Hello,
I am using multiple CPE RB952Ui-5ac2nD-TC on our network and I would like to install a central Mikrotik router that will only be used for bandwidth testing.
This function will be reserved only for our network admin teams.
What reference do you recommend for this use ?
Thank you
CHR on fast cpu core. Otherwise choose the device according to your performance requirements.
Hello jarda,
CHR can only be used on a VM ?
If yes I can not go through VMs, I prefer to have a physical router…
What do you think of Mikrotik CRS125-24G-1S-RM (it is rackable + I like the small screen with traffic information)
None of current MT physical devices are particularly fit for bandwidth testing, most of devices are CPU-limited. Hence recommendation to use CHR. CRS in particular is unfit as a hell because CRS line are basically switches with routing capabilities.
You can run CHR inside some free virtualizers on top of free OSes … e.g. Xen on Linux. No need for some expensive fancy solution. And shouldn’t perform much worse than ROS would on bare-metal x86.
We still do not know what are the performance expectations.
I want to be able to test the connection between the CPE (RB952Ui-5ac2nD-TC) and the Mikrotik central SpeedTest. The bit rate will be 100 / 100Mbps.
The test will be performed at each CPE installation.
RB1100AHx4 or RB3011 - they have faster cores vs the CCR range which have many slower cores. 1100 or 3011 shoul dbe OK for 100mbit throughput testing.
I would say that every contemporary mikrotik device is able to generate and dispatch 100mbit/s by udp btest. Just put there whatever is laying on the shelf unused.