[162104] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Speedtest Results speedtest.net vs Mikrotik bandwidth test
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Scott Weeks)
Tue Apr 2 18:16:18 2013
Date: Tue, 2 Apr 2013 15:37:46 -0700
From: "Scott Weeks" <surfer@mauigateway.com>
To: <nanog@nanog.org>
Reply-To: surfer@mauigateway.com
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
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You might want to consider putting up a speedtest server internal to your
network. I know there is a fee but well worth it I believe. You will
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I would consider NDT as well: www.internet2.edu/performance/ndt
Last I checked, about 3 years ago, speedtest sent only latin text in
large packets. NDT tests much more. The customers just use a web
browser and the only caveat is they need to have Java working.
Here's one to get a feeling of what your customers will see:
http://ndt.anl.gov:7123
scott