Product Overview

Flagship 7-Slot LANforge WiFIRE Chassis — 500+ Wi-Fi 7 Stations in a Single System

Extreme-Scale Wi-Fi 7 Emulation (500+ Stations).

The CT527 is our flagship scalability solution, built on a 7-slot Nuvo chassis specifically for heavy-duty capacity testing. Configured with up to six MTK7996 4×4 tri-band tri-concurrent Wi-Fi 7 radios, it can drive 500+ — and up to 648 — concurrent Wi-Fi 7 virtual clients in a single box. This is the ultimate tool for stress-testing enterprise and carrier-grade access points. Maximised CPU and PCIe bandwidth, plus optimised radio isolation, ensures the test limit is set by the device under test — not the test equipment. Ships with a dual-port 1/2.5/5/10G copper-RJ45 NIC; multiple chassis can be clustered for the largest TR-398 Issue 4 and Wi-Fi 7 testbeds.
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LANforge CT527

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

  • Nuvo 7-slot chassis tuned for radio density.
  • Up to 6× MTK7996 4×4 tri-band tri-concurrent Wi-Fi 7 radios.
  • Internal splitter / combiner option — choose 4 SMA per radio, or skip the splitter to bring out 8.
  • Dual-port 1 / 2.5 / 5 / 10 GbE copper RJ45 NIC for the test uplink.
  • Designed for clustering — multiple CT527 chassis combine cleanly for carrier-class tests.
  • Each Virtual Station has its own IP, MAC, IP-port space and routing table.
  • Debian Linux + LANforge custom kernel.

At a Glance

Virtual Stations
500+ (WiFi 7)
Throughput
Multi-Gigabit Line Rate
Technology
High-Density WiFi 7 Arrays
Chassis
Rackmount / Server Class
Uplink
Multiple 10G/25G Options

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.