COMMTECH 2008: Testing stays tricky

KELOWNA – Network testing in the digital world sure ain’t easy. And it’s only going to get tougher, according to Aglient’s Peter Schweiger, who spoke to a group of network technicians and engineers Thursday on Ethernet testing at the CommTech Trade Show and Seminars in Kelowna, which wrapped up today. A good Ethernet signal and a bad one can mean different things, depending on the application(s) being uses. Simple e-mail and web surfing doesn’t strain the network and some latency and packet loss tends not to be a big deal. But, when it comes to providing voice or video, the...