diff --git a/tests/advanced_test.sh b/tests/advanced_test.sh
index 2138e327037d0ccf1b5b3a067e772b1bccf36df4..e7e6ae856c0781568f4ccfe52b3a2834d40a41f1 100755
--- a/tests/advanced_test.sh
+++ b/tests/advanced_test.sh
@@ -27,6 +27,17 @@ MODES=(
   'without_FEC'
 )
 
+ERROR_RATE=20
+CUT_RATE=30
+DELAY=0
+JITTER=0
+LOSS_RATE=25
+
+echo -e "The linksimulator paramateres are:
+        \t\t-ERROR RATE: ${ERROR_RATE}%    \t-DELAY:  ${DELAY}ms
+        \t\t-CUT RATE:   ${CUT_RATE}%      \t-JITTER: ${JITTER}ms 
+        \t\t-LOSS RATE:  ${LOSS_RATE}%\n"
+
 for MODE in "${MODES[@]}"; do
   
   mkdir "${TEST_OUTPUT_FILES}/${MODE}/" 2>/dev/null
@@ -45,11 +56,12 @@ for MODE in "${MODES[@]}"; do
   port1=$(comm -23 <(seq 65000 65200 | sort) <(ss -Htan | awk '{print $4}' | cut -d':' -f2 | sort -u) | shuf | head -n 1)
   port2=$(comm -23 <(seq 65000 65200 | sort) <(ss -Htan | awk '{print $4}' | cut -d':' -f2 | sort -u) | shuf | head -n 1)
 
-  # We first launch the link simulator 
-  ./linksimulator/link_sim -p $port2 -P $port1 -l 25 -d 0 -e 20 -c 30 \
+
+  #####   Launching the link simulator   #####
+  ./linksimulator/link_sim -p $port2 -P $port1 -l $LOSS_RATE -d $DELAY -e $ERROR_RATE -c $CUT_RATE -j $JITTER \
     &>${DIR}/adv_${BSN_PRE}_link.log & link_pid=$!
 
-  # We launch the receiver and capture its output
+  #####   Launching the receiver and capturinig its output   #####
   valgrind --leak-check=full --log-file=${DIR}/adv_valgrind_${BSN_PRE}_receiver.log \
                 ./receiver ::1 $port1 -s ${DIR}/${BSN_PRE}_receiver_stats.csv 1> ${DIR}/adv_${BSN_PRE}_received_file.${BSN_EXT} \
                 2> ${DIR}/adv_${BSN_PRE}_receiver.log & receiver_pid=$!
diff --git a/tests/run_tests.sh b/tests/run_tests.sh
index ca2d764aad0c696d1417f662e54745e3bac11958..cd2aee5490f33d315901edd3646a7c70873bd2ad 100755
--- a/tests/run_tests.sh
+++ b/tests/run_tests.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
+BROWN='\033[0;33m'
+NC='\033[0m'
+
 # Note that this assumes to be called from the Makefile, you may want to adapt it.
 FILESIZE="" 
 TEST_FILES_DIR=./tests_files/
@@ -19,7 +22,7 @@ fi
 #for FILENAME in "$TEST_FILES_DIR"/*
 #do 
 #  FILESIZE=$(stat -c%s "$FILENAME")
-#  echo -e "Sending $FILENAME \t\t [$FILESIZE bytes], \t\t with Valgrind"
+#  echo -e "${BROWN}Sending \"$FILENAME\"  \t[$FILESIZE bytes] with Valgrind${NC}"
 #  ./tests/simple_test.sh $FILENAME
 
 #  if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then 
@@ -36,7 +39,7 @@ if [ -d linksimulator/ ]; then
   for FILENAME in "$TEST_FILES_DIR"/*
   do 
     FILESIZE=$(stat -c%s "$FILENAME")
-    echo -e "Sending $FILENAME \t\t [$FILESIZE bytes], \t\t with linksimulator and Valgrind"
+    echo -e "\n${BROWN}Sending the file \"$FILENAME\"  \t[$FILESIZE bytes] with linksimulator and Valgrind${NC}"
     ./tests/advanced_test.sh $FILENAME
 
     if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then