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)

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.