LANforge wireless traffic generator is an excellent choice for testing Access Points and other WiFi networks. With latest Wi-Fi radios from Mediatek, Qualcomm, Broadcom and Intel, LANforge offers a flexible platform to configure differerent combinations of radios and test configurations.
LANforge 802.11a/b/g/n/ac/BE WiFi Traffic Generator utilizes the latest Wi-Fi chipsets to support NICs with large numbers of virtual stations per radio. Each of the Virtual Stations has its own IP address, IP port space, MAC address and routing table. Each Station has its own IP address, IP port space, MAC address and routing table. The Stations can be assigned to communicate to a particular Access Point, use a particular SSID, and have WPA2/WPA3 or enterprise authentication. Each radio can be configured independently of the other radios. Transmit power and channel/frequency is configured on a per-radio basis. Most other settings are configurable per station. Multiple LANforge systems can also be clustered together for even more realistic radio interference patterns and increased traffic generation capability.
The Virtual Stations may be configured with all of the virtual interfaces on the same subnet, or different subnets, depending on the testing requirements. When used with something like VoIP, it allows all of the VoIP calls to use the standard IP ports (with one call per virtual interface). Depend on the radio configuration, LANforge Wi-Fi Traffic Generator has upto 48 antenna and is small and quiet enough to sit on a desk or work bench.