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Add local speedtests capability (embeded) and no longer rely on a third party provider to do it

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Add local speedtests capability (embeded) and no longer rely on a third party provider to do it

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Add local speedtests capability (embeded) and no longer rely on a third party provider to do it
Add local speedtests capability (embeded) and no longer rely on a third party provider to do it
2023-07-27 21:58:58 - last edited 2023-07-27 22:09:11
Tags: #WAN Speedtesting
Model: ER605 (TL-R605)  
Hardware Version: V2
Firmware Version: 2.2.0

With all the issues observed with Ookla services integration for speedtests purposes, I really don't understand why we are still forcing the use of this service. And this is a so important WAN QoS monitoring/troubleshooting feature, now we are blind and have to use addtional methods to perform this check.

On many gateways (including the remote ones) it becomes quiclky frustrating..

 

I was hopping for better news while seing the beta version 5.11.8 anoucement... I noticed some very good news btw, but the seepdtesting issue remains...

 

Please could you integrate this capability to the gateway, to have the speedtester embeded ? So no longer the need to rely on a third party provider, nor the network to perform it

I am not totally aware about the working amount to have it done, but I sincerely think it worth it...

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Re:Add local speedtests capability (embeded) and no longer rely on a third party provider to do it
2023-07-28 06:44:24

  @Soubinan 

 

From my knowledge, they support the manual speedtest function before, but it has been deleted with recent firmware iterations.

Just striving to develop myself while helping others.
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Re:Add local speedtests capability (embeded) and no longer rely on a third party provider to do it
2023-07-28 07:30:46

  @Virgo Yes they supported it before, but it was using the third party provider Ookla as far I know.

 

My request is to use a 100% local alternative, so no longer a third party speedtest in the picture.

 

I know some of us found the third party integration a good thing, I am not against it. But it should not be the default speedtest method, it should be the secondary/optional one (where we could choose the provider of our choice like Ookla, Netflix, Cloudflare or OpenSpeedtest).

 

The default (primary) speedtest method should use something embedded in the gateway, not a third party one.

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RE:Add local speedtests capability (embeded) and no longer rely on a third party provider to do it
2023-08-07 11:19:26
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