What are you generating the bandwidth test on?  Is it MT?  Is it TCP?

Josh Luthman
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On Wed, May 30, 2012 at 2:07 PM, Nick Olsen <n...@flhsi.com> wrote:

> Correct. It is a 50/5 connection. I can verify its not just burst traffic
> by using the mikrotik bandwidth test OUTSIDE the tunnel. Where it will do a
> consistent 50mb/s.
> Inside the tunnel without fail, it'll drop to 25-30Mb/s
>
>
> Nick Olsen
> Network Operations
> (855) FLSPEED  x106
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
> *From*: "Faisal Imtiaz" <fai...@snappydsl.net>
> *Sent*: Wednesday, May 30, 2012 1:59 PM
> *To*: wireless@wispa.org
> *Subject*: Re: [WISPA] EOIP/GRE Performance
>
>
> Take a closer look at what the Cable Package you / your customer have..
>
> They are all bursty packges, and it is fairly common for the Cable Co's
> to  allow "http" traffic to burst, while throttling the other types of
> packets, (makes for nice speed test results).
>
> If you are shaping traffic or doing QOS, I would suggest that you setup
> your limits based on the lower (minimu) set of number that the Cable Co
> packages describes.. (its the stuff written in fine print !).
>
> :)
>
> Faisal Imtiaz
> Snappy Internet & Telecom
> 7266 SW 48 Street
> Miami, Fl 33155
> Tel: 305 663 5518 x 232
> Helpdesk: 305 663 5518 option 2 Email: supp...@snappydsl.net
>
>
> On 5/30/2012 1:52 PM, Nick Olsen wrote:
>
> Afternoon All,
>
> We've got a few locations that we service with a dedicated connection of
> ours. We extend OSPF to our router on site..etc.etc..
> If the customer would like. We let them purchase a cable connection from
> the local cable company for backup.
>
> We create a EOIP or GRE tunnel over this cable connection back to our main
> POP. And just run it at a higher OSPF cost.
>
> This is all well and good, Here's the problem.
>
> The cable connections are normally 50Mb/s down, 5Mb/s up.
> If I run a bandwidth test inside the tunnel, I can only get 25-30Mb/s down.
> Outside the tunnel, It does the full 50Mb/s.
>
> This is the same for every cable connection we have. They are all
> terminating back to a RB493G in our rack sitting on GigE. I can even run
> multiple bandwidth tests to all of the locations and get an aggregate of
> >200Mb/s but no more then 25-30 to any single endpoint.
>
> And ideas?
>
>
> Nick Olsen
> Network Operations
> (855) FLSPEED  x106
>
>
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