CPC H04L 43/50 (2013.01) [G06F 9/45558 (2013.01); H04L 43/0817 (2013.01); H04L 43/0888 (2013.01); H04L 43/16 (2013.01); H04L 47/125 (2013.01); G06F 2009/45595 (2013.01)] | 18 Claims |
1. A method for testing a network device, the method comprising:
initiating, from a traffic load generator, an initial testing traffic load to a networking device, the networking device routing a portion of the initial testing traffic load to a first output port of the networking device, the first output port in communication with a load amplifier to:
replicate a payload of a first packet of the initial testing traffic load into a replicated packet, wherein a header portion of the replicated packet is identical to a header portion of the first packet;
alter the header portion of the replicated packet, the altered header portion comprising a destination address for the replicated packet different from a destination address for the first packet;
altering a source address portion of the header portion of the replicated packet to emulate a routing network device associated with the networking device under test, wherein altering the header portion of the replicated packet is based on a network routing protocol of the networking device; and
transmit the first packet and the altered replicated packet to a plurality of input ports of the networking device.
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