Re: Testing 1gbps bandwidth

[Chuck Reynolds <creynolds () tsieda com>]

You can make your own endpoints, do full BERT and loop back RFC compliant testing for a small investment with 
PacketExpert from TSI. Reach out for a demo thanks 

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On Aug 14, 2012, at 2:11 PM, Nathan Eisenberg <nathan () atlasnetworks us> wrote:

> > Is there any other suggestion for this testing?
>
> As a general tool, I rather like PathTest - it's free and versatile, you just have to have a daemon somewhere on the 
> other end of the circuit (even if that's multiple AS's away) that can deliver sufficient throughput for the test.  
> It's far more efficient than a flash based test.  Even a very modest laptop which chokes at 70Mbps in flash can do a 
> few hundred Mbps with it, and anything decent can do a full gig and up.
>
> I realize that doesn't help you find an endpoint in the Middle East to test against, but at least now you have a 
> better tool.  :)
>
> Nathan Eisenberg