Bandwidth Test; General Information - MikroTik RouterOS v2.9 Reference Manual

Bandwidth Test

Document revision 1.9 (Fri Nov 26 11:00:29 GMT 2004)
This document applies to MikroTik RouterOS V2.9
Table of Contents
Table of Contents

General Information

Summary
Specifications
Related Documents
Description
Server Configuration
Property Description
Notes
Example
Client Configuration
Property Description
Example
General Information
Summary
The Bandwidth Tester can be used to monitor the throughput only to a remote MikroTik router
(either wired or wireless) and thereby help to discover network "bottlenecks".
Specifications
Packages required: system
License required: level1
Home menu level: /tool
Standards and Technologies:
Hardware usage: significant
Related Documents
• Software Package Management
Description
Protocol Description
The TCP test uses the standard TCP protocol with acknowledgments and follows the TCP
algorithm on how many packets to send according to latency, dropped packets, and other features in
the TCP algorithm. Please review the TCP protocol for details on its internal speed settings and how
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