Linktropy Product Family Overview
Linktropy WAN Emulators from Apposite Technologies combine unsurpassed precision with unbeatable prices. Linktropy WAN Emulators simulate wide-area network bandwidth, delay, jitter, packet loss, congestion, and other important link impairments at speeds of up to 1 Gbps.
The Linktropy 4500 and 7500 series emulate terrestrial, wireless, satellite, internet and other wide area networks to test applications under a spectrum of real-world conditions. The unique Linktropy Scheduler makes it easy to emulate even dynamically changing network conditions. Through an intuitive, browser-based graphical interface, you can install the Linktropy WAN Emulator and begin testing within minutes.
The Linktropy 4500 emulates links of up to 155 Mbps, while the Linktropy 7500 series can emulate gigabit speed links at full line rate. Use the Linktropy 7500 to emulate a single link or the Linktropy 7500 PRO for up to 4 separate links. The table below summarizes the primary differences between the different Linktropy models.
In addition to the Linktropy 4500 and 7500 series high-precision WAN emulators designed for lab and application testing, Apposite also offers the Linktropy Mini portable WAN emulator specifically developed for customer and trade show demonstrations of networking products by sales professionals, sales engineers, and product resellers.
| Linktropy Model | 4500 | 7500 | 7500 PRO | |||
| Maximum Throughput per link (full duplex) | 155 Mbps | 1 Gbps | 1 Gbps | |||
| Simultaneous Emulated Links | 1 | 1 | 4 | |||
| Maximum Packet Forwarding Rate (pps) | 250,000 | 3 million | 3 million | |||
| Emulation interfaces: total Copper 10/100/1000baseT Ethernet SFP modular fiber/copper Gigabit Ethernet |
2 2 0 |
8 4 4 |
8 4 4 |
