Testing remote connectivity options is generally more demanding than testing a LAN (Local Area Network). Remote connectivity commonly involves the utilization of transmission devices that aren’t owned or supervised by the client.

1. Simulating a Cisco Network
Testing remote connectivity options is generally more demanding than
testing a LAN (Local Area Network). Remote connectivity commonly
involves the utilization of transmission devices that aren’t owned or
supervised by the client. These devices are usually not accessible to the
network manager for testing purposes. As a result, the network tester
should find ways to check the projected network plan without having
access to the real transmission devices.

2. The testers can make use of the following techniques to check remote connectivity designs:
•Simulation Software
•Prototype testing employing simulated links
•Pilot testing in the real environment
Network simulation software:
Computer applications provide the designer several tools ahead of implementing on real
devices. The advantages of employing this approach are:

3. •Lower price – prototyping networks is costly to setup and maintain. Networking device
configuration options change regularly. Thus, maintaining a test setting up-to-date can be
demanding.
•Flexibility – simulation software can support many different types of devices and connectivity
options. Altering configurations and topologies are usually much quicker and simpler in a
simulation environment.
•Scalability –setting up a large or important network in a lab setting is expensive and inefficient.
•Control – the simulation application enables the network manager to control the entire network
operation easily like a real network.
Regrettably, some simulation software have a few drawbacks:
•Limited functionality – simulation software can become out-of-date quickly if not kept up to
date. Furthermore, the software may not support all the capabilities of the real devices.
•Impractical performance – it isn’t simple for the software developers to simulate all the
conditions that can take place in an actual network without customizing the simulations.
In spite of the above drawbacks, employing SNMP simulation software to check the networks is
a wonderful way to find out design errors.

4. Simulating a DSL or Cable Connection:
An Ethernet link can be employed to simulate a cable
wide area network connection or DSL. The routers can
be linked with an Ethernet intersect cable. Routing
protocol metrics can be configured to replicate the
metrics of a low-speed connection by employing the
bandwidth command on the interface. Static route
alternatives can be configured manually by adjusting
the administrative distance dispensed to the network
path. This is something that one can do easily on the
entire Cisco routers.
MIMIC SNMP Agent Simulator creates a network of up
to 100,000 SNMP-manageable devices without above
mentioned drawbacks. You can create any SNMP-
based device with any number of public or private
MIBs to setup a large variety of device configurations
with your SNMP management application.

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