Create Load to test WAN circuit connectivity/reliability

[Jonnyballgame34]

Greetings,

I've got an office that is getting a new network build-out in parallel to the existing one.  While waiting for fiber we are deploying a Wimax solution, as a holdover.  That line is in now, and the move isn't until September.

There are worries about reliability because it's wireless. We have a "live-ish" network on the circuit, which is to say I have a core and a few access switches but nothing is connected yet.  

Does anyone have a recommendation on a way to test the circuit? I don't know if maybe there is a way to do it through the Cisco equipment, or possibly a third party application that I can put on a PC and plug int.  Ideally it would not only generate traffic but monitor it as well----I do have Solar winds although it's limited because i'ts waiting on a server upgrade------  so if the PC could generate the traffic I could probalby monitor it that way. 

Any input would be appreciated. Thanks

[dperezoquendo]

Hello,

So I'm not entirely sure what you exactly want to test. If you just want verify connectivity to the Internet, a user PC on your access switches should do. 

Also, since your using Solarwinds, have you considered looking into the Engineer's Toolset? There's quite a few tools that might be helpful. There is a 14-day free trial for it. 

[Jonnyballgame34]

Well I wanted to test the stability of the line and performance of the wireless solution with some actual traffic on it, vs. just doing a ping test which will tell me it's up, but not give me any idea of performance.

Unfortunately I already used my free Solar Winds trial, but it was a good idea. 

Thanks for taking the time to help. 

[rais · Accepted solution]

You can use iperf.

HTH

[Jonnyballgame34]

Thanks for taking the time to reply as well as the help