When we released a new version of the ByteBlower traffic generator a few years ago we started getting user reports saying the TCP traffic flows mysteriously “stopped” after a short time. Some users told us the traffic stopped after 10 to 30 seconds. Other users told us the TCP flows stopped immediately. For those users...

I am not going to tell how to test the NAT Section (Agriculture, Rural Development and Environment) from the European Economic and Social committee. I believe you’re more interested in solutions for problems when testing Network Address Translation (NAT) routers. This post intends to help you in handling issues when testing (devices behind) NAT...

The internet is still expanding. Even more, we’re facing a major explosion of the number of devices connected to the internet. The rise of smartphones, wearables and the Internet of Things are evolutions that will expand the number of connected devices to numbers unseen so far. The transition to IPv6...

Today, Network Address Translators (or NAT) devices are everywhere. Their rapid rise towards universal adoption was not part of a planned effort. Instead, it was fueled by the continued growth of the internet and the corresponding depletion of the IPv4 address space. Besides obvious advantages, such as IP address reuse...