Feature #11044
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pfSense GUI for OOKLA Speedtest
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Description
Hi pfSense DevTeam !
We appreciate You work!
Please add the GUI for OOKLA Speedtest service as pfSense-native package.
Because
1. This is the main tool for uplink bandwidth measuring for ordinary User (non SysAdmin or Network Ingeneer) in their local area;
2. A lot of users would be happy, because the most asking question to support and on a pfSense users forum are looks like "something wrong with my bandwidth, please help"
3. OOKLA Speedtest service ARE VERY TRUSTY FOR MOST USERS (https://www.ookla.com/consumer), this also add some "image value weight" to the pfSense appliances as well:
50% of pfSense products are for home users,
25% for advanced users & internet-related professionals & small/home offices,
and last 25% - for PRO using in middle/big offices and datacenters, so
commonly OOKLA Speedtest are well-known and respectable for at least 75% of Your customers.
Features:
IP Protocol
- Test URL (Example blackwhitenetwork.speedtestcustom.com)
- IPv4 URL (Example: blackwhitenetwork.ipv4-only.speedtestcustom.com)
- Dual Stack URL (IPv6, fallback to IPv4) (Example: blackwhitenetwork.dualstack.speedtestcustom.com)
Thank You so much!
Files
| Screen Shot 2020-11-08 at 9.37.07 PM.png (42.8 KB) Screen Shot 2020-11-08 at 9.37.07 PM.png | During OOKLA speed testing | ||
| Screen Shot 2020-11-08 at 9.37.48 PM.png (35.9 KB) Screen Shot 2020-11-08 at 9.37.48 PM.png | Results of OOKLA speed testing |
Updated by Jim Pingle over 3 years ago
- Project changed from pfSense to pfSense Packages
- Category changed from Diagnostics to New Package Request
- Status changed from New to Rejected
There is a CLI speed test package already (py37-speedtest-cli on 2.5.0, similar name on 2.4.5)). There are no plans for a GUI.
It is a bad practice to test bandwidth from a firewall, you should always test through the firewall, not to/from it.
The CLI test is good enough for rough estimation.
Updated by Sergei Shablovsky over 3 years ago
Jim Pingle wrote:
There is a CLI speed test package already (py37-speedtest-cli on 2.5.0, similar name on 2.4.5)). There are no plans for a GUI.
I see a lot of questions on a forum correspondent to uplink's speed
It is a bad practice to test bandwidth from a firewall, you should always test through the firewall, not to/from it.
If some problem with speed come to user, they need to decide where this happened: is this issue of ISP or something wrong done with settings on pfSense.
So less experienced users (a lot of them on a forum each day asking about speed degradation) using well-known Speedtest, and
more experienced users use iperf3 and review deeply inside pfTop, States, Traffic Graph, packet analyzers, etc.
Sound reasonable ?
Updated by Jim Pingle over 3 years ago
No, it is not reasonable. Any speed test run from the firewall is not a valid metric and adding a GUI only encourages bad practices.