[c-nsp] How to measuse the throughput on Internet Links

[ed at edgeoc.net]

You throughput will vary based upon a lot of factors. (Hops to dest, saturation of links along the way to your dest, link overhead, etc.) Somethings you could consider trying are the following:

- put a pc as close as you can to the router and run a speed test from any number of websites out there. (Not sure of any off of the top of my head that will scale to 40mbps+, as I've never tried that.) Some possibilities are speedtest.net or giganews.com speedtest, etc.

- see if your isp has an ftp server or something of the like where you can download a file from them. (The closer the proximity is to your equip, the faster it will be).

Hope this helps.

- Ed

-----Original Message-----
From: "omar parihuana" <omar.parihuana at gmail.com>

Date: Wed, 9 Jan 2008 11:56:49 
To:"Michael Long" <mlong at mikesoffice.org>,       "cisco-nsp at puck.nether.net" <cisco-nsp at puck.nether.net>
Subject: Re: [c-nsp] How to measuse the throughput on Internet Links


Hi Michael,

thanks for your response....

I tried to use IPERF previously without success because set up the server
was difficult for me. I'm looking for other options.

Thanks again
Rgds.


On 1/9/08, Michael Long <mlong at mikesoffice.org> wrote:
>
> iperf. http://dast.nlanr.net/Projects/Iperf/
>
> Although you'll need a client and server setup. Plus it helps if the
> server is somewhat close to the link you are trying to test.
>
> Mike
>
> omar parihuana wrote:
> > Hi guys,
> >
> > I bought a new Internet Link 40Mbps 1:1 that is provide with
> FastEthernet
> > interface, now, I would like to check if I have the 40Mbps effective.
> How
> > can I measure the max capacity of my Internet link? any suggestions?
> >
> > Thanks in advanced...
> >
> > Rgds.
> >
>



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