Speedchecker Compatibility

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ta2001
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PostPosted: Fri Mar 29, 2019 15:56    Post subject: Speedchecker Compatibility Reply with quote
Is there a way to determine whether or not the speedchecker functionality is available for a given router? I wanted to opt into the measurements, but neither of my routers seem to support this after I successfully flashed them.
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PostPosted: Sun Mar 31, 2019 7:46    Post subject: Reply with quote
I have seen that feature on my Asus RT-AC66U.

Probably not available on units with less than 32M flash space.
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PostPosted: Sun Mar 31, 2019 18:53    Post subject: Reply with quote
Thanks for the info about the Asus, and about the [dis]appearance of features without fanfare. I guess its more of a crapshoot than than anything!
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PostPosted: Mon Apr 26, 2021 3:13    Post subject: Reply with quote
Good evening

Same question actually!

I have one router with Speedchecker (D-Link DIR868) and without (D-Link DIR835) both on the latest beta firmware.

I would like to replace the router without Speedchecker with one that will have it.

Is it safe to assume all routers with at least 32MB of flash will have Speedchecker? Or are there other factors as well?

Ultimately, is there a list anywhere of routers with Speedchecker?

Thanks

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PostPosted: Mon Apr 26, 2021 3:51    Post subject: Reply with quote
There is no magic matrix of what is included in the firmware for what devices, but the safe assumption is ~32MB flash space and above would have it.
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PostPosted: Mon Apr 26, 2021 13:49    Post subject: Reply with quote
Good morning

Thanks for that suggestion, I'll see what I can find with at least 32MB in my local refurbished and used market.

I was poking around the source code trying to find a way to parse a makefile or something to extract a list where Speedchecker is enabled.

I found a whole bunch of references to
Code:
#ifdef HAVE_SPEEDCHECKER
but I can't seem to figure out where it is set.

Any suggestions?

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PostPosted: Mon Apr 26, 2021 14:27    Post subject: Reply with quote
There are config files (src/router/configs) but those are not the ones used.

Besides some configs are overridden in the build script which is also not publicly available.

The setting in the config file is:
CONFIG_SPEEDTEST_CLI
(I have it disabled I do not use it Smile)

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PostPosted: Mon Apr 26, 2021 14:46    Post subject: Reply with quote
There's also CONFIG_SPEEDTEST in some of the config files.
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PostPosted: Wed Apr 28, 2021 12:51    Post subject: Reply with quote
egc wrote:
Besides some configs are overridden in the build script which is also not publicly available.


Sad

Thanks for the info, I knew I was missing something.

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PostPosted: Wed Apr 28, 2021 19:13    Post subject: Reply with quote
Quote:
I would like to replace the router without Speedchecker with one that will have it.


you want to replace a router because of a rudimentary tool that doesn't work properly?

personally i often start some throughput or bandwidth measurements, but i never use the "speedchecker"

first of all it doesn't work properly and secondly it is much too inaccurate
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PostPosted: Wed Apr 28, 2021 22:33    Post subject: Reply with quote
I didn't realise that!

I would prefer to use a different service, like Measurement Labs or good old Speedtest.

But I haven't found a DD-WRT client for m-labs and my old DIR-835 doesn't have speedtest_cli either.

Are there any other DD-WRT speedtest clients?

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PostPosted: Thu Apr 29, 2021 7:35    Post subject: Reply with quote
iperf3 as commandline tool

maybe this is available on your router?
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PostPosted: Fri Apr 30, 2021 23:13    Post subject: Reply with quote
One can also create an script (with wget and time calculations) to measure the download speed against a server of your choice.
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