Product Overview

Quiet 4U Chassis WiFIRE Traffic Generator — Wi-Fi 7, Wi-Fi 6E and legacy radios in one box

High-Performance Chassis WiFi 7 / 6E Traffic Generator.

The CT523c is a quiet, high-performance LANforge-WiFIRE chassis built for enterprise-grade Wi-Fi validation. Configured with up to 16 Intel Wi-Fi 7 (802.11be) radios — or three 4×4 tri-band MTK7996 Wi-Fi 7 radios for higher throughput per radio — it generates the kind of dense, mixed-client traffic modern access points actually have to handle. It supports massive scale interference patterns, MLO and OFDMA scenarios, and is the building block of choice for TR-398 Issue 2/3/4 testbeds. A dual-port 1/2.5/5/10G copper-RJ45 NIC plus an Intel Core i7 CPU keeps the uplink and the host out of the way of the radios. Multiple chassis can be clustered for AP-Auto, Dataplane, Rate-vs-Range and Hunt tests at carrier scale.
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LANforge CT523c

Example Network Diagram

Network Diagram

How it Works

LANforge WiFIRE supports 802.11 Virtual Stations and Access Points. To the System Under Test, it appears as if there are multiple PCs sitting inside the LANforge system generating independent traffic streams over Wireless NICs. LANforge can send traffic from one physical interface on the local machine to another interface on that same machine — or out to a real AP and back — at full line rate, with per-station IP, MAC and routing-table isolation.

/// Software Features

Real-World Protocols

  • •Layer 2: Raw-Ethernet, 802.1Q VLANs, PPPoE integrated support.
  • •Layer 3: IPv4, IPv6, UDP/IP, IGMP Multicast UDP, TCP/IP.
  • •Layer 4-7: FTP, HTTP, HTTPS, TFTP, SFTP, SCP.
  • •Layer 4-7: TELNET, PING, DNS, SMTP, NMAP (via add-on script).
  • •File-IO: NFSv3, NFSv4, CIFS, iSCSI.
  • •Per-radio Virtual Stations with independent IP / MAC / routing tables.

Performance & Compliance

  • •Up to 1000 concurrent TCP connections with the base license.
  • •ToS / QoS settings honoured for both TCP/IP and UDP/IP connections.
  • •Comprehensive traffic reports: TX/RX rate, drop %, latency, jitter, RSSI.
  • •Integrated Wireshark capture / decode for protocol-level diagnostics.
  • •TR-398 Issue 4, RFC 2544 and Wi-Fi Alliance test-plan ready.
  • •Multi-link operation (MLO), OFDMA, MU-MIMO and roaming on supported radios.

Automation & Integration

  • •Python scripting and JSON API for full LANforge automation.
  • •Chamber View orchestration: AP-Auto, Dataplane, Capacity, Hunt, Rate-vs-Range tests.
  • •REST API for CI/CD integration and remote orchestration.
  • •Scripted attenuator, turntable and chamber control built-in.

/// Hardware Specifications

  • Quiet 4U chassis with high-flow active cooling.
  • Up to 16x Intel Wi-Fi 7 radios, or 3× 4×4 MTK7996 tri-band Wi-Fi 7 radios — many mixed configurations available.
  • Dual-port 1 / 2.5 / 5 / 10 GbE copper-RJ45 NIC for the test uplink.
  • Intel Core i7-7700T (or better) so the CPU is never the bottleneck.
  • Internal 4-1 splitter / combiner option to keep faceplate SMA count manageable.
  • Operating system: Debian Linux with custom 64-bit LANforge kernel.
  • USB-Serial console (115200 8N1) for headless management.
  • Hot-pluggable storage and dual power available on customer request.

At a Glance

Max Throughput
10+ Gbps (Wired/Wireless mix)
Radios
16x Intel WiFi-7 (be/ax/ac/n/a/b/g)
MIMO
2x2 per radio
Virtual Stations
1000+ Total
CPU
Intel Core i7-7700T (or better)
Ports
1x 10Gbps Copper + 2x 1Gbps Mgmt
Form Factor
4U / Desktop with Quiet Fans

LANforge GUI Interface

Virtual Station Configuration Screen

Virtual Station Configuration Screen

Layer 3 (Ethernet, UDP, TCP) Connections

Layer 3 (Ethernet, UDP, TCP) Connections

Layer 3 Create / Modify Screen

Layer 3 Create / Modify Screen

Quick Start Guide

Step 1

Connect the management Ethernet port to your management network or laptop.

Step 2

Connect the wired test-port (eth1 / 10G uplink) to the AP or network under test.

Step 3

Connect AC power. The system boots into Debian Linux and the LANforge server.

Step 4

If DHCP is available the system acquires an IP automatically; otherwise it falls back to 192.168.1.101.

Step 5

Install the LANforge-GUI on a separate management PC and click 'Discover'.

Step 6

Select the LANforge system, log in, and start creating Virtual Stations.