive
List Price: $12,000 List Price with 1 Year support (17%): $14,040
Additional Features and Upgrades
Unless otherwise noted in the product description, these features usually cost extra:
