This could be improved so that it can simulate noisy lines, not just connection interruptions, by injecting noise (random data) into the data path. The amount o

This could be improved so that it can simulate noisy lines, not just connection interruptions, by injecting noise (random data) into the data path. The amount of random data/time could be mapped to a "crappiness" control and be used to test either hardware appliances or software protocols for resilience against data corruption. Pretty sure this already exists though as an old friend of mine developed something like that to be used on serial lines over 25 years back.