topic Re: Test bandwidth/speed from Gaia in Firewall and Security Management

Test bandwidth/speed from Gaia

Oskar_Svedman — Mon, 30 Sep 2019 14:46:54 GMT

Hi, Is there any way to do a speed test from CLI to measure download and upload speed?

I usually use iperf to test download/upload speed from command line in windows/linux.

Now I need to know the bandwidth from several remote offices where I have SMB 730 firewalls. iperf is a free linux utility. https://iperf.fr/iperf-download.php

Do you think it is possible to install in the firewall or do you violate all rules if it's done? Is there any other good tool to use?

Thanks

Re: Test bandwidth/speed from Gaia

Danny — Mon, 30 Sep 2019 15:31:16 GMT

Simply use the integrated curl_cli or wget commands to test the download / upload speed to / from your remote offices.

sk83520

Re: Test bandwidth/speed from Gaia

Oskar_Svedman — Mon, 30 Sep 2019 19:47:33 GMT

Hi Danny,

Now I'm using Gaia Embedded so can only run wget. But it dosen't show the output in Mbps. It only show the total amount of downloaded data.

for exampel if I run: wget -O /dev/null https://speed.hetzner.de/100MB.bin it only show that I have downloaded 100MB, not the speed.

Maybe a limitation in wget for Gaia Embedded?

Re: Test bandwidth/speed from Gaia

Maarten_Sjouw — Mon, 30 Sep 2019 20:38:32 GMT

Try to use scp to copy a large file from another box.

Re: Test bandwidth/speed from Gaia

huseyinyildirim — Fri, 28 Oct 2022 08:43:51 GMT

Hello,

It has been some time since this message 🙂 But i need to measure internet connection speed on a GAiA gateway. Have you found a way to do this?

Can iperf or something like 0okla-speedtest be installed on GaiA?

Re: Test bandwidth/speed from Gaia

Chris_Atkinson — Fri, 28 Oct 2022 08:52:51 GMT

Be wary of sk98871, if using iperf ensure you use multiple streams / threads.

Re: Test bandwidth/speed from Gaia

Timothy_Hall — Sun, 22 Jan 2023 15:22:51 GMT

iperf3 can be installed on Gaia, but you have to obtain a statically-linked copy as several library dependencies for the dynamically linked version were stripped out of the Gaia OS by Check Point. The following statically-linked precompiled version of iperf3 works as a client on Gaia R81.20:

https://github.com/userdocs/iperf3-static/releases/download/3.12%2B/iperf3-i386

However the usual caveats apply, as the installation of any third-party software on Gaia systems is NOT SUPPORTED and may damage/compromise the system. You will need to set up an external iperf3 server for the Gaia iperf3 client to hit somewhere else in your network.

BUT keep in mind since this test traffic is being originated by the firewall itself, all the test traffic will be F2F/slowpath and may adversely impact your firewall's performance, especially if multiple simultaneous threads are launched with the -P option. Use at your own risk!

Re: Test bandwidth/speed from Gaia

Blason_R — Tue, 20 Dec 2022 05:49:54 GMT

I am not sure about 730 but I use cpview -> Interface -> Traffic Monitor

And then I download the file from Clish to find the exact xfer rate. These days I am mostly rely on skyline; super features and nice information.