CDRouter™

Comprehensive IP Testing. Solved.

CDRouter™ is the networking industry's leading test solution for Cable, DSL, SOHO, and wireless router testing. By emulating the complex networking protocols used in both WAN and LAN environments, CDRouter provides a powerful automated test environment for different types of test activities including functional testing, protocol scaling, negative testing, and regression testing. CDRouter's in-depth feature set and advanced test control enables shorter test cycles and greater test coverage while freeing up your company's talent from repetitive testing.

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Key Features of CDRouter

CDRouter has been designed from the ground up specifically for testing CPE and edge devices. Some key features of the CDRouter Test Suite:

• Test over 50 different IP protocols with one testing product
• Fully automated testing
• Dramatically reduce testing time with increased confidence in product reliability
• Reduce the risk of product failure
• Expose protocol issues that are too difficult to test manually
• Create an instant regression testbed for future releases in development
• Become part of a larger testing community
• Execute tests using web interface or command-line

How CDRouter Works

CDRouter is a software application that runs on Linux. Once installed, CDRouter can be controlled from a web browser or the Linux command-line. CDRouter contains all the software needed to build a complete CPE testing environment very quickly.

• Install CDRouter software on a Linux host
• Physically connect your CPE device to CDRouter (Eth, 802.11, ATM, T1, etc)
• Create a configuration file that describes your test network
• Start a test run using BuddyWeb or the Linux command-line
• CDRouter automatically creates all required LAN and WAN devices and services
• Run individual test cases or entire suite once or many times
• View your test results

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Why Companies use CDRouter

CDRouter is used by the worlds leading CPE vendors, ISPs, and testing labs. CDRouter instantly provides those companies with a detailed set of test cases that can be applied in development, QA, product evaluation, customer support, etc. Companies receive an instant return on their CDRouter investment by boosting product quality and reducing the amount it time to qualify the overall functionality of a device.

The CDRouter Product Family

You can continue to expand your CDRouter test functional by adding technology specific add-ons from the CDRouter Product Family. Each add-on extends the test coverage and functionality in several technology areas including IPv6, Broadband Forum CWMP TR-069, IKE VPNs, Storage, Multiport, and Nmap.

CDRouter Multiport

The Multiport add-on provides support for testing multiple LAN and/or WAN interfaces on a single device simultaneously. Features such as wireless-to-wired LAN connectivity and WAN failover can be tested with Multiport.

CDRouter TR-069

The TR-069 add-on module provides support for the Broadband Forum's CPE WAN Management Protocol. This add-on includes an Auto-Configuration Server (ACS) and an extensive set of CWMP test cases including a fully automated version of the Broadband Forum's PD-128 specification.

CDRouter Nmap

The Nmap add-on module provides support for built-in Nmap security and network audit testing. This add-on includes CDRouter's version of Nmap and provides automatic LAN and WAN port scans and OS detection. Find out how your device appears to Namp before its deployed.

CDRouter IPv6

The IPv6 add-on is the newest member of the QA Cafe product family. This add-on provides support for IPv6 and includes a number of test modules targeted specifically at verifying the most common residential IPv6 features found in today's leading dual-stack CPE implementations.

CDRouter Storage

Many of todays CPE gateways and NAS devices offer USB based storage or internal hard drives. CDRouter Storage provides test coverage for network attached storage (NAS). It is designed to test the NAS capabilities of CPE gateways or stand alone NAS devices.

CDRouter IKE

The IKE add-on provides support for IKEv1 based site-to-site VPN tunnels.