For a quick and easy speed test you may use WiscNet's HTML based browser test here speedtest.wiscnet.net.
Please note: The accuracy of this speed test diminishes with larger bandwidth circuits The hardware performance of the client running this test has a significant impact on results |
Iperf is a network testing tool used to help measure network throughput. It's developed by ESnet / Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. For more information please visit http://software.es.net/iperf/ and https://github.com/esnet/iperf
Overview
WiscNet Server Details
TCP vs UDP Testing
Some Common Iperf Flags
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Please note: The hardware performance of the client running this test has a significant impact on results WiscNet has noticed that the Iperf clients for Linux, Unix, and macOS perform better than the ports for Windows |
iperf -c iperf.wiscnet.net -t 10 -P 20 -u -b 50m -i1 |
" -t 10 " = 10 seconds. Since graphs.wiscnet.net pools every 5 minutes, you can modify the -t parameter to run it long enough for the graphs to reflect the speeds. On some windows platforms, the above command works great for the upload and the command below generates more traffic for the download
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When runing multiple threads you must look at the SUM lines for total throughput. Output below shows successfully getting 953Mbits/sec through
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Check your firewall settings and NAT to ensure port 5001 is open to your host |
Command
iperf -c iperf.wiscnet.net -t 10 -P 20 -u -b 50m -i1 -r |
macOS - Install
macOS - Example
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Many Lunix and Unix distros will have iperf in official repositories. Make sure to install iperf2 (iperf), not iperf3, to have compatability with WiscNet's iPerf server. Ubuntu - Install
Ubuntu - Example
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Windows - Install
Windows - Example |