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    How to use pfSense to do a speed test?

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      torontob last edited by

      Hi everyone,

      Are there any GUI packages or CLI packages that can allow for speed test on pfSense?

      Thanks,

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      • GruensFroeschli
        GruensFroeschli last edited by

        You can use the "iperf" package.
        However this only tests traffic "to" of "from" the pfSense.
        What you're interested in is throughput.

        So basically:
        Put a PC in front and behind the pfSense and do the iperf between those two.

        This thread might help you:
        http://forum.pfsense.org/index.php/topic,54034.0.html

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          torontob last edited by

          Looking for something more like speedtest.net results. And I don't want to invovle any other devices as I only have access to pfSense and want to use it to show me the throughput to various speed test sites that do NOT belong to me.

          Thanks,

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          • stephenw10
            stephenw10 Netgate Administrator last edited by

            You can get a good measure of the download speed by just fetching a file from known good source. E.g.

            [2.0-RC3][root@pfsense.fire.box]/root(2): fetch -o /dev/null http://download.thinkbroadband.com/50MB.zip
            /dev/null                                     100% of   50 MB 1961 kBps 00m00s
            

            Upload is a lot more difficult to test.
            You can't use a site like speedtest.net because they rely on using a javascript client.

            Steve

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              mr_bobo last edited by

              You can test upload and download speed at dslreports.com but you have to have Java installed.

              http://www.dslreports.com/speedtest?java=1

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              • stephenw10
                stephenw10 Netgate Administrator last edited by

                There's this:
                https://github.com/sivel/speedtest-cli
                It would require compiling and needs python. Not exactly straight forward.

                Steve

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                • GruensFroeschli
                  GruensFroeschli last edited by

                  Maybe you need to define first what you want to test:
                  Do you want to test the pfSense or do you want to test the link to the internet (with pfSense).

                  If you just want to test the link, you can use the iperf package.
                  There are free and open to the public iperf servers.
                  (example: iperf.eltel.net)

                  If you want to test the pfSense there's no way around using additional devices besides the pfSense itself.

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                  • stephenw10
                    stephenw10 Netgate Administrator last edited by

                    Ah, I did not realise that. Public iperf servers. Thanks!  :)

                    Steve

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