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Bandwidth Testing

I have two 2811 routers that are setup between sites. These two routers connect via Metro Ethernet Link. We have increase the link from 10MB to 50MB. How would I do a speed test to see the increase. Will I need to change both routers config to.

from
interface FastEthernet0/0
description Site A Metro Ethernet
bandwidth 10000

to
interface FastEthernet0/0
description Site B Metro Ethernet
bandwidth 50000

Can I make the change during work or should this be done after hours?

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So I will need to make a change to the Bandwidth Settings on the Router.

from
interface FastEthernet0/0
description Site A Metro Ethernet
bandwidth 10000

to
interface FastEthernet0/0
description Site B Metro Ethernet
bandwidth 50000

I am unable to use iperf.. Because Site B is our customer side and they wont allow me to use any of there machines to install this APP on.

Will "ping -l 5900 10.55.125.17 -t" work?

that is a server that I can ping successfully on their network.

ktaczala

If you want to test the speed from site A to site B try http://speedtest.net get the speedtest mini app, install it as a local website on Site B then run the local website from site A that will give you the up/down between the 2 sites not accessing any other 3rd party website.

You need to register to get the free speedtest mini. (it's available for ASP, ASPX, JSP, PHP)