Re: Network Speed Testing and Monitoring Platform

2019-02-18 Thread Joel Jaeggli
> On Jan 16, 2019, at 08:52, Colton Conor wrote: > > As an internet service provider with many small business and residential > customers, our most common tech support calls are speed related. Customers > complaining on slow speeds, slowdowns, etc. > > We have a SNMP and ping monitoring

Re: Network Speed Testing and Monitoring Platform

2019-02-18 Thread Mark Tinka
On 19/Feb/19 04:56, Colton Conor wrote: > Mark, > > What does this Viavi's QT-600 platform cost? Does it test 10G or only 1G? They have units that will test up to 1Gbps and 10Gbps. You're looking at several thousand US$ per unit, under US$10,000. Mark.

Re: Network Speed Testing and Monitoring Platform

2019-02-18 Thread Colton Conor
Mark, What does this Viavi's QT-600 platform cost? Does it test 10G or only 1G? On Tue, Jan 22, 2019 at 3:26 AM Mark Tinka wrote: > After faffing about for quite some time with Ookla and iPerf, we have now > settled on Viavi's QT-600 platform: > > >

Re: Network Speed Testing and Monitoring Platform

2019-01-22 Thread Mark Tinka
After faffing about for quite some time with Ookla and iPerf, we have now settled on Viavi's QT-600 platform:     https://www.viavisolutions.com/en-us/products/qt-600-ethernet-probe-portfolio We shall use it as a private system, primarily to activate and handover customer services, and on rare

RE: Network Speed Testing and Monitoring Platform

2019-01-20 Thread Philip Loenneker
/download/TR-143.pdf Regards, Philip Loenneker | Network Engineer | TasmaNet From: Colton Conor Sent: Saturday, 19 January 2019 1:34 AM To: Philip Loenneker Cc: NANOG Subject: Re: Network Speed Testing and Monitoring Platform Philip, Which TR-069 tools are you referring to? I looked at TR-143

RE: Network Speed Testing and Monitoring Platform

2019-01-18 Thread Aaron Gould
: 'NANOG' Subject: RE: Network Speed Testing and Monitoring Platform The paid version gives you access to all the reporting from the test ran against your server. Luke Ns

Re: Network Speed Testing and Monitoring Platform

2019-01-18 Thread Colton Conor
Tim, Doesn't OpenWRT support iperf3? Why not use that instead of wget? I think there are a ton of options if I go with an OpenWRT based router. Still not sure if I want to go through the process of developing out own consumer grade routers, but still no one beside Mikrotik seems to have speed

RE: Network Speed Testing and Monitoring Platform

2019-01-18 Thread Luke Guillory
, 2019 11:25 AM To: Luke Guillory Cc: NANOG; Aaron Gould; Colton Conor Subject: Re: Network Speed Testing and Monitoring Platform I haven't seen the level of reporting on the paid service because I don't have it, but I get reporting on a free, public server. - Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing

RE: Network Speed Testing and Monitoring Platform

2019-01-18 Thread Luke Guillory
] Sent: Friday, January 18, 2019 8:37 AM To: Aaron Gould Cc: NANOG Subject: Re: Network Speed Testing and Monitoring Platform Aaron, How does the https://account.speedtestcustom.com/login differ from hosting a speedtest.net<http://speedtest.net> server as an ISP, and letting anyone test t

RE: Network Speed Testing and Monitoring Platform

2019-01-18 Thread Aaron Gould
: Friday, January 18, 2019 8:37 AM To: Aaron Gould Cc: NANOG Subject: Re: Network Speed Testing and Monitoring Platform Aaron, How does the <https://account.speedtestcustom.com/login> https://account.speedtestcustom.com/login differ from hosting a speedtest.net server as

Re: Network Speed Testing and Monitoring Platform

2019-01-18 Thread Mike Hammett
oenneker" , "NANOG" Sent: Friday, January 18, 2019 8:31:58 AM Subject: Re: Network Speed Testing and Monitoring Platform Mike, So are you saying in Mikrotik, there is a Btest tool, a traffic generator tool, and a new speed-test tool? Sounds like this low cost CPE has a t

