User Manual
About Apposite Technologies
Apposite Technologies makes WAN emulation easy by offering professional-quality network emulation tools at affordable
prices. Apposite’s Netropy and Linktropy WAN emulation appliances simulate bandwidth, latency, loss, congestion, and other
network impairments with fine-grained precision to provide accurate simulations of any
type of wide-area network. Netropy and Linktropy WAN emulators are
widely deployed by leading enterprises, application and
equipment developers, telecoms carriers, and
government and military organizations around
the world. Apposite Technologies –
WAN Emulation Made Easy
11500 W. OLYMPIC BLVD., SUITE 510
LOS ANGELES, CA 90064 USA
TEL: 1.310.477.9955 | FAX: 1.310.477.9956
info@apposite-tech.com | www.apposite-tech.com
Copyright © 2012 Apposite Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved. Apposite and Linktropy are registered trademarks of Apposite Technologies.
Netropy, the Apposite logo and “WAN emulation made easy” are trademarks of Apposite Technologies.
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Specifications
Linktropy 5500 Linktropy 8500
Max. Emulation Speed
Max. Aggregate Throughput
Emulated Links
Maximum Packet Rate
2 Mbps, 10 Mbps, 45 Mbps, 100 Mbps, or 1 Gbps
2 Gbps
1 link
1 million pps
300 bps – maximum rate in 1 bps increments
0 ms – 10 sec. in 0.1 ms increments; constant, uniform, normal distributions
0 – 100% in increments of 0.0001%
0 – 100% in increments of 0.1%
Bit Error Rate, Packet Reordering, Packet Duplication, Queue Depth, Framing Overhead
1 x Gigabit Ethernet, 1 x RS-232 serial console
10 Mbps, 45 Mbps, 100 Mbps, or 1 Gbps
8 Gbps
4 links
12 million pps
2 Gigabit Ethernet
(copper or SFP)
8 Gigabit Ethernet
(8 copper, 8 SFP, or 4 of each)
Bandwidth
Delay
Packet Loss Rate
Background Traffic
Additional Parameters
Emulation
Management
Hardware Warranty
Support & Maintenance
1 year included
1 x Gigabit Ethernet, 1 x RS-232 serial console
Interfaces
Emulation Settings
Capacity
1 year included
1 year included
1 year included
Warranty & Support