The MarketWatch News Department was not involved in the creation of this content. COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., Jan. 06, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- NetAlly, a global leader in handheld network testing ...

I use the term “active path testing” to refer to systems that send packets into the network to measure network characteristics. A simple ping test is the most fundamental active path test, but it ...

One thing about building home local area networks (LANs) is that the more you add to it, the more things can go wrong. Even when things are running smoothly, I still want to know what's going on so I ...

Contemporary IT infrastructure and applications operate in an extreme environment barely envisioned a decade ago, pushing networks to the limit and challenging the security industry to keep pace. A ...

It may be that enterprises are reaching a point where measuring and managing real-time application performance is becoming a necessity, not just a nice-to-have. We spend a lot of time at ...

Offers an open and highly flexible test platform that can run on software, hardware, and white boxes, reducing time-to-test by as much as four times Built on vendor-neutral API to facilitate ...

Voice over IP (VoIP) demands a greater emphasis on the pre-deployment testing phase of the technology rollout. Whether managing a roll out in-house, using a service provider or equipment manufacturer, ...

The Spectra2 XL3 from Tektronix Communications, a platform for testing EPC (evolved packet core) and IMS (IP multimedia subsystem) elements for mobile LTE and fixed IP networks, now delivers media ...

Foster City, Calif. — Asoka USA has introduced two network test tools at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES). Both the PlugLink AV (PL8060-PNT) and the PlugLink (PL8050-PNT) performance network ...

Measure useful metrics. These include backbone packet loss, bandwidth utilization; WAN link performance; RTT (round-trip time) and RTT variance; and ICMP (Internet Control Message Protocol) reach.