Wed Sep 22, 2021 11:37 pm
Answer 1: Mikrotik Hardware for 10Gbits Bandwith-Test
I don't know...Maybe someone else can help here!
The Problem here is:
We should never use the infrastructure itself to test the Network, especially with >= 10Gbits Bandwiths.
And the only Mikrotik-Device i think are able to generate Random 10Gbits UDP Traffic are Rackmount.
Soo not very practical =)
Side note:
My work colleagues and I get consistent and reproducible results using our Laptops.
Our Laptops have 6-Core/12Treads 32GB RAM, 256GB nvme ssd and USB-C.
So we use external USB-C Thunderbolt to 10GbE adapter to connect to the Network.
We use different Software Products , but Iperf and mikrotik btest.exe are a good place to start.
Our 3-Step Test-Sequence :
Step 1: Reference speed
First we connect two Laptops directly with a short cable together and make the Bandwith-Test.
Step 2: Network-Test
Then we connect the same Laptops at either end of the Network and start the same Bandwith-Test again.
Step 3: Analyse
We compare, analyse and document the results.
If the results are poor, we have a nice evening of "Find the bottleneck"
Answer 2: Bandwith Client
If you only do a Bandwith-Test in one direction
The receiving Mikrotik-Device will indeet need less CPU as the "Bandwith-Server"
For Exemple : /tool bandwidth-test address=10.1.10.11 random-data=yes direction=receive protocol=udp
But no Mikrotik Switch aka CRS-Series will be able to handel 10Gbits Taffic over the CPU.