WAN Emulation using WANEm
Let's say that we have to test some application, that can be a web application, a TCP/IP application or any other kind of connection, in an environment that simulates the WAN. First of all we have to design the network environment. Most times, I use a Hyper-V environment to do setup the machines and networks needed for the test. Lets say that we've already setup a server and a client as virtual machines with names SERVERVM and CLIENTVM respectively. Each has one virtual network adapter. Now we need to create two new virtual networks, let's name them SERVERNET and CLIENTNET. We connect the client's adapter to the CLIENTNET and server's adapter to SERVERNET. The next thing we have to do is create the WAN emulation virtual machine. I prefer to user the WANEm emulator. So grab a copy of the ISO and create a new VM. If you are using Hyper-V, remove the Virtual Network Adapter from the VM and add two new Legacy Network Adapters. Connect the adapters...