As my boss would say, "those tests are for entertainment purposes only!"
Joey Craig Network/RF Engineer Firenet1.Com Phone: (662) 510-0764 Mobile: (662) 404-1118 -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Mike Hammett Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2012 2:25 PM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] Internet Speed test..are they inaccurate with wireless? You're going to get a bunch of people bashing the tests, but there's generally a reason for a low number. It very well could be nothing on your network, but it's still a problem that needs to be addressed, especially if that is a common testing point in your area. A congested peering point could be to blame. ----- Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bret Clark" <[email protected]> To: "WISPA General List" <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2012 2:22:02 PM Subject: [WISPA] Internet Speed test..are they inaccurate with wireless? We mostly deal with business customer and guarantee bandwidth to customers. We validate the bandwidth using IPERF from a Linux server off of our BGP edge routers down to the customer and IPERF always shows the customer getting the bandwidth they signed up for. We use QoS to control bandwidth and make sure to not oversubscribe any one link....small ratios of 3:1. Of course eventually at some point the customer runs one of those stupid bandwidth test on the Internet and the results are woefully inaccurate (not in our favor)...but of course customers take the results as gospel. AAARRRRGGGGHHHH! It's not our internet connections, we have three 100Mbps BGP links and none of them run at more then 50% during peak loads. Has anyone else found those Internet speed test to be woefully inaccurate? Or is something else going on that I'm missing? Thanks, Bret _______________________________________________ Wireless mailing list [email protected] http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless _______________________________________________ Wireless mailing list [email protected] http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless _______________________________________________ Wireless mailing list [email protected] http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless
