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Configuring the WAN emulator
If staged in a lab environment or when WAN emulation is required, the next
task is to configure your WAN emulator. In our example, we use
LANForge. You can use other commercial WAN emulators such as Shunra,
or open source ones such as Dummynet.
The following diagram shows our LANForge configuration.
Figure 8 LANForge WAN emulation diagram
If configuring LANForge, keeping in mind the following:
1. Needs to access four networks and VLANs
a) Management
b) Private site (public side)
c) Public site (public side)
d) Client site
Private Cloud Public Cloud
BIG-IP LTM
BIG-IP LTM
vCloud
Director
vCloud
Director
Application
Application
<--- 12ms, 44.736 Mbps 12ms, 44.736 Mbps ---> <--- 12ms, 44.736 Mbps 12ms, 44.736 Mbps --->
<--- 0ms, 44.736 Mbps
2ms, 44.736 Mbps --->
WAN Emulator
Database
Database
ISP Router
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