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Build Repeatable Topologies
Connect clients, servers, switches, emulated links and capture points for each course or project, using ChaosBridge to control conditions.
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Laboratory & Industry Solution
Education and Research Network Labs
Protocol Teaching, Research, PCAP Experiments and Automated Emulation
Repeatable, programmable and observable experiments covering protocols, performance, impairments, replay, measurements and forensics.
Core Emulation Equipment
Products
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Scenarios
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Evidence
PCAP
Why
Requirements
Courses and research need real traffic, protocols and controlled conditions. Software-only simulation may miss physical-link/device behavior, while production networks are uncontrolled and difficult to repeat.
ChaosBridge controls conditions, Traffic Generation builds packets or replays PCAPs, Flow Hunter analyzes protocols and BestPerf measures quality in an integrated teaching/research lab.
Topology
Test and Deployment Topology
STEP 1Lab Clients / Servers
STEP 2ChaosBridge Impairments
STEP 3Traffic Generation Transmitter
STEP 4Traffic Generation PCAP Samples
STEP 5Flow Hunter Analysis Report
How
Implementation
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Generate and Replay Experimental Traffic
Generate L2-L3, broadcast, multi-stream and background loads or switch to PCAP replay for protocol and security experiments.
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Measure and Analyze Results
BestPerf records quality; Flow Hunter analyzes stages, sessions, retransmissions, DNS/TLS/HTTP and captures so students and researchers see the complete path.
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Automate through Open APIs
Automate parameters, traffic models, impairments, capture and reports for integration with teaching platforms and research scripts.
Product Stack
Core Emulator and Supporting Tools
Core Emulation Equipment
Optional Supporting Tools
NetAccura Traffic Generation
NetAccura Traffic Generation
Generate L2-L3 test streams. Software models also replay Ethernet PCAPs, rewrite IPv4 addresses and TCP/UDP ports, and multiply traffic for performance, security detection and issue reproduction. Stop all transmit tasks before switching modes. Simultaneous generation and replay require separate devices.
Network Quality Measurement Software
BestPerf
Actively measure RTT, directional loss, jitter, micro-outages, TCP goodput and quality under load to establish link baselines.
Network Traffic Analyzer
Flow Hunter
Capture passively through mirrored ports or TAPs for L2-L7 analysis, session investigation, protocol-stage diagnosis and PCAP export.
Result
Expected Outcomes
Move from Demonstrations to Reproducible Experiments
Students and researchers obtain comparable results with identical topologies, parameters and samples.
Teach Real Engineering Workflows
Connect protocols, traffic, impairments, performance and forensics in workflows resembling enterprise testing.
Produce Reviewable Reports and Evidence
Deliver more than throughput or delay figures: include topology, parameters, timelines, quality curves, key sessions, anomalies, PCAP extracts and retest results. Development, testing, operations, vendors and customers can discuss the same evidence rather than relying on screenshots, verbal descriptions and repeated debate.
References
Related Standards and Methods
RFC 2544 Network Device Benchmarking Methodology
For validating throughput, loss, forwarding, frame-size combinations, filtering and behavior under abnormal conditions.
RFC 6349 TCP Throughput Testing Framework
Explains the relationship between end-to-end TCP throughput, RTT, bottleneck bandwidth, buffering and user experience.
IEC/IEEE 60802 TSN Profile for Industrial Automation
Selects bridge, end-station and LAN features and configurations to support deterministic industrial networks.
Next Step
Need to Apply This Solution to Your Network?
NetAccura can create a test topology, parameter table and POC plan based on your links, models, application protocols, available PCAPs and SLA goals.