Re: [SLUG] WAN simulation

[Glen Turner <glen.turner@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Gavin Carr wrote:
> Quick question - I'm wanting to do some lab-based WAN simulation i.e. 
> have an ethernet link set up between two boxes that has wan-like 
> latencies on it. I was thinking I could maybe just insert a linux 
> router/forwarder into that link if I can find some means of 
> introducing forwarding delays there - anyone know of any way to do
> that?

Linux has the netem traffic classifier.  I use it all the
time for exactly this scenario.
See <http://linux-net.osdl.org/index.php/Netem>.