Using a standard Windows PC, Multi Server Simulator can simulate large, virtual HTTP, FTP, SMTP, or DNS server networks, as well as SNMP-based network switches. The number of servers and virtual switches that can be created is limited only by the available IP addresses and TCP ports (as well as network and system performance). With Multi Server Simulator, setting up a large network of 100 servers and 20 switches (with thousands of ports) takes just minutes and is much faster than having to install and configure server software on a PC. For example if you want to test whether a SNMP management software is able to handle thousands of switch ports you can either monitor a few hardware switches multiple times (without knowing what side-effects that may have) or you can install Multi Server Simulator on one or more PCs and let it simulate many virtual switches with up to 1000 ports each. Multi Server Simulator is an easy-to-use, indispensable tool for the evaluation and testing of network management.

Features :

* For all server/switch types:
Name and TCP/UDP port can be set as desired for each server
Servers can be created and deleted, as well as turned on and off with a single mouse click
Recurrent downtimes can be simulated (for each device, intervals can be set by user)
Detailed log is written for each simulated server
Server sets can be saved to a XML file and reloaded later
* SNMP Switch:
Simulates a SNMP manageable switch (according to RFC 1643 and RFC 1155)
Simulates switches with 8, 100 or 1000 ports
The traffic counters for each port are constantly updated to simulate data passing through the virtual switch
For the 8-port switch, the type of traffic pattern simulation can be set
* HTTP Server: The web server always answers with one of two HTML blocks (intervals and repetition can be set by the user)
* FTP Server: Simulates an FTP server that accepts login requests and sends the number of available files
* SMTP Server: Accepts SMTP protocol connections with and without authentication
* DNS Server: Resolves DNS requests for the DNS name "localhost" with IP address 127.0.0.1; other DNS names cause an error message
* PORT: Accepts TCP connections on the specified TCP port
* Works on 32-bit and 64-bit versions of Windows XP, 2003, Vista, 2008 and Windows 7

Platform: Windows XP, Windows 2003, Windows Vista

System Requirements: There is no specific requirements