Bug #196

Adding netem support to simulate latency

Added by Dave Täht on Jun 5, 2011. Updated on Jan 29, 2013.
Closed Normal Jim Gettys

Description

Netem looks very useful to simulate latency and packet loss.

http://www.linuxfoundation.org/collaborate/workgroups/networking/netem

I’ve added support for it to the cerowrt and cerowrt-dbg builds, and proposed a package for openwrt.

https://dev.openwrt.org/ticket/8839#comment:3

History

Updated by Dave Täht on Jul 10, 2011.
need to come up with sane ways to test it, and also figure out to what extent it will flatline a router….
Updated by Dave Täht on Jul 31, 2011.
really want someone to play with netem..
Updated by Dave Täht on Aug 3, 2011.
adding it to the testplan…

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