MikroTik Bandwidth test tool

The Bandwidth Tester can be used to measure the throughput to another MikroTik router (either wired or wireless) and thereby help to discover network "bottlenecks".

[Anavllama]

Can I do this bandwidth test through a WG tunnel? Also, how did you come up with 10.10.0.2 on the client settings. It is not clear which interface IP address the BTserver will

[vitaliypro]

I’m looking for lower cost alternative to Fluke LinkIQ $3000 cable tester. This seems to be a viable option.
Do you also have cable test feature on your routers?

[jacovanniekerk]

Why would the TCP test and UDP test have different results speeds?

[zactodd]

There is some misinformation here - not a major though.
The default for bandwidth test is RX (receive) - not both directions.

Also, as a note, by default this s running a UDP bandwidth test. On LAN, this is fine to get absolute capacity, but TCP is what I recommend in general as there is quite an overhead for that, and most traffic actually used is TCP.

Also, TCP bandwidth test WILL use a lot of CPU resources. Is recommended that you test "through" a connection to get a real representation (from a server/client that is not the connection being tested).
Also, also... Unsure about the latest versions of RouterOS, but @7.1.5 the bandwidth test was limited to single thread "per test" so would cap out @ about 2 Gbps on a CCR1072. You can however open multiple terminals and run multiple instances.

As an Aside, there is no current capacity for RouterOS to run to Speed test server, not to run iPerf... However I'm sure that something could be done in a Container (although I do not know of the overheads of veth and wther the unit could run direct on switch chip - hw offload - or if it would be entirely software emulation - CPU)

[shokowillard]

Thanks for the wonderful video, MIkrotik is really a very good troubleshooting tool, that will definitely come in handy, especially on my Wireless links. I noticed that version 7 now also has a Speed test option, is that the same as the bandwidth tool, also on the bandwidth test may you please add the total data used in the duration of the bandwidth test in statistics? Does Mikrotik have public bandwidth test servers ?

[gabrielporto.mikrotik]

Hi there! Is it possible to use the bandwidth test through a VPN or only with physical connections

[faytfu]

what is the difference between bandwidth test and Mikrotik traffic generator?

[sliddjur]

How about using iperf3 like normal people do?