Version 2.6
Build 452, May 19 2004
New Features
The latest version of Web Performance Trainer(tm) adds new high-end features such as IP spoofing, client certificates, VPN support, and scheduled playback, along with a host of other enhancements.
When real users access a web site the requests come from individual computers, each with a unique IP address. This information is often used by hardware load balancers and routers, as well as web server software. The virtual users generated by Web Performance Trainer(tm) 2.6 can have unique IP addresses even if there is only a single network card in your test computer.
Client certificates and Virtual Private Networks (VPN) are popular ways to control access to corporate networks. With Web Performance Trainer(tm) 2.6 each virtual user can be assigned a unique client certificate, and can be used either by itself or in conjunction with usernames, passwords, or any other information. Both recording and playback can now take place over a VPN as well.
Other features in the 2.6 release include global export of test data to a spreadsheet, and the ability to start playback from the commandline which can be used to schedule playback using your operating systems build-in scheduling facility.
Note that the software requires a license key to operate. If you are a customer with a current maintenance contract please contact the sales office for a new 2.6 license key. If you are not a customer and would would like to evaluate the 2.6 release, please fill out this form to receive a two-week evaluation license.
Please use one of the FTP links given below as it is more reliable. If you are behind a firewall or proxy server that does not allow ftp you should try the HTTP link.
Full Installation
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View the README for this release.
Download Instructions
- Click on the download link to start a file transfer, and save the file to your hard drive where you can find it again.
- After downloading, follow the installation instructions for your platform.
Patching an existing installation
If you have installed a released version of WPTrainer 2.6 (build 386 or later), you can upgrade to the latest build by only replacing this file. Download it and copy it into the lib folder under the installation folder (If you installed into the default installation folder in Windows, the location for the file would be C:\Program Files\WPTrainer2_6\lib\Trainer.jar). You will need to restart Trainer for the changes to take effect. Notes
- If you have any trouble at all downloading a file, try this: right click on the download link and select "save file as". This will save the installer on your disk rather than running it automatically.
- If you have problems check to make sure you're not using Netscape 4.60.There is a bug in the 4.60 release that causes large downloads to hang at 99% or 100%. The solution is to upgrade to Netscape 4.7.
