Network (WAN) Impairment Emulator
Aukua Network Impairment Emulators, also called Wide Area Network (WAN) Impairment Emulators, help engineering teams recreate real-world network conditions in a repeatable lab environment.
What the Aukua Network Emulator Helps Customers Test
Real networks introduce delay, congestion, packet loss, jitter, corruption, bandwidth limits, and link instability.
Aukua products help customers recreate those conditions in the lab so they can test performance, reproduce field issues, and validate system behavior before deployment.
Application Performance
Test how voice, video, mobile, gaming, cloud, and data applications perform when network conditions change.
Deployment Readiness
Evaluate user experience before a service launch, infrastructure migration, data center move, or system rollout.
Field Issue Reproduction
Recreate field conditions in the lab so engineering and support groups can isolate problems faster.
Negative Testing
Validate how devices, applications, and systems respond to loss, delay, jitter, congestion, corruption, and link behavior.
Inline Network Impairment Testing for Repeatable Results
Aukua network impairment emulators connect inline with the system under test and apply controlled delays, packet impairments, congestion, and link behavior between endpoints.
This approach helps customers evaluate how applications, devices, storage systems, and network-connected products respond when real-world network conditions affect traffic behavior.
Customers can apply repeatable impairment scenarios, compare results, and validate performance before systems enter live networks or demanding field environments.
Supported Interfaces and Performance
Aukua WAN and network impairment emulator capabilities support a broad range of Ethernet, Automotive Ethernet, and storage testing environments.
Customers can apply precise impairment control while maintaining line-rate performance across demanding test scenarios.
Supported Interfaces
- 25GBASE-SR / LR / CR and 10GBASE-R
- 10GBASE-T, 5GBASE-T, and 2.5GBASE-T
- 5000BASE-R and 2500BASE-R
- 5000BASE-X, 2500BASE-X, 1000BASE-X, and 100BASE-FX
- 1000BASE-T, 100BASE-TX, and 10BASE-T
- Automotive Ethernet BASE-T1 and optical BASE-RH
- Fibre Channel support through the SAN Delay Emulator
Platform Capabilities
- Multi-path network impairment emulation
- Selective impairment control with L2-L7 protocol filters
- Dynamic delay and impairment control
- 100% line-rate performance across impairment and filter configurations
- Nanosecond precision delay control
- Repeatable testing for validation, troubleshooting, and regression workflows
Flexible Impairment Control With Browser-Based Operation
Aukua products give customers precise control over common network impairments while keeping setup and operation accessible through an intuitive browser-based interface.
The platform also supports automation through a RESTful API, so customers can integrate impairment testing into repeatable validation, regression, and troubleshooting workflows.
Impairment Controls
- Delay
- Packet drop
- Corruption
- Link flap
- Reordering
- Packet jitter / PDV
- FCS errors
- Bandwidth congestion control
Ease of Use
- Browser-based interface
- No client software to install
- Intuitive setup for frequent and occasional users
- Repeatable test configuration
- Fast access to live results and statistics
Automation
- RESTful API
- Scripted test workflows
- Regression testing support
- Integration with engineering validation processes
- Repeatable impairment scenarios
Available Hardware Platforms
Aukua network impairment emulator capabilities run on Aukua Systems hardware platforms built for different link speed, interface, and testing requirements.
MGA8410
The MGA8410 supports Ethernet impairment emulation across 10MbE to 10GbE environments, including Automotive Ethernet support.
XGA4250
The XGA4250 supports higher-speed Ethernet impairment emulation across 10M to 25GbE environments and beyond.
Related Network Impairment Resources
Review Aukua product briefs, application notes, solution briefs, and technical resources related to WAN emulation, network impairment testing, storage distance testing, timing validation, and real-world network behavior.
Product Briefs
- MGA8410 Network Impairment Emulator
- XGA4250 Network Impairment Emulator
- XGA4250 Fibre Channel and Ethernet SAN Delay Emulator
Application Notes
- Real-World Testing of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
- Bullet-Proof Fibre Channel Remote Replication Solutions
- Validating RMDT Using Aukua Network Impairment Emulator
Solution Briefs
- Automotive Ethernet Testing
- Automotive Ethernet Network Impairment Emulation
- Aukua Network Impairment Emulators Brochure
- MGA8410 3-in-1 Ethernet Test and Monitoring System
- XGA4250 3-in-1 Ethernet Test and Monitoring System