[c-nsp] Check bandwidth on router

[root net]

Thanks to all who have replied I will look into all options.  I think Iperf
and Netperf are the great tests for PTP links.

root net

On 9/12/08, Arie Vayner (avayner) <avayner at cisco.com> wrote:
>
> Actually, you can use IP SLA for bandwidth testing too. You just need to
> find some file which can be pulled off the internet via HTTP/FTP, and
> use IP SLA to get it.
> The only thing is that you would be killing your user's access to the
> net at the time of the test, so testing during peak hours would be out
> of the question, while testing the bandwidth in off-peak hours does not
> mean much, as the ISP would have extra BW...
>
> I would monitor the response time for HTTP for small web sites, and just
> monitor the trend. The bottom line is that your end users do not really
> care about the raw amount of bandwidth, but are really looking for good
> response time and consistent service level.
>
> Its called "Quality of Experience" as opposed to "Quality of Service".
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quality_of_Experience
>
>
> Arie
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Daniel Hooper [mailto:dhooper at emerge.net.au]
> Sent: Friday, September 12, 2008 17:38 PM
> To: root net; Arie Vayner (avayner)
> Cc: cisco-nsp
>
> Subject: RE: [c-nsp] Check bandwidth on router
>
> You can use netperf to test bandwidth, cron it to run daily for 10
> seconds and it will report the bandwidth on your circuits.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: cisco-nsp-bounces at puck.nether.net
> [mailto:cisco-nsp-bounces at puck.nether.net] On Behalf Of root net
> Sent: Friday, 12 September 2008 9:53 PM
> To: Arie Vayner (avayner)
> Cc: cisco-nsp
> Subject: Re: [c-nsp] Check bandwidth on router
>
> IP SLA seems to be the best option at present.  Although we monitor with
> some open source tools. I would like to have a way to check that I am
> getting what (bandwidth) I am paying for if this makes sense.
>
> It seems to me that these programs only monitor the circuits not test
> throughput.  I want to be able to test throughput on the circuit. These
> third party sites are ok but I am sure there is someway providers are
> doing this with out using speedtest sites?
>
> rootnet
>
> On Fri, Sep 12, 2008 at 3:19 AM, Arie Vayner (avayner)
> <avayner at cisco.com>wrote:
>
> > Dear rootnet,
> >
> > Not a direct solution to what you want, but did you consider using IP
> > SLA for constant performance monitoring?
> > You can setup a few IP SLA HTTP probes to well known sites and monitor
>
> > the performance trend. This would give you a real indication of the
> > "quality of experience".
> >
> > Arie
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: cisco-nsp-bounces at puck.nether.net
> > [mailto:cisco-nsp-bounces at puck.nether.net] On Behalf Of root net
> > Sent: Friday, September 12, 2008 03:55 AM
> > To: cisco-nsp
> > Subject: [c-nsp] Check bandwidth on router
> >
> > Hi List,
> >
> > Is there some sort of tool you can load into the IOS on a router to
> > check bandwidth? Or if not what are you all doing these days in this
> > situation.
> > Like for example things are running slow and you think the Internet
> feed
> > may be the problem is there a way to do speed tests on the router
> > itself?
> >
> > rootnet
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