Re: Network Speed Testing and Monitoring Platform

2019-01-18 Thread Colton Conor
Aaron, How does the https://account.speedtestcustom.com/login differ from hosting a speedtest.net server as an ISP, and letting anyone test through it? Seems the speedtest custom is a paid option, but hosting a speedtest.net server is free if you allow it to the public domain. Sure it uses up

Re: Network Speed Testing and Monitoring Platform

2019-01-18 Thread Colton Conor
can easily discover with a quick search. > > > > Regards, > > Philip Loenneker | Network Engineer | TasmaNet > > > > *From:* NANOG *On Behalf Of *Colton Conor > *Sent:* Friday, 18 January 2019 12:17 AM > *To:* James Bensley > *Cc:* NANOG > *Subject:*

Re: Network Speed Testing and Monitoring Platform

2019-01-18 Thread Colton Conor
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Re: Network Speed Testing and Monitoring Platform

2019-01-17 Thread Mike Hammett
17, 2019 5:07:04 PM Subject: RE: Network Speed Testing and Monitoring Platform Connor, If you use the Traffic Generator tool instead of the Bandwidth Test tool built into MikroTik, you can definitely flood a 1Gbps link. However it requires the device to receive the packets that it has se

RE: Network Speed Testing and Monitoring Platform

2019-01-17 Thread Philip Loenneker
here”. TR-069 also has a lot of other advantages which you can easily discover with a quick search. Regards, Philip Loenneker | Network Engineer | TasmaNet From: NANOG On Behalf Of Colton Conor Sent: Friday, 18 January 2019 12:17 AM To: James Bensley Cc: NANOG Subject: Re: Network Speed Testing

Re: Network Speed Testing and Monitoring Platform

2019-01-17 Thread Blake Hudson
Zach Puls wrote on 1/16/2019 1:53 PM: Maybe try setting up an Ookla on-site speedtest server? I believe the product is called Speedtest Custom. Setup is pretty simple, and is relatively inexpensive. That gives you the ease-of-use of speedtest.net, with the accuracy similar to having a

Re: Network Speed Testing and Monitoring Platform

2019-01-17 Thread rapier
Hello all, A colleague of mine pointed out this conversation to me. I'm not sure this is going to be the best solution to your problem but it may be helpful in some instances or for other people. At PSC we also have to deal with customers complaining of speed issues. Generally speaking this

Re: Network Speed Testing and Monitoring Platform

2019-01-17 Thread R. Scott Evans
In the US this type of testing may be an actual requirement for some ISP's if they get funding from the government. https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/DA-18-710A1.pdf We provide basic CPE routers to our DSL & FTTH customers and are trying to get a custom firmware from the device

RE: Network Speed Testing and Monitoring Platform

2019-01-17 Thread Zach Puls
46 To: Chris Kimball Cc: NANOG Subject: Re: Network Speed Testing and Monitoring Platform I don't think a raspberry pi will reliably fill a full Gig and keep it full (maybe that's not required in this scenario), but I've installed a Linux based OS with the PerfSONAR tools (including iperf)

Re: Network Speed Testing and Monitoring Platform

2019-01-17 Thread Chris Boyd
> On Jan 17, 2019, at 7:17 AM, Colton Conor wrote: > > Besides mikrotik, I haven't found anything that doesn't require me to build a > solution. Like OpenWRT with ipef3, or something like that. > > Seems like a commercial solution would exist for this. I though CAF > providers have to

RE: Network Speed Testing and Monitoring Platform

2019-01-17 Thread Aaron Gould
https://github.com/adolfintel/speedtest - one drawback we’ve seen is upload test has issues on some iphones (maybe other mobile devices) in safari, but I think chrome might work, unsure https://account.speedtestcustom.com/login - ookla customer speedtest – we have this running *internally*

