Re: lossy router?

James Mastros (root@jennifer-unix.dyn.ml.org)
Tue, 20 Jan 1998 17:39:12 -0500 (EST)


On Mon, 19 Jan 1998, Pavel Machek wrote:
> Hi!
>
> > I am in need of a simple router
> > (IP_FORWARDING would be plenty) that can be configured to corrupt the
> > network as it routes.
>
> Hmm, what about simple ppp line, with a bit of userspace magic that
> would corrupt and/or delay it? Unless you want too accurate timers,
> this is easily doable.

Or just a ppp line with the phone off the hook. I think he wanted to do
some testing, in which case, LOTS of data is good. (BTW -- To do a
sporidic-speed test, run ppp over telnet over ppp over telnet.)

-=- James Mastros