Network Speed Testing and Monitoring Platform

Thu Jan 17 14:51:58 UTC 2019

     Yeah,

     There is not enough capacity, interrupt wise, to achieve it.

     OpenSpeedTest works for us.

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On 1/16/19 2:45 PM, Casey Russell wrote:
> I don't think a raspberry pi will reliably fill a full Gig and keep it 
> full (maybe that's not required in this scenario), but I've installed 
> a Linux based OS with the PerfSONAR tools (including iperf) on a 
> couple of different mini PCs in the "few hundred dollars" price range.
>
> The last one was the Liva X from ECS.  It was more than capable of 
> filling 1G circuits with traffic and keeping them full without loss or 
> wonky results due to things like CPU overrun or other processes 
> causing bus contention.  I'm pretty sure the Liva X is retired now, 
> but their current gen should suffice as should a number of comparable 
> competitors.
>
> Sincerely,
> Casey Russell
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> On Wed, Jan 16, 2019 at 1:27 PM Chris Kimball 
> <CKimball at misalliance.com <mailto:CKimball at misalliance.com>> wrote:
>
>     Would a raspberry pi work for this?
>
>     Could 3D print a nice case with your logo for it.
>
>     *From:* NANOG <nanog-bounces at nanog.org
>     <mailto:nanog-bounces at nanog.org>> *On Behalf Of *Colton Conor
>     *Sent:* Wednesday, January 16, 2019 2:16 PM
>     *To:* David Guo <david at xtom.com <mailto:david at xtom.com>>
>     *Cc:* NANOG <nanog at nanog.org <mailto:nanog at nanog.org>>
>     *Subject:* Re: Network Speed Testing and Monitoring Platform
>
>     Last time I setup Iperf3 it was semi difficult, and would be
>     impossible trying to coach a soccer mom on how to setup over the
>     phone.
>
>     I am leaning towards a CPE that has speed test built in, or a low
>     cost, sub $100 device we could ship to the customer to install.
>     Anyone know of something like that?
>
>     On Wed, Jan 16, 2019 at 10:55 AM David Guo <david at xtom.com
>     <mailto:david at xtom.com>> wrote:
>
>         We ask our customers use iperf3 to test speed.
>
>         Get Outlook for iOS <https://aka.ms/o0ukef>
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>         *From:*NANOG <nanog-bounces at nanog.org
>         <mailto:nanog-bounces at nanog.org>> on behalf of Colton Conor
>         <colton.conor at gmail.com <mailto:colton.conor at gmail.com>>
>         *Sent:* Thursday, January 17, 2019 00:54
>         *To:* NANOG
>         *Subject:* Network Speed Testing and Monitoring Platform
>
>         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 <http://speedtest.net>, or worse sending a tech
>         out with a laptop to do the same thing.
>
>         What opensource and commercial options are out there?
>
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