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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 14, 2026
Filed:
Nov. 04, 2022
Communications Test Design, Inc., West Chester, PA (US);
Daniel Philip Gillings, Downingtown, PA (US);
Communications Test Design, Inc., West Chester, PA (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods for automatically testing a network switch are disclosed according to various embodiments. In one example, a method for automatically and simultaneously testing Power over Ethernet (PoE) ports and traffic throughput of a network switch is disclosed. A data traffic is generated by a network tester with a predetermined speed based on a configuration of the network switch. The data traffic is directed through the PoE ports of the network switch. At least one PoE tester connected to the network switch via the PoE ports of the network switch is configured, e.g. by a test application running on a test computer. A first result of testing the PoE ports is obtained by the test computer from the at least one PoE tester. A second result of testing the traffic throughput of the network switch is obtained by the test computer from the network tester.