I can easily max out a 1000BaseT speed test (when hardwired to a port in a gigabit FTTN fed MDU) on a ten year old Thinkpad T60 running xubuntu... The key part is having a "real" Intel NIC chipset on the bus, recent linux kernel / good driver support. None of that realtek garbage.
On Tue, Nov 21, 2017 at 10:28 AM, Adam Moffett <dmmoff...@gmail.com> wrote: > It's not dependent on the laptop being in good working condition, free of > malware, good ethernet chipset, etc. > > But to play devil's advocate here....you can get a pretty decent laptop > for what that tool seems to cost. Seems to be about $1000 based on my > initial Google shopping search. Maybe you pay less in real life. > > > ------ Original Message ------ > From: "Mike Hammett" <af...@ics-il.net> > To: af@afmug.com > Sent: 11/21/2017 1:24:26 PM > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] New tester - Daddy Likes! > > That seems inline with a bunch of tests I've seen against my speedtest.net > server. > > > > ----- > Mike Hammett > Intelligent Computing Solutions <http://www.ics-il.com/> > <https://www.facebook.com/ICSIL> > <https://plus.google.com/+IntelligentComputingSolutionsDeKalb> > <https://www.linkedin.com/company/intelligent-computing-solutions> > <https://twitter.com/ICSIL> > Midwest Internet Exchange <http://www.midwest-ix.com/> > <https://www.facebook.com/mdwestix> > <https://www.linkedin.com/company/midwest-internet-exchange> > <https://twitter.com/mdwestix> > The Brothers WISP <http://www.thebrotherswisp.com/> > <https://www.facebook.com/thebrotherswisp> > > > <https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXSdfxQv7SpoRQYNyLwntZg> > ------------------------------ > *From: *ch...@wbmfg.com > *To: *af@afmug.com > *Sent: *Tuesday, November 21, 2017 12:02:16 PM > *Subject: *[AFMUG] New tester - Daddy Likes! > > Exfo has a new tester that works with ookla. > > We just got one to try this morning. > > This is a 1 Gig test. > > Spot on when you net out the TCP/IP and other overheads. > >
