Azimuth unveils 8021.11 testing and simulating

Azimuth Systems last week unveiled hardware and software for simulating and testing 802.11 wireless LANs. The W-Series Analysis Platform is a chassis with a set of client modules and a software program for setting up and running the tests in a lab setting.

Azimuth Systems last week unveiled hardware and software for simulating and testing 802.11 wireless LANs. The W-Series Analysis Platform is a chassis with a set of client modules and a software program for setting up and running the tests in a lab setting.

Using the WSAP, equipment manufacturers, radio chip makers, systems integrators and big corporations can test anything from one access point with one user to numerous access points with hundreds of users. The WSAP collects data on how the devices behave under various loads.

Using the gear, testers can study how applications perform, what happens as users roam, whether quality-of-service criteria are being met and whether security is being enforced. Testers can create specific or random client behavior by writing scripts that run on the WSAP chassis.

The chassis can collect and compare data that shows how the WLAN performs with various encryption schemes or how it performs with encryption turned on and then off.

The test platform is scheduled to be available in January, with a base price of $40,000.