If you've previously validated that the hardware you're using can pass
gig speeds (which I'd be surprised if it can't, you're not actually
doing any kind of packet processing on the surge suppressor, right?)
then I think making sure it links is more than sufficient.
On 8/17/2015 3:16 PM, Chuck McCown wrote:
Would seeing the gigabit color be good enough to say that we have a
good circuit?
*From:* Josh Luthman <mailto:[email protected]>
*Sent:* Monday, August 17, 2015 2:13 PM
*To:* [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
*Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] GigE Testing
Yup. Get an rb2011. Plug ether1 to 2 with a SS between.
You'll see link, one color is gigabit. Hell you could run a script to
check the rate and print it.
For more testing you could do a MT speed test between it/to itself.
Josh Luthman
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On Aug 17, 2015 4:08 PM, "Chuck McCown" <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
So, could I use two ports of a Mikrotik router and make it do a
bi-directional test?
I presume they have a CLI or do they have a GUI?
-----Original Message----- From: Larry Smith
Sent: Monday, August 17, 2015 2:06 PM
To: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] GigE Testing
Most (if not all) the mikrotik routers have a built in Bandwidth
test (server
or client, selectable). Believe they do UDP or TCP, send, receive
or both.
--
Larry Smith
[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
On Mon August 17 2015 15:02, Chuck McCown wrote:
I am pretty ignorant as to the abilities of any Mikrotic device.
Can you enlighten me?
-----Original Message-----
From: Matt
Sent: Monday, August 17, 2015 2:01 PM
To: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] GigE Testing
> I am wondering if I got a GigE managed switch, could I see
some phy data
> speeds by looking at its management interface?
Why not just a Mikrotik CCR?
> Demand for our GigE surge suppressor has been growing such
that I am now
> limited by my test station throughput.
>
>
>
> Any ideas on how to test a GigE device go-nogo without
buying more big
> dollar testers (which I currently use)?
>
>
>
> It needs to be fast and show speeds in both directions.
>
>
>
> Have considered just putting up a GigE switch and plugging
the surge
> suppressor into two ports and seeing if they light. But
that sounds
> pretty
> cheap and dirty. Want to see numbers. A laptop talking to
another
> laptop with iperf may end up being the solution. Not sure if
there are
> GigE USB NICS so I could do it all on one laptop or not.
>
>
>
> Any other ideas?
