Speedtest from the Router

[Sebastien Bougie]

Hello,

I have an ASUS 3100 with merlin lastest version and I will like to know if there is a way to run speedtest directly from the router.?

Can someone gave me a detail instruction on how to do it

thanks
sbougie

 

[joegreat]

Not sure what kind of speed-test you are looking for, but if you have Entware-NG installed you can use iperf to test the connection speed between your devices and the router.

Spoiler: iPerf Installation

chief@RT-AC87U:/tmp/home/root# opkg install iperf
Installing iperf (2.0.9-1) to root...
Downloading http://pkg.entware.net/binaries/armv7/iperf_2.0.9-1_armv7soft.ipk
Configuring iperf.

chief@RT-AC87U:/tmp/home/root# iperf --help
Usage: iperf [-s|-c host] [options]
iperf [-h|--help] [-v|--version]

Client/Server:
-b, --bandwidth #[KMG | pps] bandwidth to send at in bits/sec or packets per second
-e, --enhancedreports use enhanced reporting giving more tcp/udp and traffic information
-f, --format [kmKM] format to report: Kbits, Mbits, KBytes, MBytes
-i, --interval # seconds between periodic bandwidth reports
-l, --len #[KM] length of buffer to read or write (default 8 KB)
-m, --print_mss print TCP maximum segment size (MTU - TCP/IP header)
-o, --output <filename> output the report or error message to this specified file
-p, --port # server port to listen on/connect to
-u, --udp use UDP rather than TCP
-w, --window #[KM] TCP window size (socket buffer size)
-z, --realtime request realtime scheduler
-B, --bind <host> bind to <host>, an interface or multicast address
-C, --compatibility for use with older versions does not sent extra msgs
-M, --mss # set TCP maximum segment size (MTU - 40 bytes)
-N, --nodelay set TCP no delay, disabling Nagle's Algorithm
-V, --ipv6_domain Set the domain to IPv6

Server specific:
-s, --server run in server mode
-U, --single_udp run in single threaded UDP mode
-D, --daemon run the server as a daemon

Client specific:
-c, --client <host> run in client mode, connecting to <host>
-d, --dualtest Do a bidirectional test simultaneously
-n, --num #[KM] number of bytes to transmit (instead of -t)
-r, --tradeoff Do a bidirectional test individually
-t, --time # time in seconds to transmit for (default 10 secs)
-B, --bind [<ip> | <iport>] bind src addr(s) from which to originate traffic
-F, --fileinput <name> input the data to be transmitted from a file
-I, --stdin input the data to be transmitted from stdin
-L, --listenport # port to receive bidirectional tests back on
-P, --parallel # number of parallel client threads to run
-T, --ttl # time-to-live, for multicast (default 1)
-Z, --linux-congestion <algo> set TCP congestion control algorithm (Linux only)

Miscellaneous:
-x, --reportexclude [CDMSV] exclude C(connection) D(data) M(multicast) S(settings) V(server) reports
-y, --reportstyle C report as a Comma-Separated Values
-h, --help print this message and quit
-v, --version print version information and quit

[KM] Indicates options that support a K or M suffix for kilo- or mega-

The TCP window size option can be set by the environment variable
TCP_WINDOW_SIZE. Most other options can be set by an environment variable
IPERF_<long option name>, such as IPERF_BANDWIDTH.

Source at <http://sourceforge.net/projects/iperf2/>
Report bugs to <iperf-users@lists.sourceforge.net>

 

[Sebastien Bougie]

Actually need to do a speedtest from the router to the internet like if my router was going to the speedtest website

 

[Vexira]

netgear routers have that feature buit in for thier qos, you can initiate a speedtest, that comes directly from the qos section of the routers gui, and it uses the values to set qos bandwidth. It would be nice if it became a feature in merlins fimware. And seb you cant asus doesnt have such a feature in their fimware you have to manually go to the site.

 

[ColinTaylor]

You could use wget to download a large file from somewhere as described here: http://speedtest.tele2.net/

But strangely, when I download files (from anywhere) using wget on the router it doesn't go faster than ~40Mbps Downloading the same file from a LAN client gives me my full internet speed (~160Mbps). So a speed test on the router might not give you accurate information.

[And before anybody asks; I tried it with QOS disabled, and the CPU was 90% idle.]

 

[Zirescu]

https://www.snbforums.com/threads/speedtest-command-line-using-cli-tool.36723/

 

[Vexira]

still it would be nice if asus built speedtest.net into their gui, rather than going to the site i found it gave more accurate results due to the lack of ads and java.

 

[Kamikaze01]

+1 for bild in Speedtest on GUI ...

;-)

 

[PeterR]

+1 for bild in Speedtest on GUI ...

;-)

https://www.snbforums.com/threads/spdmerlin-automated-speedtests-with-graphs.55904/

 

[Kamikaze01]

https://www.snbforums.com/threads/spdmerlin-automated-speedtests-with-graphs.55904/

10000 Thanks for your Link...
Installed the script
Very good - exact what I was looking for !!