Roger Standridge

Hardware time stamping is disclosed. In a method, a transmit time stamp may be added to an outgoing data unit in hardware prior to transmitting the outgoing data unit over a communications medium. The outgoing data unit may be received from a processor and may be intended for a node. The outgoing data unit may be transmitted over the communications medium to the node. An incoming data unit may be received over the communications medium. A receive time stamp may be added to the incoming data… Show more

Hardware time stamping is disclosed. In a method, a transmit time stamp may be added to an outgoing data unit in hardware prior to transmitting the outgoing data unit over a communications medium. The outgoing data unit may be received from a processor and may be intended for a node. The outgoing data unit may be transmitted over the communications medium to the node. An incoming data unit may be received over the communications medium. A receive time stamp may be added to the incoming data unit in hardware before the incoming data unit is provided to the processor. The method may be achieved on a hardware device included on a board in a network testing system. Show less

There is disclosed methods and apparatus for generation of processed traffic. An environment may include a traffic generator, a network, a gateway and a traffic receiver. The abilities of the gateway may be tested by generating traffic from the traffic generator and transmitting it to the traffic receiver via the network and the gateway. Time constraints of processor-intensive processing may be avoided by holding or looping back traffic from the traffic generator so that the traffic may be… Show more

There is disclosed methods and apparatus for generation of processed traffic. An environment may include a traffic generator, a network, a gateway and a traffic receiver. The abilities of the gateway may be tested by generating traffic from the traffic generator and transmitting it to the traffic receiver via the network and the gateway. Time constraints of processor-intensive processing may be avoided by holding or looping back traffic from the traffic generator so that the traffic may be transmitted as needed for a test. Show less