[155521] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Testing 1gbps bandwidth
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Chuck Reynolds)
Tue Aug 14 14:24:33 2012
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From: Chuck Reynolds <creynolds@tsieda.com>
Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2012 14:23:28 -0400
To: Nathan Eisenberg <nathan@atlasnetworks.us>
Cc: Luqman Kondeth <luqman.kondeth@nyu.edu>,
"nanog@nanog.org" <nanog@nanog.org>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
You can make your own endpoints, do full BERT and loop back RFC compliant te=
sting for a small investment with PacketExpert from TSI. Reach out for a dem=
o thanks=20
Sent from my iPhone
On Aug 14, 2012, at 2:11 PM, Nathan Eisenberg <nathan@atlasnetworks.us> wrot=
e:
>> Is there any other suggestion for this testing?
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> As a general tool, I rather like PathTest - it's free and versatile, you j=
ust 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 t=
est. It's far more efficient than a flash based test. Even a very modest l=
aptop which chokes at 70Mbps in flash can do a few hundred Mbps with it, and=
anything decent can do a full gig and up.
>=20
> I realize that doesn't help you find an endpoint in the Middle East to tes=
t against, but at least now you have a better tool. :)
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> Nathan Eisenberg
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