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InfiNet Wireless Router Quick start guide

4. Link throughput test

The most evident way to test link throughput is to install FTP server on either

first or second computer. For example, we set it up on the CPE computer.

During link throughput test using PC or Laptop with MS Windows please note the

following:

1. Hard disk drive speed or Ethernet adaptor speed may become a bottleneck

of the system at either side.

2. In MS Windows you need to run several (3 or more) TCP or UDP streams to

load up the radio link. In this case you will obtain a correct result.

Log on to FTP server on the remote computer. To do that go “Start->Run” and

execute “ftp 9.1.8.10”. IP-address 9.1.8.10 is the address of the remote

computer. Enter login and password for the FTP-server.

Run several FTP streams from the remote computer. In order to do that create

several FTP sessions according to the procedure described in the previous

paragraph and start downloading files from the remote computer (files should be

relatively big).

Once the streams are run you can check the throughput using Load Meter utility

built into the router. You can run it on either side. Run it for the eth0 interface.

The command is the following:

loadm –l eth0

“-l” parameter means line-by-line output.

The example is shown on the Figure 29.

Figure 29. Load meter utility

In the second column from the right you can see the total throughput in both

sides. In our example it is approximately 15.2 Mbps.

Also, you can review statistics using net –i command. It shows number of

successfully received/sent packets and faulted packets through each interface.

See Figure 30.

Figure 30. Network statistics