The application is available for WINDOWS, MAC OS and LINUX operative systems therefore there are no limitations in platform compatibility either. So there is no need to wait for an available Pageant/IXIA device to generate traffic when there is no time to lose. The advantage of it besides its user friendly GUI and flexibility is how traffic can be injected directly by user’s laptop NICs. OSTINATO is a powerful traffic generator and often referred as a “Reverse Wireshark” application. If your network is live, make sure that you understand the potential impact of any command. All of the devices used in this document started with a cleared (default) configuration. The information in this document was created from the devices in a specific lab environment.
The information in this document is based on the Cisco Catalyst 3850 Series Switch that runs Cisco IOS-XE Versions 03.06.00 and later.
This document describes the use of OSTINATO, a powerful freeware open-source traffic generator in order to help engineers with lab recreations by generating triggers or study platform behaviors based in certain specific packet structures directly from their personal computers/workstations.
