Would seeing the gigabit color be good enough to say that we have a good 
circuit?

From: Josh Luthman 
Sent: Monday, August 17, 2015 2:13 PM
To: af@afmug.com 
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] GigE Testing

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
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On Aug 17, 2015 4:08 PM, "Chuck McCown" <ch...@wbmfg.com> 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: af@afmug.com
  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
  lesm...@ecsis.net

  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: af@afmug.com
    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? 


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