A couple of quick thought for both of your.. Chuck & Forrest.. 1) Most folks overlook or not aware of the Packet Generator / Traffic Generator tool in Mikrotik http://wiki.mikrotik.com/wiki/Manual:Tools/Traffic_Generator http://wiki.mikrotik.com/wiki/Manual:Performance_Testing_with_Traffic_Generator
2) Most folks often forget that MT ROS is actually Software which will run on most x86 machines... i.e. you can load up the MT ROS on any PC hardware and get some of the functionality needed. :) Faisal Imtiaz Snappy Internet & Telecom 7266 SW 48 Street Miami, FL 33155 Tel: 305 663 5518 x 232 Help-desk: (305)663-5518 Option 2 or Email: supp...@snappytelecom.net > From: "Chuck McCown" <ch...@wbmfg.com> > To: af@afmug.com > Sent: Tuesday, August 18, 2015 9:13:32 AM > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] GigE Testing > I use something similar now. But only have one. And it is a bit slow. > Considering what Forrest is building. Will try the MT router initially and see > what happens. > From: Jon Langeler > Sent: Monday, August 17, 2015 8:15 PM > To: af@afmug.com > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] GigE Testing > This might be faster: http://www.t3innovation.com/netchaser > http://fetest.com/product/06-netprobe-2000-gige/ > Otherwise next up is Fluke or JDSU > Sent from my iPhone > On Aug 17, 2015, at 3:51 PM, Chuck McCown < ch...@wbmfg.com > wrote: >> 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?
