Re: Inexpensive probes for automated bandwidth testing purposes

[Jared Mauch <jared () puck nether net>]

If you are going to roll your own something like a raspberry PI would work. You can also build your own measurements 
with a platform like ripe atlas. It all depends if you want to run iperf3 tests or simple smokeping type of stuff to 
correlate errors. 

Jared Mauch

> On Oct 3, 2015, at 6:27 PM, Lorell Hathcock <lorell () hathcock org> wrote:
>
> Greetings, NANOG.  Happy Saturday to all.
>
> I am running a DOCSIS network that has a noisy cable plant.  I want to be able to substantiate and quantify users' 
> bandwidth issues.  I would like a set of inexpensive probes that I could place at selected customer's 
> homes/businesses that would on a scheduled basis perform bandwidth tests.
>
> Likely I would need to place a server in the head end or across the internet that would allow me to isolate and test 
> certain network segments.
>
> I've looked into these in the past and was presented with some wonderfully expensive units that would duplicate my 
> network problems into company financial problems as well.
>
> Any ideas?  I know there are other ways to measure noise in the cable plant and I am working on those as well.  I 
> will soon be running other, non-DOCSIS networks and need to have the same capabilities to test available bandwidth on 
> those networks.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Lorell Hathcock
>
> Sent from my iPad