RE: Testing 1gbps bandwidth

2012-08-14 Thread Luqman Kondeth
Many thanks everyone for the response. Many people have been kind enough to offer their iperf servers so I'll be trying the test today. Now, with regards to the email chain, all of these are very valid points. My objectives were two fold a) Test Path throughput through ISP backbone b)Test my 1gbps

Re: Testing 1gbps bandwidth

2012-08-14 Thread Graham Beneke
On 14/08/2012 22:22, Fred Baker (fred) wrote: > Let me put hands and feet on what Valdis points out. With a gigabit > interface, you are able to carry about 83,333 1500 byte packets per second. > If you're trying to download a file from, say, an Akamai server, TCP will > allow you to move one wi

Re: Testing 1gbps bandwidth

2012-08-14 Thread Fred Baker (fred)
On Aug 14, 2012, at 4:40 AM, wrote: > On Tue, 14 Aug 2012 15:32:47 +0400, Luqman Kondeth said: >> Is anyone aware of any public IPerf servers in the middle east or close >> by?(Europe) or anywhere that can do udp?. I have a 1gbps Internet link >> which I've been asked to show that it has 1gbps

Re: Testing 1gbps bandwidth

2012-08-14 Thread Russ Hughes
On Aug 14, 2012, at 12:45 PM, "Scott Weeks" wrote: > > > --- na...@penfold.owt.com wrote: > From: Russ Hughes > > Now if you only added "copy running-config startup-config", you wouldn't have > to deal with this more then once. > > > > That's w

Re: Testing 1gbps bandwidth

2012-08-14 Thread Scott Weeks
--- na...@penfold.owt.com wrote: From: Russ Hughes Now if you only added "copy running-config startup-config", you wouldn't have to deal with this more then once. That's what "wr mem" does... scott

Re: Testing 1gbps bandwidth

2012-08-14 Thread Nick Olsen
t;Nick Hilliard" Sent: Tuesday, August 14, 2012 11:09 AM To: nanog@nanog.org Subject: Re: Testing 1gbps bandwidth On 14/08/2012 15:43, valdis.kletni...@vt.edu wrote: > case trying to use one of the speedtest.net servers - we had a clear 10G path > out through like 3 AS'

Re: Testing 1gbps bandwidth

2012-08-14 Thread Russ Hughes
Now if you only added "copy running-config startup-config", you wouldn't have to deal with this more then once. Russ On Aug 14, 2012, at 11:35 AM, Scott Weeks wrote: > > > --- creyno...@tsieda.com wrote: > From: Chuck Reynolds > > for a small investment with PacketExpert from TSI. Reach ou

Re: Testing 1gbps bandwidth

2012-08-14 Thread Scott Weeks
--- creyno...@tsieda.com wrote: From: Chuck Reynolds for a small investment with PacketExpert from TSI. Reach out for a demo thanks --- Router#conf t Enter configuration commands, one per line. End with CNTL/Z. Router(config)#no ip sales-cr

Re: Testing 1gbps bandwidth

2012-08-14 Thread Chuck Reynolds
You can make your own endpoints, do full BERT and loop back RFC compliant testing for a small investment with PacketExpert from TSI. Reach out for a demo thanks Sent from my iPhone On Aug 14, 2012, at 2:11 PM, Nathan Eisenberg wrote: >> Is there any other suggestion for this testing? > > As

RE: Testing 1gbps bandwidth

2012-08-14 Thread Nathan Eisenberg
> Is there any other suggestion for this testing? As a general tool, I rather like PathTest - it's free and versatile, you just have to have a daemon somewhere on the other end of the circuit (even if that's multiple AS's away) that can deliver sufficient throughput for the test. It's far more

RE: Testing 1gbps bandwidth

2012-08-14 Thread J.J. Mc Kenna
rove/disprove whether a provider is delivering the bandwidth I contracted for. jms > -Original Message- > From: Nick Hilliard [mailto:n...@foobar.org] > Sent: Tuesday, August 14, 2012 11:09 AM > To: nanog@nanog.org > Subject: Re: Testing 1gbps bandwidth > > On 14/08/2012 1

RE: Testing 1gbps bandwidth

2012-08-14 Thread Justin M. Streiner
rove whether a provider is delivering the bandwidth I contracted for. jms -Original Message- From: Nick Hilliard [mailto:n...@foobar.org] Sent: Tuesday, August 14, 2012 11:09 AM To: nanog@nanog.org Subject: Re: Testing 1gbps bandwidth On 14/08/2012 15:43, valdis.kletni...@vt.edu wrote:

RE: Testing 1gbps bandwidth

2012-08-14 Thread Eric Wieling
Is there a speedtest.net-like site you like? -Original Message- From: Nick Hilliard [mailto:n...@foobar.org] Sent: Tuesday, August 14, 2012 11:09 AM To: nanog@nanog.org Subject: Re: Testing 1gbps bandwidth On 14/08/2012 15:43, valdis.kletni...@vt.edu wrote: > case trying to use one

Re: Testing 1gbps bandwidth

2012-08-14 Thread Nick Hilliard
On 14/08/2012 15:43, valdis.kletni...@vt.edu wrote: > case trying to use one of the speedtest.net servers - we had a clear 10G path > out through like 3 AS's in a row, the bottleneck was speedtest.net's server. > :) you'll have to forgive me for being the cynical type, but I gave up on Speedtest

Re: Testing 1gbps bandwidth

2012-08-14 Thread valdis . kletnieks
On Tue, 14 Aug 2012 16:05:55 +0400, Luqman Kondeth said: > No, I don't want to test just the link. I want to make sure the path in my > ISP also has enough backplane bandwidth and isn't using some old sup32 > and thereby throttling traffic Still the same problem - if there's a bottleneck upstream

RE: Testing 1gbps bandwidth

2012-08-14 Thread Luqman Kondeth
t.edu Sent: Tuesday, August 14, 2012 3:40 PM To: Luqman Kondeth Cc: nanog@nanog.org; men...@mengon.net Subject: Re: Testing 1gbps bandwidth On Tue, 14 Aug 2012 15:32:47 +0400, Luqman Kondeth said: > Is anyone aware of any public IPerf servers in the middle east or > close > by?(Europe) or anywh

Re: Testing 1gbps bandwidth

2012-08-14 Thread valdis . kletnieks
On Tue, 14 Aug 2012 15:32:47 +0400, Luqman Kondeth said: > Is anyone aware of any public IPerf servers in the middle east or close > by?(Europe) or anywhere that can do udp?. I have a 1gbps Internet link > which I've been asked to show that it has 1gbps download speeds. First thing that comes to m

Testing 1gbps bandwidth

2012-08-14 Thread Luqman Kondeth
Team, Is anyone aware of any public IPerf servers in the middle east or close by?(Europe) or anywhere that can do udp?. I have a 1gbps Internet link which I’ve been asked to show that it has 1gbps download speeds. I know this is going to be difficult but thought I’d ask anyway. Is there any ot