Use IPERF IPERF will let you do this - w/o much of a system in fact.
:-) you do need something else on the other end however On Oct 25, 2010, at 4:51 PM, Faisal Imtiaz wrote: > Forbes, > Besides the usual things to look for, please keep in mind that most of > the SpeedTest Servers out their are 'capped' and not really designed to > test for 100meg x 100meg connections. > The best way to test it is to use 'Bandwidth Tester' tool (Mikrotik's > have one built in), and there are others you can find / download on the > net. (Jperf ?) > > Keep in mind, you need beefy systems to be able to generate, sustained > amount of 100meg bandwidth, for testing. > > Regards > > Faisal Imtiaz > Snappy Internet & Telecom > > On 10/25/2010 4:37 PM, Forbes Mercy wrote: >> I just took delivery on a 100MB Fiber connection from Charter, we're >> perplexed at the variable speed tests we are getting. Charter's varies >> from 25 to 50MB down, speedtest.net goes to about 20-25MB down and 30 >> up, speakeasy doesn't go above 20MB. Charter says the cap is off on our >> 100MB so it should be showing that. >> >> The anatomy of our network is fiber to our head-end, goes to a Charter >> switch then to our Cisco 2811, then to a gig netgear switch. We're >> doing our speed tests on a standard browser (Firefox) in a Windows 2003 >> box that has a 10/100 ethernet (about 8 feet) to the gig switch. I'm >> debating if the 2811 is hefty enough to handle the 100MB, any ideas? >> >> Thanks, >> Forbes >> >> >> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> WISPA Wants You! Join today! >> http://signup.wispa.org/ >> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] >> >> Subscribe/Unsubscribe: >> http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless >> >> Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ >> > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > WISPA Wants You! Join today! > http://signup.wispa.org/ > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ _____________________________________________________________________________________ Glenn Kelley | Principle | HostMedic |www.HostMedic.com Email: [email protected] Pplease don't print this e-mail unless you really need to.
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