What are you testing exactly? Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 On Aug 17, 2015 3:55 PM, "Chuck McCown" <ch...@wbmfg.com> wrote:
> I am wondering if I got a GigE managed switch, could I see some phy data > speeds by looking at its management interface? > > *From:* Sterling Jacobson <sterl...@avative.net> > *Sent:* Monday, August 17, 2015 1:54 PM > *To:* af@afmug.com > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] GigE Testing > > > Probably two laptops, doesn’t need to be anything fancy, my 2006 Lenovo > X60 with GigE port does the full 950Mbps TCP. > > > > > > > > *From:* Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] *On Behalf Of *Chuck McCown > *Sent:* Monday, August 17, 2015 1:52 PM > *To:* af@afmug.com > *Subject:* [AFMUG] GigE Testing > > > > Demand for our GigE surge suppressor has been growing such that I am now > limited by my test station throughput. > > > > Any ideas on how to test a GigE device go-nogo without buying more big > dollar testers (which I currently use)? > > > > It needs to be fast and show speeds in both directions. > > > > Have considered just putting up a GigE switch and plugging the surge > suppressor into two ports and seeing if they light. But that sounds pretty > cheap and dirty. Want to see numbers. A laptop talking to another laptop > with iperf may end up being the solution. Not sure if there are GigE USB > NICS so I could do it all on one laptop or not. > > > > Any other ideas? >
