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I investigated building a product that could reliably speedtest up
to a gig and found the same thing. A raspberry Pi 3B or 3B+ can
reliably test up to ~100Mbps. The 3B only has a 10/100 NIC; The 3B+,
while having a gigabit NIC, tops out at ~300Mbps internally. Both
models of the Pi are available as a kit that retails under $100. For
testing up to 1Gbps, an x86 mini PC like those sold for firewall
appliances (<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://a.co/d/02UQFow">http://a.co/d/02UQFow</a>) are available and retail for
$200-$300 at the low end.<br>
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My conclusion was that doing testing within the CPE was the most
cost effective way to go. One should keep in mind that even gigabit
CPEs may not be able to reliably test > 100Mbps due to CPU or
other software limitations. Public speedtest servers may also not
reliably test > 100Mbps, so for reliable gigabit testing you'll
need to run your own.<br>
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<div dir="ltr">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.
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<div>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.<br
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<p class="MsoNormal">Would a raspberry pi work for this?</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Could 3D print a nice case with your
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