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Independent network & security testing lab

Test. Compare. Decide.

An independent lab for network and security testing. We integrate the tools, put your systems under real load and real attacks, and hand you measured results — real insights, not assumptions.

  • Independent: we compare, you decide
  • CloudLAB in Armenia — remote or on your site
  • Integration, support and training under one roof
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Load, attacks and impairments are fired at your system inside the TEST4NET lab; a test report comes out with real numbers and a verdict INDEPENDENT TEST LAB · CLOUDLAB LOAD up to 400 Gbps ATTACKS DDoS · exploits · malware IMPAIRMENTS latency · loss · jitter TEST4NET LAB YOUR SYSTEM firewall · router · 5G core physical or virtual TEST REPORT Throughput380 Gbps Latency p991.8 ms Attacks blocked99.2% Breaks at1.2M sessions FIX BEFORE ROLLOUT WHAT WE THROW AT IT UNDER TEST WHAT YOU GET Know the limits before your customers do
How TEST4NET works in three steps: test your device under load until its breaking point, compare vendors side by side on the same numbers, decide with a data-backed verdict HOW TEST4NET WORKS 1 TEST TRAFFIC GENERATOR DEVICE UNDER TEST 1.2M sessions breaking point found 2 COMPARE SAME LAB · SAME LOAD Throughput Latency Security Price / perf Vendor A Vendor B 3 DECIDE VERDICT Vendor A · go live backed by measured data Real numbers — not vendor slides

Ecosystem partners

Emblasoft
Apposite Technologies
Vinchin
Yeastar
T-Plan
Cubro
Candela Technologies
Netitest
Hewlett Packard Enterprise

The test, network and security vendors we work with: tools we run in our own CloudLAB, integrate into customer environments and support — so recommendations come from daily hands-on use, not a price list.

How you connect

Two ways to run CloudLAB

Test entirely inside our cloud, or keep the system under test on your own site — either way you get the same automation and reporting.

BROWSER INTERNET CLOUDLAB · ARMENIA TRAFFIC GENERATOR DUT / TOPOLOGY Everything above lives in our cloud lab.
Fully remote Plain internet, no VPN

Open a browser and connect straight over the internet — the rig lives in our Armenia lab. Nothing to install, nothing to VPN into.

YOUR SITE VIRTUAL LOAD MODULE YOUR DUT physical or virtual SITE-TO-SITE VPN CLOUDLAB CONTROL · REPORTING
Testing on your site Site-to-site VPN

Only a virtual load module runs on your hardware, driving traffic into your physical or virtual system. Control, automation and reporting come down a site-to-site VPN from our cloud.

What's in the lab

Purpose-built tools, not a patchwork of trials

Professional traffic generator

Line-rate traffic from 1G up to 100G ports, across every protocol your stack actually runs.

Security testing software

DDoS and security strikes plus AppMix application traffic, run under production-like conditions.

Cloud-native testing software

Easy deployment and agent-based mesh testing across any cloud, hybrid or on-prem environment.

High-performance testing hardware

NGFW, TLS and L7 testing at up to 100G, on purpose-built lab hardware we maintain and calibrate.

Realistic traffic · AppMix

Test with your traffic mix, not a canned PCAP

Modern firewalls, DPI engines and application-aware routers behave differently for every protocol and application. Replaying an old capture or running legacy packet-blasting tests gives numbers that look precise and mean nothing for your network.

  • PCAP replay is not real traffic

    A capture is stateless and stale: no live TLS handshakes, no application logic, no sessions the device actually has to track.

  • Legacy tests mis-rate modern devices

    Raw-packet throughput says little about a box that inspects, decrypts and classifies every flow. The results come out inflated or simply wrong.

  • We build the mix from your data

    We capture a traffic profile on your network or pull it from your NMS / APM systems, then turn it into an AppMix: the share of each protocol and application in the aggregate load the test generates.

A traffic profile captured on the customer's network or taken from NMS and APM systems becomes a percentage mix of protocols and applications, which the traffic generator reproduces at production scale; a flat PCAP replay is shown crossed out beside it HOW AN APPMIX PROFILE IS BUILT YOUR NETWORK capture on a live link NMS / APM stats you already have TRAFFIC PROFILE share of total load HTTPS 42% Video 18% SaaS / API 15% Other 12% VoIP 9% DNS 4% TEST LOAD same mix · 100 Gbps · 2M sessions YOUR DEVICE PCAP REPLAY · LEGACY TEST one flat stream, no state, years old throughput looks fine · NGFW / DPI never really tested APPMIX FROM YOUR PROFILE stateful, current, per-application numbers you can put in a procurement decision Same mix as production — at the scale where it breaks

How we work with you

Six ways we plug into your testing lifecycle

CONSULT VALIDATE AUTOMATE METHODS LAB SETUP TRAIN ONE PARTNER ACROSS THE WHOLE CYCLE

T&M Consulting

Analysing system requirements and building optimised testing strategies that reduce risk during development, procurement and operations.

