Re: Network Speed Testing and Monitoring Platform

[tgrand via NANOG <nanog () nanog org>]

Just download the btest.exeIt run on windows PC.Most routerboards not fast enough for TCP test as TCP packet assembly 
is intensive.

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-------- Original message --------From: Colton Conor <colton.conor () gmail com> Date: 2019-01-17  7:17 AM  (GMT-06:00) 
To: James Bensley <jwbensley () gmail com> Cc: NANOG <nanog () nanog org> Subject: Re: Network Speed Testing and 
Monitoring Platform 
All, thanks for the recommendations both on and off list.

It has been brought to my attention that a Mikrotik has a bandwidth speed test tool built into their operating system. 
Someone recommended a https://mikrotik.com/product/hap_ac2 for MSRP of $69. The release notes of the newest version say:
!) speedtest - added "/tool speed-test" for ping latency, jitter, loss and TCP and UDP download, upload speed 
measurements (CLI only);
*) btest - added multithreading support for both UDP and TCP tests; 
Do you think this device can push a full 1Gbps connection? It does have a quad core qualcom processor. 
Besides mikrotik, I haven't found anything that doesn't require me to build a solution. Like OpenWRT with ipef3, or 
something like that. 
Seems like a commercial solution would exist for this.  I though CAF providers have to test bandwidth for the FCC 
randomly to get funding? 

On Thu, Jan 17, 2019 at 2:59 AM James Bensley <jwbensley () gmail com> wrote:
On Wed, 16 Jan 2019 at 16:54, Colton Conor <colton.conor () gmail com> wrote:

>

> As an internet service provider with many small business and residential customers, our most common tech support 
> calls are speed related. Customers complaining on slow speeds, slowdowns, etc.

>

> We have a SNMP and ping monitoring platform today, but that mainly tells us up-time and if data is flowing across the 
> interface. We can of course see the link speed, but customer call in saying the are not getting that speed.

>

> We are looking for a way to remotely test customers internet connections besides telling the customer to go to 
> speedtest.net, or worse sending a tech out with a laptop to do the same thing.

>

> What opensource and commercial options are out there?



Hi Colton,



In the past I have used CPEs which support remote loopback. When the

customer complains we enable remote loopback, send the traffic to that

customers connection (rather than requiring a CPE that can generate

the traffic or having an on site device) and measuring what comes

back.



Cheers,

James.