Re: Network Speed Testing and Monitoring Platform

2019-01-17 Thread Livingood, Jason
We ran into an issue with RPi and Banana Pi hitting multi-hundred meg and 1 - 2 gig speeds reliably, and ended up using ODROID - https://www.hardkernel.com/. Also, Ookla (speedtest.net) have a software client that can be embedded in CPE gateway devices as does SamKnows. JL On 1/16/19, 3:49

Re: Network Speed Testing and Monitoring Platform

2019-01-17 Thread Aled Morris via NANOG
On Wed, 16 Jan 2019 at 20:49, wrote: > On Wed, 16 Jan 2019 19:26:41 +, Chris Kimball said: > > Would a raspberry pi work for this? > > > > Could 3D print a nice case with your logo for it. > > The Pi has a bandwidth limit at 300mbits/sec due to a USB port being used. > I've been using

Re: Network Speed Testing and Monitoring Platform

2019-01-17 Thread Alain Hebert
19 2:16 PM *To:* David Guo mailto:da...@xtom.com>> *Cc:* NANOG mailto:nanog@nanog.org>> *Subject:* Re: Network Speed Testing and Monitoring Platform Last time I setup Iperf3 it was semi difficult, and would be impossible trying to coach a soccer mom on how to se

Re: Network Speed Testing and Monitoring Platform

2019-01-17 Thread Eric Dugas
; Original message > From: Colton Conor > Date: 2019-01-17 7:17 AM (GMT-06:00) > To: James Bensley > Cc: NANOG > Subject: Re: Network Speed Testing and Monitoring Platform > > All, thanks for the recommendations both on and off list. > > It has been brought to my

Re: Network Speed Testing and Monitoring Platform

2019-01-17 Thread tgrand via NANOG
Subject: Re: Network Speed Testing and Monitoring Platform All, thanks for the recommendations both on and off list. It has been brought to my attention that a Mikrotik has a bandwidth speed test tool built into their operating system. Someone recommended a  https://mikrotik.com/product/hap_ac2

Re: Network Speed Testing and Monitoring Platform

2019-01-17 Thread Colton Conor
All, thanks for the recommendations both on and off list. It has been brought to my attention that a Mikrotik has a bandwidth speed test tool built into their operating system. Someone recommended a https://mikrotik.com/product/hap_ac2 for MSRP of $69. The release notes of the newest version say:

Re: Network Speed Testing and Monitoring Platform

2019-01-17 Thread James Bensley
On Wed, 16 Jan 2019 at 16:54, Colton Conor wrote: > > As an internet service provider with many small business and residential > customers, our most common tech support calls are speed related. Customers > complaining on slow speeds, slowdowns, etc. > > We have a SNMP and ping monitoring

Re: Network Speed Testing and Monitoring Platform

2019-01-16 Thread James R Cutler
On Jan 16, 2019, at 4:01 PM, valdis.kletni...@vt.edu wrote: > > So out of curiosity - does anybody have info on what percentage of residential > internet connections are on CPE that's been suitably de-bufferbloated? I have not read anything suggesting that de-bufferbloating has happened. It

Re: Network Speed Testing and Monitoring Platform

2019-01-16 Thread valdis . kletnieks
On Wed, 16 Jan 2019 10:52:58 -0600, Colton Conor said: > As an internet service provider with many small business and residential > customers, our most common tech support calls are speed related. Customers > complaining on slow speeds, slowdowns, etc. So out of curiosity - does anybody have info

Re: Network Speed Testing and Monitoring Platform

2019-01-16 Thread valdis . kletnieks
On Wed, 16 Jan 2019 19:26:41 +, Chris Kimball said: > Would a raspberry pi work for this? > > Could 3D print a nice case with your logo for it. The Pi has a bandwidth limit at 300mbits/sec due to a USB port being used. I wonder if something like the RIPE Atlas probes could be flashed with

