<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">A Raspberry Pi uses USB 2 for Ethernet interconnection to the CPU so it most definitely will not keep even half a gig full. It’ll do a bit over 300 Mbps.<br class=""><div><br class=""></div><div>Ryan Wilkins</div><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Jan 16, 2019, at 2:45 PM, Casey Russell <<a href="mailto:crussell@kanren.net" class="">crussell@kanren.net</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class="">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. <div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">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 clear="all" class=""><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class=""><br class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div style="padding-bottom:15px" class="">Sincerely,</div> <div style="padding-bottom:5px" class="">Casey Russell</div> <div style="color:#888;font-style:italic;font-size:12px" class="">Network Engineer</div><div style="color:#888;font-style:italic;font-size:12px" class=""><a href="http://www.kanren.net/" style="font-size:12.8px;font-style:normal" target="_blank" class=""><img src="http://www.kanren.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/KanREN.png" alt="KanREN" height="auto" width="250" class=""></a><br class=""></div> <div class=""><img src="http://www.kanren.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/phone.png" alt="phone" height="auto" width="12" class="">785-856-9809</div> <div style="padding-bottom:3px" class=""> 2029 Becker Drive, Suite 282<br class=""> Lawrence, Kansas 66047 </div> <span style="display:inline-block;margin:0 3px" class=""> <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/92399?trk=tyah&trkInfo=clickedVertical%3Acompany%2CclickedEntityId%3A92399%2Cidx%3A1-1-1%2CtarId%3A1440002635645%2Ctas%3AKanREN" target="_blank" class=""> <img src="http://www.kanren.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/linkedin.png" alt="linkedin" height="auto" width="20" class=""> </a> </span> <span style="display:inline-block;margin:0 3px" class=""> <a href="https://twitter.com/TheKanREN" target="_blank" class=""> <img src="http://www.kanren.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/twitter.png" alt="twitter" height="auto" width="20" class=""> </a> </span> <span style="display:inline-block;margin:0 3px" class=""> <a href="http://www.kanren.net/feed/" target="_blank" class=""> <img src="http://www.kanren.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/rss.png" alt="twitter" height="auto" width="20" class=""> </a> </span> <a href="mailto:support@kanren.net" style="background:#bbb;color:#fff;text-decoration:none;display:inline-block;padding:3px 10px;margin-left:10px" target="_blank" class="">need support?</a></div></div><div dir="ltr" class=""><br class=""></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br class=""></div></div><br class=""><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Jan 16, 2019 at 1:27 PM Chris Kimball <<a href="mailto:CKimball@misalliance.com" class="">CKimball@misalliance.com</a>> wrote:<br class=""></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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<div class="gmail-m_-1217144812764913399WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal">Would a raspberry pi work for this?<u class=""></u><u class=""></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u class=""></u> <u class=""></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Could 3D print a nice case with your logo for it. <u class=""></u><u class=""></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u class=""></u> <u class=""></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b class="">From:</b> NANOG <<a href="mailto:nanog-bounces@nanog.org" target="_blank" class="">nanog-bounces@nanog.org</a>> <b class="">On Behalf Of
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<b class="">Sent:</b> Wednesday, January 16, 2019 2:16 PM<br class="">
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<b class="">Subject:</b> Re: Network Speed Testing and Monitoring Platform<u class=""></u><u class=""></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u class=""></u> <u class=""></u></p>
<div class=""><p class="MsoNormal">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.<u class=""></u><u class=""></u></p>
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<div class=""><p class="MsoNormal">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?<u class=""></u><u class=""></u></p>
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<div class=""><p class="MsoNormal">On Wed, Jan 16, 2019 at 10:55 AM David Guo <<a href="mailto:david@xtom.com" target="_blank" class="">david@xtom.com</a>> wrote:<u class=""></u><u class=""></u></p>
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<b class="">Sent:</b> Thursday, January 17, 2019 00:54<br class="">
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<b class="">Subject:</b> Network Speed Testing and Monitoring Platform <u class=""></u><u class=""></u></span></p>
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<div class=""><p class="MsoNormal">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.
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<div class=""><p class="MsoNormal">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. <u class=""></u><u class=""></u></p>
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<div class=""><p class="MsoNormal">We are looking for a way to remotely test customers internet connections besides telling the customer to go to
<a href="http://speedtest.net/" target="_blank" class="">speedtest.net</a>, or worse sending a tech out with a laptop to do the same thing.<u class=""></u><u class=""></u></p>
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<div class=""><p class="MsoNormal">What opensource and commercial options are out there? <u class=""></u><u class=""></u></p>
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