Pre-purchase validation

Independent validation of new hardware and software against technical requirements before deployment — lower rollout risk, faster time to market.

Automation

Custom automated testing architectures that cut operational overhead and deliver faster, repeatable results.

Test methodologies

Structured scenarios covering real-world use cases and edge conditions, catching issues before they become costly fixes.

Lab solution selection

Choosing the right hardware, software and virtual tools for your actual workload — accurate results without overprovisioning.

Training programs

Hands-on training so your own engineers can run precise, extensive performance and functionality tests.

Where it delivers value

Built for three kinds of teams

01YOUR PRODUCT

Vendors / NEMs

  • Validate product quality under real-world conditions
  • Prove performance and competitive advantages
  • Detect and fix issues early in development
  • Accelerate release cycles and reduce risk
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02

System integrators

  • Select and validate the right solutions before delivery
  • Demonstrate performance to customers with real data
  • Reduce risk during acceptance and deployment
  • Strengthen technical credibility and expertise
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03

Enterprise customers

  • Make decisions based on proven performance metrics
  • Choose solutions that meet exact technical requirements
  • Build effective internal testing methodologies
  • Maintain control across the full infrastructure lifecycle
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How we validate

Conformance. Function. Breaking point.

DEVICE UNDER TEST CONFORMANCE REPORT RFC 2544 Throughput · latency RFC 2889 Forwarding · MAC RFC 9411 Security devices ITU-T Y.1564 Ethernet services TR-398 Wi-Fi access points BGP · OSPF Protocol implementation CONFORMS

Conformance testing

Two checks against the spec. Standard test methodologies: RFC 2544 and RFC 2889 for switching and routing, RFC 9411 (the successor to RFC 3511) for firewalls and other security devices, ITU-T Y.1564 for Ethernet services, Broadband Forum TR-398 for Wi-Fi access points. And protocol conformance: does the BGP, OSPF, IPv6 or IPsec implementation follow its RFC state by state and message by message, including the malformed and out-of-order cases a demo never sends. The baseline before any performance number is worth trusting.

ACTIVE STANDBY 0.8 s FEATURE CHECKLIST NAT & policy IPsec VPN HA failover QoS rule #14

Functional testing

Walks every configuration path — normal operation, edge cases and the failover in between: security policy and NAT rules, IPsec and SSL VPN tunnels, HA switchover, OSPF and BGP convergence, QoS marking and queuing, IPv4/IPv6 dual-stack, logging and management APIs — to confirm each feature behaves the way the spec says it should, not just the way the demo did.

YOUR REAL TRAFFIC STATED LIMIT · 100 Gbps BREAKS AT 68 Gbps 100G 50G 0 APPMIX LOAD

Stress testing

Ramps load past the vendor's stated limit — throughput, concurrent sessions, new connections and TLS handshakes per second — using an AppMix built from your real traffic profile, not a flat packet stream. A box rated at 100 Gbps of raw packets can fold at a fraction of that under a realistic HTTPS, video and VoIP mix with attacks in the background. We find where it actually degrades and how gracefully: the number that matters when real traffic spikes.

Popular use cases

Ten reasons teams open a ticket with us

  1. Vendor selection

    Make procurement decisions based on real performance metrics.

  2. Budget justification

    Provide data-driven arguments for IT and security investments.

  3. Configuration & design validation

    Compare, verify and optimise setups before deployment.

  4. Fine-tuning existing solutions

    Maximise the efficiency and performance you already paid for.

  5. Pre-update testing

    Make sure an update won't disrupt your network before you install it.

  6. New technology rollout

    Validate and integrate innovations with confidence.

  7. Quality assurance & product testing

    Maintain high standards through rigorous validation.

  8. Effective solution demonstrations

    Showcase real-world benefits with measurable results.

  9. Faster troubleshooting

    Identify and resolve issues efficiently.

  10. Training & incident simulation

    Prepare personnel through hands-on lab testing.

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