Ideal Industries UniPRO MGig1 gigabit ethernet tester

The Ideal Industries UniPRO MGig1 E bidirectional, single-port and dual-port ethernet testers are now available with the UniPRO SEL1 intelligent loop-back device. The MGig1 technology makes it possible to test the actual performance of ethernet links, testing the performance under service-level agreements including the performance of Q in Q, a technique whereby packets are transmitted over a customer’s own or rented backbone network with VLAN tags appropriate to nested private networks.

Using these testers in combination with the intelligent loop-back device permits the end-to-end testing of long-distance links without having to dispatch skilled technicians to remote locations. The loop-back device is simple to employ, and can be sent out to a remote site with the minimum of instructions as to how to plug it in. The link test is then carried out by a single, experienced technician. The device is completely and remotely controlled by the technician.

The solo version, in combination with either a second instrument or with the UniPRO SEL 1, is able to test for throughput, latency, jitter, frame loss and system recovery. These testers test BERT in ethernets from level 1 to level 4. The solo version has a single copper port and is supplied with two, 30 cm Cat 5e patch cables. There are dual copper port versions available and these are equipped with optical ports permitting the testing of fibre-optic links.

The testers and the loop-back devices are engineered to allow three to eight levels of VLAN within VLAN nesting for RFC2544, Y.1564 (NetSAM), BERT and SLA-Tick testing. The most complete test is RFC 2544 - a specification developed by the Internet Engineering Task Force.