Hi, I would like to
do some testing with the packets I capture on my network which has multiple segments
seperated by routers. But I'm not sure what would
happen in the following situations:
A.
If I put a
collection unit on each segment and collect packets for 24 hours, and later
retransmit the packets collected, will the routers forward the packets? I
assume the following set of test conditions for this test: I would
need to reset the time on all routers and synch them to the ms;
I would have to synch the times of all the
collection/retransmission systems to the routers down to the ms; I would
have to throttle transmission rates and coordinate start/stop
transmission times.
I figure i'll use
something like replay to send the packets again...but that may not be
enough...dont know if replay will send at rate packets were received at.
Anyone know of another app I can use that does send at the rate received?
I tried NG
Sniffer but it cant open large files without croaking and I cannot determine if
the packets are trasmitted at the rate received or not.
B. If I
upgrade to GIGE on the network and upgrade my collection unit's hardware,
can ethereal handle the capture and analysis?
Any help or ideas
will be greatyly appreciated.
Kurt
