I have two routers connected to each other via a CAT6 cable.
Router A is 1100AH, Router B is a 450G. The link between the two is a full-duplex 1Gbps connection.
How come I can only get ~60Mbps of full-duplex speed on the bandwidth test?
I guess I was expecting more out of the RB1100AH and Gigabit Interfaces.Nobody said that this Hardware is capable to run at this speed. It has just Gbit interface, but it is not able to handle data at this speed.
You are doing the test wrong. Btest generates random data, so to generate this random data for the test, you are maxing out the CPU. You can't run the test on the same router which you are testing. Find a 12 core Xeon PC to generate the BtestI guess I was expecting more out of the RB1100AH and Gigabit Interfaces.Nobody said that this Hardware is capable to run at this speed. It has just Gbit interface, but it is not able to handle data at this speed.
Why is there such a big difference of CPU use between TCP and UDP tests of the same speed?You are doing the test wrong. Btest generates random data, so to generate this random data for the test, you are maxing out the CPU. You can't run the test on the same router which you are testing. Find a 12 core Xeon PC to generate the Btest
You're saying its unreasonable for me to expect that a RB1200 with a 999MHz CPU can generate and track 1 megabit of traffic without maxing out the CPU?Normis is correct,you need to get two highend pc's and connect them either side of the routers and use the mikrotik bandwidth test tool for windows and do the test through the routers (thats how client traffic would be passing through the routers anyway)
UDP is a connectionless protocol meaning it doesnt request the file again if parts or segments of it didnt reach the other side whereas TCP is a connection oriented protocol,the router acknowledges all parts of the file have been received,this in turn creates overhead traffic which explains the test results.For bandwidth tests always use UDP,that is the true test of any networking device.
i tried running btest on in between 2 pcs they never connect to each other while mik can connect to either of pcs made as btest server.You are doing the test wrong. Btest generates random data, so to generate this random data for the test, you are maxing out the CPU. You can't run the test on the same router which you are testing. Find a 12 core Xeon PC to generate the Btest
I guess I was expecting more out of the RB1100AH and Gigabit Interfaces.
Try to set a limit to both receiving and transmitting. I have encountered when without a limit the program does not work. And note that TCP test version of the program with a file size of 750 kb is not supported. The old version of the program with a file size of 153kb does.... they never connect to each....