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:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 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: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 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) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>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: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 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 > _______________________________________________ > cisco-nsp mailing list [email protected] > https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/cisco-nsp > archive at http://puck.nether.net/pipermail/cisco-nsp/ > _______________________________________________ cisco-nsp mailing list [email protected] https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/cisco-nsp archive at http://puck.nether.net/pipermail/cisco-nsp/ _______________________________________________ cisco-nsp mailing list [email protected] https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/cisco-nsp archive at http://puck.nether.net/pipermail/cisco-nsp/
