When software project testing progresses to a certain stage and the test object reaches a certain scale, and more efficient requirements for testing are put forward, the introduction of automated testing has become the only way to improve testing efficiency, so as to greatly reduce testing overhead and improve the output per unit of time. This paper takes the implementation of automated testing of network equipment embedded software as the main research object, analyzes the problems of automated testing from the perspectives of automated testing target positioning, testing efficiency and quality, and proposes solutions from the aspects of project management, understanding change, technology improvement and personnel training, and summarizes the automated testing practice process applicable to network equipment related software products.