Reducing bandwidth for testing

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For testing purposes etc. I need 1) Ways to reduce bandwidth on a connection (each direction) 2) Simulate broken connection. 3) Measure bandwidth, perhaps see whats going through.

I am thinking of something like a proxy or perhaps something plugging into Apache/Tomcat

(Should look like a http URL/URI to the client)

I am using iprelay/fiddler. Though I would like accumulated traffic, and it seems I can for example just export to XML. — Olav, Jan 19 '11 at 19:49

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 03 '12 at 14:24

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Found this one for Windows using Fiddler http://www.logic-worx.com/index.php/tools-and-apps/fiddler-connection-simulator/

answered Jul 03 '12 at 14:24

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score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 07 '11 at 10:39

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This "proxy" can simulate all of that for you and does a good job as well.. http://info.iet.unipi.it/~luigi/dummynet/

Commercial tools can be very expensive for this kind of testing so worth the effort setting up a dedicated linux box for this. I have not tried the windows version yet..

answered Jan 07 '11 at 10:39

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ipreleay seems about the same, and simpler, more easy to get? – Olav Jan 08 '11 at 19:52

Reducing bandwidth for testing

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