Wednesday, January 20, 2021

Scalable load testing for CPE devices

I'm at an ISP. I'm looking for solutions to perform load testing on routers, ONTs, and modems that have been returned from the field. Solution should be able to scale horizontally well and perform load testing for a length of time that we prescribe. Horizontal size would be 24-48, not hundreds or thousands. Solution must be able to do at least minimal reporting if there are any anomalies with the traffic so that the equipment can be further examined or removed from circulation.

Ideal solutions are drop in so that I don't have to configure anything, but also looking for recommendations on homebrew if the cost savings can be significant. The boss likes options.

Current head-plan is to have a couple iperf hosts running with some magic scripts thrown on to identify when a client is having an issue and which one it is.



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