Are there reliable tools that can simulate real life-like network conditions e.g. networks with different bandwidth, different latencies, packet loss etc...?
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1\$\begingroup\$ Also take a look at Simulating high latency / intermittent network connections \$\endgroup\$– JustinCommented Nov 2, 2012 at 11:42
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\$\begingroup\$ @Justin But is it possible (on Windows) to route application traffic through virtual machine? I mean running a second box for the app is in my case kinda out of the question... \$\endgroup\$– zdunyCommented Nov 2, 2012 at 12:25
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RakNet's FAQ has some recommendations for such tools:
How do I simulate lag?
In a hurry, use RakPeer::ApplyNetworkSimulator. But I recommend http://www.netlimiter.com/ instead. There is also Network Emulator Toolkit (NEWT) from http://blog.mrpol.nl/2010/01/14/network-emulator-toolkit/ or Introducing True Network Emulation in Visual Studio 2010
answered Nov 2, 2012 at 11:16
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http://www.netlimiter.com isn't bad. The free version allows you to put different bandwidth limits on the connections in your machine. Not sure that it can do packet loss though.
