Dual-PHY Ethernet testing

Staff -- Test & Measurement World, 3/1/2004

throughout its product line. The dual-PHY module combines copper and fiber-optic

interfaces in the same package for wire-speed layer 2 and 3 testing. The module

supports Ethernet traffic generation and analysis, routing protocol emulation,

and layer 4–7 application emulation at 10-, 100-, and 1000-Mbps rates, and it

can support as many as four ports. Each port has an RJ-45 connector and a

modular SFP connector for connection to either medium. Ixia, Calabasas, CA. 818-871-1800; www.ixiacom.com.