The Benchmark LAN-T - LAN Trainer

The Benchmark LAN-T - LAN Trainer - is a versatile laboratory system that supplements courses on computer networks and LANs. Developed by Benchmark Electronic Systems in collaboration with IIT-Madras, the LAN-T exposes users to networking concepts at the physical, MAC, network and transport layers through a carefully designed series of experiments.

The LAN-T is a hardware and software based product. Emulation of nodes, topologies, etc., are implemented in a combination of hardware, firmware and software to emulate a real network environment. All the network layers can be implemented in the software. This arrangement gives more freedom to try out various protocols and layers, in the network, and study their behaviour.