Verify speed from ISP

[Johnlee3]

Hello,

This may seem silly, but I was wondering if there are any tools or applications that can be used to test or verify connection speed from an ISP. On our network we have a 10G connection from our ISP, but I have no way of proving that we are getting the agreed upon speed. 

[rwiesmann]

There are many tools available like

https://www.speedtest.net

or

http://speedy-de.ip-plus.net/speedtestJs/

hope it helps

[Johnlee3]

Those only test speed based on the client. I am looking for something that can tell me the speed to a router/gateway from the ISP. I need to test the WAN connection speed. 

[ww]

You just have a sinlge 10Gb wan connection ? 

Your provider probably have hardware tools(from viavi or something else)they can use  to verify speeds between the isp  core and your connection. (If you pay them..)

[dlowery]

If you don't mind some downtime, you could unplug your MX from the gateway and run a speedtest.net with a laptop plugged directly into the gateway.

[cmr]

@Johnlee3 what MX do you have connected to the line, the MX450 goes up to 6Gbps so that will be your actual limit, or do you have a different vendor's firewall?

[PhilipDAth]

If you want to check the actual circuit capacity then use iperf3.  You need your ISP to run it on a server at their end, and you need to run it on a server at your end.  Both ends should ideally plug directly into the fibre.

https://iperf.fr/iperf-download.php 

Note you are unlikely to be able to generate 10Gbe of traffic with a notebook.  They just don't have enough punch.  Typically you'll need a server-class machine.

I guess you could try creating an iperf cluster using a number of notebooks and running the tests in parallel.

It will probably be cheaper to hire a DDOS service.