Software simulates large or small networks

An iTrinegy product story

Edited by the Electronicstalk editorial team Jul 24, 2008

INE for Windows-2P allows users to see how characteristics such as bandwidth, latency/delay, jitter and packet loss can affect application performance.

iTrinegy has released a two-port version of its INE for Windows network simulation software.

The INE for Windows-2P network emulator software enables developers and testers to check, from the desktop, how applications perform in wide area, remote or wireless network conditions.

INE for Windows-2P software can be installed on a suitably configured dedicated Windows PC, laptop, workstation or server in order to convert it into two-port inline network emulator.

With standard TCP-IP applications like HTTP, FTP, mail and MS networks, as well as time-sensitive ones such as VoIP (Voice over IP), streaming media and video-on-demand where there is a requirement for high-quality of service (QoS), it is essential to know that these applications are going to perform properly over target networks.

INE for Windows-2P allows users to see how characteristics such as bandwidth, latency/delay, jitter and packet loss can affect application performance.

"The real plus with our new INE for Windows-2P software is that it is quick to install and so simple to use that you can be creating realistic network environments in a few minutes", Frank Puranik, Product Director, iTrinegy said.

"Our new 2-P Inline emulator software allows users to emulate a wide range of networks in a safe and controlled environment so that you can understand how applications will behave before actually rolling them out into the final production environment".

INE for Windows-2P software is controlled by moving sliders on the screen GUI, allowing users to control the key network characteristics that could affect applications, together with the ability to apply selective impairments via filters and to set asymmetric network links.

iTrinegy has also provided a number of pre-defined network scenarios, which can be selected from either a drop-down menu or via iTrinegy's hosted scenario server.

The software can also be controlled with an XML script, to allow for extended and unattended testing, where the network conditions can be changed over time to represent a more realistic replication of conditions for testing.