Re: Network Speed Testing and Monitoring Platform

2019-01-16 Thread Blake Hudson
I investigated building a product that could reliably speedtest up to a gig and found the same thing. A raspberry Pi 3B or 3B+ can reliably test up to ~100Mbps. The 3B only has a 10/100 NIC; The 3B+, while having a gigabit NIC, tops out at ~300Mbps internally. Both models of the Pi are

RE: Network Speed Testing and Monitoring Platform

2019-01-16 Thread Cummings, Chris
ly e-mail or phone, and delete this message and its attachments, if any. P Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail. From: NANOG On Behalf Of Chris Kimball Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2019 11:27 AM To: Colton Conor ; David Guo Cc: NANOG Subject: RE: Network Speed Test

Re: Network Speed Testing and Monitoring Platform

2019-01-16 Thread Ryan Wilkins
com>> wrote: > Would a raspberry pi work for this? > > > > Could 3D print a nice case with your logo for it. > > > > From: NANOG mailto:nanog-boun...@nanog.org>> On > Behalf Of Colton Conor > Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2019 2:16 PM > To: David

Re: Network Speed Testing and Monitoring Platform

2019-01-16 Thread Casey Russell
work for this? > > > > Could 3D print a nice case with your logo for it. > > > > *From:* NANOG *On Behalf Of *Colton Conor > *Sent:* Wednesday, January 16, 2019 2:16 PM > *To:* David Guo > *Cc:* NANOG > *Subject:* Re: Network Speed Testing and Monitoring P

RE: Network Speed Testing and Monitoring Platform

2019-01-16 Thread Chris Kimball
Would a raspberry pi work for this? Could 3D print a nice case with your logo for it. From: NANOG On Behalf Of Colton Conor Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2019 2:16 PM To: David Guo Cc: NANOG Subject: Re: Network Speed Testing and Monitoring Platform Last time I setup Iperf3 it was semi

Re: Network Speed Testing and Monitoring Platform

2019-01-16 Thread Colton Conor
t:* Thursday, January 17, 2019 00:54 > *To:* NANOG > *Subject:* Network Speed Testing and Monitoring Platform > > As an internet service provider with many small business and residential > customers, our most common tech support calls are speed related. Customers > complain

Re: Network Speed Testing and Monitoring Platform

2019-01-16 Thread J. Hellenthal via NANOG
Might be worth while to get some graphing on customers max transmission speeds over the period of three days, a week, two weeks, month to better predict what they may be seeing so you can better predict the area’s that could be effected due to whatever causes. A lot of times I find this comes

Re: Network Speed Testing and Monitoring Platform

2019-01-16 Thread Christoffer Hansen
On 16/01/2019 17:52, Colton Conor wrote: > We are looking for a way to remotely test customers internet connections > besides telling the customer to go to speedtest.net, or worse sending a > tech out with a laptop to do the same thing. > > What opensource and commercial options are out there?

Re: Network Speed Testing and Monitoring Platform

2019-01-16 Thread Mike Hammett
ot; Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2019 10:55:51 AM Subject: Re: Network Speed Testing and Monitoring Platform We ask our customers use iperf3 to test speed. Get Outlook for iOS From: NANOG on behalf of Colton Conor Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2019 00:54 To: NANOG Subject: Networ

Re: Network Speed Testing and Monitoring Platform

2019-01-16 Thread David Guo via NANOG
We ask our customers use iperf3 to test speed. Get Outlook for iOS<https://aka.ms/o0ukef> From: NANOG on behalf of Colton Conor Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2019 00:54 To: NANOG Subject: Network Speed Testing and Monitoring Platform As an internet s

Network Speed Testing and Monitoring Platform

2019-01-16 Thread Colton Conor
As an internet service provider with many small business and residential customers, our most common tech support calls are speed related. Customers complaining on slow speeds, slowdowns, etc. We have a SNMP and ping monitoring platform today, but that mainly tells us up-time and if data is