Description
The Network Emulator for Real-World Results
Netropy empowers your team to test under real-world conditions with fine-grained precision to predict and troubleshoot problems before they occur.
Whether you’re testing on 5G, SD-WAN, or satellite networks, Netropy’s scalable hardware helps you predict, optimise, and troubleshoot your network performance to prevent bottlenecks and failures. With the Netropy Network Emulator, you can simulate impairments like latency, packet loss, and congestion and deliver deterministic, repeatable results.
Apposite Technologies helps you gain the insights needed to optimise performance and deliver an exceptional user experience every time.
Don’t let performance issues disrupt your plans — use Netropy to anticipate and overcome them.
What Can You Do With the Netropy Network Emulator?
Netropy comes with a comprehensive feature set to help you isolate and test against varying network conditions and overcome all sorts of network testing challenges. Here’s a look at what’s possible with Apposite network emulators:
- Concurrent Testing: Multiple emulation engines (Netropy N91, 10G2, 10G4) enable simultaneous performance testing for complex scenarios.
- Packet Filtering: Assign packets to specific links using IP address, VLAN, or other identifiers for precise testing.
- Bandwidth Emulation: Simulate links from 100 bps to 100 Gbps, accommodating diverse network environments. Throttle bandwidth speeds to identify how much bandwidth an application needs, which can prevent over-purchasing.
- Realistic Latency: Emulate delays up to 20 seconds in each direction, with jitter control in 0.01 ms increments, dropped packet simulation, and more.
- Interface Flexibility: Supports copper and SFP ports, with dual-rate 1/10 Gbps SFP+ ports for seamless integration.
- Packet Loss & Corruption: Test the impact of random, burst, or periodic packet loss and corruption on critical applications like video and VoIP.
- Capture & Replay: Record real-world network delay and loss characteristics, then replay them for accurate performance analysis.
- Background Utilisation: Simulate congested networks without additional traffic generators or client machines.
Advanced Testing & Insights
- Full-Day Analysis: Access and analyse up to 24 hours of throughput graphs and link statistics for in-depth insights.
- Automated Testing: Streamline workflows with a comprehensive command-line interface (CLI) for automated performance testing.
- Protocol Optimisation: Test and adjust configurations (e.g., TCP/IP) to enhance network performance.
- SLA Verification: Ensure application stability and responsiveness under challenging network conditions.
- Root Cause Analysis: Differentiate between application and network-related performance issues for targeted solutions.
Specialised Use Cases
- Pre-Deployment Testing: Assess application performance under real-world conditions before rollout.
- Software QA: Test APIs and simulate degraded conditions during cloud migrations or system upgrades.
- VoIP & Video: Ensure acceptable call and video quality by replicating latency, jitter, and packet loss.
- IoT & Edge Networks: Verify performance of IoT devices and edge applications in constrained environments.
Unique Features
- MPLS Identifier: Assign specific MPLS labels or ranges to target traffic for granular testing.
- Frame Size Matching: Analyse traffic by specifying Ethernet frame sizes or ranges for deeper performance insights.
