WAN and LAN Speed Test
- Sherry Wei
- Aug 15
- 2 min read
Updated: Sep 23
Bumblebee platform provides multiple simple to use test functions for you to measure network performances.
You can measure the network performance from the edge of your network to the popular tester sites fast.com and Ookla speedtester.
You can also use Bumblebee's own dedicated RFC 2544 testers where throughput, latency and packet loss are measured on various frame sizes with a written test report.
In addition, you can measure within your network anywhere to the edge by using a browser on any host.
Below is a illustration of the speed test functions on Bumblebee platform.
These multiple testers and endpoints provide frictionless end to end performance test coverages for you to isolate and troubleshoot performance bottlenecks.
Run Speed Tests from Bumblebee CPE
You can run speed test from a Bumblebee CPE to fast.com, Ookla speed test and Bumblebee's own RFC 2544 tester to verify a site's WAN network performance.
Fast.com & Ookla Speed Test
To run against a commercial site's speed tester, follow the steps below.
Login to the Bumblebee portal
Click Internet NIDs at the left menu, select one CPE (a site)
Click Actions -> Run Speed Test
Select either Fast.com or Ookla (see the screenshot below)
Click Go
For Fast.com, the download speed is displayed when the test completes.
For Ookla, click View Result that redirect you to the Ookla website to view results.
Note: due to the limitation of fast.com API, only download speed can be measured from the Bumblebee CPE.
Activation Test (RFC2544)Test
To run against a Bumblebee's own dedicated UDP performance tester, follow the instructions here.
Run Speed Tests to Bumblebee CPE
A Bumblebee CPE can be used as a speed tester server (or target). You can run speed test from any host machine inside the local network to it. This helps you identify performance bottleneck and troubleshooting performance issues.
Step 1: Locate the speed tester IP address
To run a speed test against a Bumblebee CPE, simply open a browser window, type in
where the speed_tester_ip_address can be found at the list page of Internet NIDs, as shown below:
Step 2: Start the test
In this example, the speed tester IP is 192.168.1.185.
Open a browser and type in http://192.168.1.185, you should see the speed test page as shown in the screen shot below, click Start to start the test. It takes about 20 seconds to complete.
Step 3: View the result
Once the test is complete, you should see the results displayed on the same page. An example output of the speed test result looks like the screenshot below:
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