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) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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:[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/
