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PacketCheck
Gaithersburg, Maryland, USA
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PacketCheck™ (ETH100)
Priced on request
Node-locked or floating licenses; listed as ETH100
Read 9 Oct 2026 · gl.com
On the record
- Capacity
- The product page states that traffic throughput and impairment testing are supported up to 500 Mbps across 10 Mbps, 100 Mbps, and 1 Gbps LANs and WANs.gl.com · read 9 Oct 2026
- Capture and playback
- The product records and replays traffic in PCAP, PCAPNG, NTAR, and GL proprietary HDL formats.gl.com · read 9 Oct 2026
- Delay measurement limit
- One-way delay is described as correctly measurable on one PC with two NICs running PacketCheck on each, using one license; round-trip delay requires the remote device to be configured for loopback.gl.com · read 9 Oct 2026
- Hardware and OS
- The FAQ says no special hardware is required beyond a standard Windows PC and network interface card; it recommends a high-performance Intel Ethernet adapter for better accuracy and stability at higher rates.gl.com · read 9 Oct 2026
- Impairment testing
- It can introduce byte insertion or deletion and bit or logical-operation errors to test network robustness.gl.com · read 9 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- The maker describes using PacketCheck with GL’s MAPS UMTS/LTE simulators for GTP traffic simulation, which requires additional licenses.gl.com · read 9 Oct 2026
- License options
- The FAQ states that PacketCheck is available under node-locked or floating licenses.gl.com · read 9 Oct 2026
- Maker founding
- GL Communications says it was formed on October 22, 1986.gl.com · read 9 Oct 2026
- Maker headquarters
- GL Communications lists its headquarters at 818 West Diamond Avenue, Third Floor, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20878, USA.gl.com · read 9 Oct 2026
- Metrics
- It measures bit error rate, packet loss, out-of-sequence and errored packets, throughput, round-trip delay, and one-way delay.gl.com · read 9 Oct 2026
- Protocol layers
- It supports testing across Layer 1, Ethernet Layer 2, stacked VLAN/MPLS Layer 2.5, IPv4 Layer 3, and UDP, TCP, and ICMP Layer 4 traffic.gl.com · read 9 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- PacketCheck is a PC-based Ethernet/IP test tool for generating and analyzing multi-stream traffic with BERT, throughput, delay, and impairment testing.gl.com · read 9 Oct 2026
- Reporting
- The product page describes PDF and XML reports with test statistics and configuration details, including the option to generate periodic reports.gl.com · read 9 Oct 2026
- Traffic configuration
- Users can configure multiple streams and set per-stream addresses, VLAN/MPLS headers, frame size, rate, and protocol parameters.gl.com · read 9 Oct 2026
