Yup. Get an rb2011. Plug ether1 to 2 with a SS between. You'll see link, one color is gigabit. Hell you could run a script to check the rate and print it.
For more testing you could do a MT speed test between it/to itself. Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 On Aug 17, 2015 4:08 PM, "Chuck McCown" <[email protected]> wrote: > So, could I use two ports of a Mikrotik router and make it do a > bi-directional test? > I presume they have a CLI or do they have a GUI? > > -----Original Message----- From: Larry Smith > Sent: Monday, August 17, 2015 2:06 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] GigE Testing > > Most (if not all) the mikrotik routers have a built in Bandwidth test > (server > or client, selectable). Believe they do UDP or TCP, send, receive or both. > > -- > Larry Smith > [email protected] > > On Mon August 17 2015 15:02, Chuck McCown wrote: > >> I am pretty ignorant as to the abilities of any Mikrotic device. >> Can you enlighten me? >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Matt >> Sent: Monday, August 17, 2015 2:01 PM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] GigE Testing >> >> > I am wondering if I got a GigE managed switch, could I see some phy data >> > speeds by looking at its management interface? >> >> Why not just a Mikrotik CCR? >> >> > 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? >> > >
