diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 898d99781..ab874738e 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -8,3 +8,4 @@ doc/latex/
 
 server
 test
+random
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 400694e84..7e1345d00 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-TARGETS = server test
+TARGETS = server sim random
 
 SRCS = server.c test.c node.c path.c utils.c msg.c
 VPATH = src
@@ -9,9 +9,9 @@ RM = rm -f
 GIT_TAG = $(shell git describe --tags  --abbrev=0)
 GIT_REV = $(shell git rev-parse --short HEAD)
 
-V ?= 0
+V ?= 4
 
-LDFLAGS = -pthread -lrt
+LDFLAGS = -pthread -lrt -lm
 CFLAGS = -g -std=c99 -Iinclude/ -D_XOPEN_SOURCE=500 -DV=$(V)
 CFLAGS += -D__GIT_REV__='"$(GIT_REV)"' -D__GIT_TAG__='"$(GIT_TAG)"'
 
@@ -20,7 +20,8 @@ CFLAGS += -D__GIT_REV__='"$(GIT_REV)"' -D__GIT_TAG__='"$(GIT_TAG)"'
 all: $(TARGETS)
 
 server: node.o msg.o utils.o path.o
-test: msg.o utils.o
+sim: msg.o utils.o
+random: msg.o utils.o
 
 %.d: %.c
 	$(CC) -MM $(CFLAGS) $< -o $@
diff --git a/src/random.c b/src/random.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..81d97221a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/random.c
@@ -0,0 +1,109 @@
+/**
+ * Generate random packages on stdout
+ *
+ * @author Steffen Vogel <stvogel@eonerc.rwth-aachen.de>
+ * @copyright 2014, Institute for Automation of Complex Power Systems, EONERC
+ */
+
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <signal.h>
+#include <time.h>
+#include <math.h>
+
+#include "config.h"
+#include "utils.h"
+#include "msg.h"
+
+#define CLOCKID	CLOCK_REALTIME
+#define SIG	SIGRTMIN
+
+void quit(int sig, siginfo_t *si, void *ptr)
+{
+	debug(1, "Good night");
+	exit(EXIT_SUCCESS);
+}
+
+void tick(int sig, siginfo_t *si, void *ptr)
+{
+	struct msg *m = (struct msg*) si->si_value.sival_ptr;
+
+	msg_random(m);
+	msg_fprint(stdout, m);
+	fflush(stdout);
+}
+
+int main(int argc, char *argv[])
+{
+	if (argc != 4) {
+		printf("Usage: %s DEVID VALUES RATE\n", argv[0]);
+		printf("  DEVID  is the device id of this node\n");
+		printf("  VALUES is the number of values a message contains\n");
+		printf("  RATE   how many messages per second\n\n");
+		printf("s2ss Simulator2Simulator Server v%s\n", VERSION);
+		printf("Copyright 2014, Institute for Automation of Complex Power Systems, EONERC\n");
+		exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+	}
+
+	int rate = atoi(argv[3]);
+	struct msg msg = {
+		.dev_id = atoi(argv[1]),
+		.msg_len = atoi(argv[2]) * sizeof(double),
+		.seq_no = 0,
+		.data = { 0 }
+	};
+
+	/* Setup signals */
+	struct sigaction sa_tick = {
+		.sa_flags = SA_SIGINFO,
+		.sa_sigaction = tick
+	};
+
+	struct sigaction sa_quit = {
+		.sa_flags = SA_SIGINFO,
+		.sa_sigaction = quit
+	};
+
+	sigemptyset(&sa_tick.sa_mask);
+	sigemptyset(&sa_quit.sa_mask);
+
+	if (sigaction(SIGINT, &sa_quit, NULL)) {
+               error("Failed sigaction(): %s", strerror(errno));
+	}
+
+	if (sigaction(SIG, &sa_tick, NULL)) {
+               error("Failed sigaction(): %s", strerror(errno));
+	}
+
+	/* Setup timer */
+	timer_t t;
+	struct sigevent sev = {
+		.sigev_notify = SIGEV_SIGNAL,
+		.sigev_signo = SIG,
+		.sigev_value.sival_ptr = &msg
+	};
+
+	double period = 1.0 / rate;
+	long sec = floor(period);
+	long nsec = (period - sec) * 1000000000;
+
+	struct itimerspec its = {
+		.it_interval = { sec, nsec },
+		.it_value = { 0, 1 }
+	};
+
+	/* Print header */
+	printf("# %-6s %-8s %-12s\n", "dev_id", "seq_no", "data");
+
+	timer_create(CLOCKID, &sev, &t);
+	timer_settime(t, 0, &its, NULL);
+
+	while(1) pause();
+
+	timer_delete(t);
+
+	return 0;
+}