Project Description

The Wisconsin Advanced Internet Lab (WAIL) (http://wail.cs.wisc.edu) [1] is a one-of-its-kind facility for building arbitrary network configurations using actual networking equipment. By summer 2004, it is expected to have a full functional, configurable and manageable environment. The lab will be equipped with 50 IP routers (ranging from low-end access systems to backbone-class 10 Gbps systems), 130 general purpose PC's and various other networking gear (switches, caches, traffic shapers, measurement systems, etc.). Two important capabilities propagation delay emulation [2] and background traffic generation [3] have also been developed and are currently being tested. The ability in recreation of some current Internet topologies, such as the Internet2/Abilene infrastructure, provides excellent opportunities in testing and investigating a broad range of network. It also allows evaluation of the interaction and integration of protocols and different security measures in a distributed network environment. It is also used in the Network Radar project in collaboration with one of the PIs, Robert Nowak.