CT523c-3w7m4-10g-cu
LANforge WiFIRE WiFi-7 Three Radio Traffic Generator Supporting 324 Virtual STA Interfaces
The CT523c-3w7m4-10g-cu wireless traffic generator is an excellent choice for testing Access Points and other WiFi networks. The 4x4 MTK7996 WiFi-7 (a/b/g/n/ac/AX/BE) chipset NICs can support 36 virtual stations per band per NIC. They are packaged as three single-band radios (tri-band, tri-concurrent). Each of the Virtual Stations has its own IP address, IP port space, MAC address, and routing table. Each 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 MTK7996 tri-band tri-concurrent 4x4 WiFi radios per CT523c-3w7m4-10g-cu and multiple LANforge systems can be clustered together for even more realistic radio interference patterns and increased traffic generation capability.
Wi-Fi 7
Chamber
Ready
10 Gbps
Performance
Test
WiFi Stations 1 324
⮝ 650
Wired Speed 1 10G
⮝ 100Gbps
WiFi Speed 0 8Gbps
⮝ 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 |
802.11a/b/g/n/AX/BE Wireless Station (up to 324 per machine) |
| File-IO: NFSv3, NFSv4, CIFS, iSCSI |
- Supports up to 1000 concurrent TCP connections with base license package.
- Able to download around 8Gbps using the 802.11AC wave-2 radio, depending on the protocols mix, wireless mode & environment, and speed of the network under test. Supports at least 60 VoIP (SIP, RTP) calls if appropriate licenses are purchased.
- 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
- High-End Appliance with quiet fan and 4 slots.
- Operating System: Fedora Linux with customized 64-bit Linux kernel.
- Two 1Gbps Ethernet ports, room for four additional NICs
- CPU: Intel I7-12700TE 3.40GHZ (UP TO 4.60GHZ) 25MB LGA 1700 35W
- Intel 2-port 10G-BaseT (rj45) network adapter card, PCI-e x8, 5GT/s bus. Supports 100Mbps, 1Gbps, 2.5Gbps, 5Gbps, and 10Gbps base-t
- HDMI, VGA, and USB ports for desktop usage.
- Dual 240+ GB Solid State Hard Drives (RAID Mirror).
- External power supply (brick) supplying 9.5AMP at 24VCD, 230W. Input: 100-240V, 3AMP 50-60Hz.
- Certification: CE, FCC, RoHS
- Mediatek 802.11a/b/g/n/AC/AX/BE 4x4 MIMO tri-band tri-concurrent MTK7996 chipset radio with four external antenna.
Dimensions
8 x 11 x 8 inches (200 x 280 x 200 mm)
Operating Temperature
-10 ~ 60°C
List Price: $62,750 List Price with 1 Year support (17%): $73,418
Additional Features and Upgrades
Unless otherwise noted in the product description, these features usually cost extra:
