[112919] in North American Network Operators' Group
RE: Gigabit speed test anybody?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Rick Ernst)
Wed Mar 25 15:47:33 2009
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Date: Wed, 25 Mar 2009 12:42:53 -0700 (PDT)
From: "Rick Ernst" <ernst@easystreet.com>
To: nanog@nanog.org, BBlackford@nwresd.k12.or.us
Reply-To: ernst@easystreet.com
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
Yup. I use iperf for point-to-point testing, but this is an access
connection which is why I'm looking more for some kind of test host on
Level3 in Seattle rather than a "speed test" site per se.
Rick
On Wed, March 25, 2009 12:35, Bill Blackford wrote:
> Rick. The speedtests are only as good as the hosts they're hosted on and
> the path by which you reach them.
>
> I use iperf on each end of a link that I'm turning up. I put Linux hosts
> at both endpoints, but I believe iperf comes in a windows flavor too.
>
> -b
> ________________________________________
> From: Rick Ernst [ernst@easystreet.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, March 25, 2009 11:05 AM
> To: nanog@nanog.org
> Subject: Gigabit speed test anybody?
>
> Resent from my subscribed address. Hopefully this isn't a dupe to anybody.
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> I'm working on turning up our first GigE connection (400mbs CIR) and the
> various online speedtests I'm aware of choke after about 100Mbs or so.
>
> Does anybody know of testing sites that can handle higher bandwidth, or
> have an ftp host or similar to test against?
>
> I'm connected to Level3, backhauled to Seattle, WA.
>
> Thanks,
> Rick
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