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WiscNet hosted speedtest.net

For a quick and easy speed test you may use WiscNet's HTML based browser test here speedtest.wiscnet.net.

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The accuracy of this speed test diminishes with larger bandwidth circuits

The hardware performance of the client running this test has a significant

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WiscNet hosted Iperf

Iperf is a measurement tool developed by ESnet / Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. For more information please visit http://software.es.net/iperf/ and https://github.com/esnet/iperf

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  • Iperf is a commonly used network testing tool to help measure network throughput
  • Iperf is an open source tool. There are clients for

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  • BSD, etc. There is a port for Windows; however, in our testing we found it to lack certain features and to lag in performance. 
  • Iperf operates where one end is the client, the other is the server. WiscNet runs an Iperf version 2 server in Eau Claire, WI
  • The server is restricted to WiscNet IP addresses
  • Iperf2 and iperf3 are incompatible
  • iperf.wiscnet.net

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  •  runs a v6 UDP Iperf server on port 5001


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Please note:

The hardware performance of the client running this test has a significant impacts results

WiscNet has noticed that the Iperf clients for Linux, Unix, and macOS perform better than the ports for Windows


Some common Iperf flags

Enter iperf -h or man iperf depending on your operating system. Here are some common flags:

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