What if you plug a dumb switch into the two ports. That should make the traffic bar go up.
I can't imagine taking every SS to this test... That will take forever. Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 On Aug 17, 2015 6:12 PM, "Chuck McCown" <[email protected]> wrote: > Good to know. We will see if the router can do a test. If it fails if we > unplug it then it is making the whole trip. Or we can get two of these > routers. > > *From:* George Skorup <[email protected]> > *Sent:* Monday, August 17, 2015 4:07 PM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] GigE Testing > > My experience with GigE is that rate/duplex auto-negotiation still takes > place on only four wires so you could have a missing pair (or even one > wire) and it would try to run gigabit if your interfaces are stupid. > > We had exactly this problem when the 450 APs first came out. They would > link up at 1Gb even though there was only a 10/100 injector in between and > obviously only two data pairs in use. Cambium later turned on the feature > in their PHY that detects if data is actually present on all four pairs or > not and adjusts negotiation accordingly. And that was talking to MikroTik > ports, BTW. > > So no, I don't think you can rely on the "does it show linked at 1Gbps?" > test. > > Also, I don't think Josh's suggested MikroTik bandwidth test using a > single router will work. If you run a speedtest to itself, it will only go > through the CPU. Just sayin. > > 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 <[email protected]> > *Sent:* Monday, August 17, 2015 2:13 PM > *To:* [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 > Office: 937-552-2340 > Direct: 937-552-2343 > 1100 Wayne St > Suite 1337 > Troy, OH 45373 > On Aug 17, 2015 4:08 PM, "Chuck McCown" <[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] >> 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] >> >> 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] >>> 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? >>> >> >> >
