10 seconds each? Labor must be cheap. I guess get two rb2011 and then btest them all.
Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 On Aug 17, 2015 6:18 PM, "Chuck McCown" <ch...@wbmfg.com> wrote: > Yeah, we try to plug, test, unplug in about 10 seconds if possible. > > *From:* Josh Luthman <j...@imaginenetworksllc.com> > *Sent:* Monday, August 17, 2015 4:16 PM > *To:* af@afmug.com > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] GigE Testing > > > What if you plug a dumb switch into the two ports. That should make the > traffic bar go up. > > I can't imagine taking every SS to this test... That will take forever. > > Josh Luthman > Office: 937-552-2340 > Direct: 937-552-2343 > 1100 Wayne St > Suite 1337 > Troy, OH 45373 > On Aug 17, 2015 6:12 PM, "Chuck McCown" <ch...@wbmfg.com> wrote: > >> Good to know. We will see if the router can do a test. If it fails if >> we unplug it then it is making the whole trip. Or we can get two of these >> routers. >> >> *From:* George Skorup <geo...@cbcast.com> >> *Sent:* Monday, August 17, 2015 4:07 PM >> *To:* af@afmug.com >> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] GigE Testing >> >> My experience with GigE is that rate/duplex auto-negotiation still takes >> place on only four wires so you could have a missing pair (or even one >> wire) and it would try to run gigabit if your interfaces are stupid. >> >> We had exactly this problem when the 450 APs first came out. They would >> link up at 1Gb even though there was only a 10/100 injector in between and >> obviously only two data pairs in use. Cambium later turned on the feature >> in their PHY that detects if data is actually present on all four pairs or >> not and adjusts negotiation accordingly. And that was talking to MikroTik >> ports, BTW. >> >> So no, I don't think you can rely on the "does it show linked at 1Gbps?" >> test. >> >> Also, I don't think Josh's suggested MikroTik bandwidth test using a >> single router will work. If you run a speedtest to itself, it will only go >> through the CPU. Just sayin. >> >> On 8/17/2015 3:16 PM, Chuck McCown wrote: >> >> Would seeing the gigabit color be good enough to say that we have a good >> circuit? >> >> *From:* Josh Luthman <j...@imaginenetworksllc.com> >> *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 >> 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" <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? >>>> >>> >>> >>
