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    Administration Guide

    Home FortiGate / FortiOS 7.6.6 Administration Guide
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    Speed tests

    Speed tests

    Speed tests can be conducted either on-demand or according to a predetermined schedule, measuring upload and download speeds of up to 1 Gbps. The results of the tests can be used as reference for various applications, including the following:

    • Configuring the estimated bandwidth of an interface, which can be employed in conjunction with various WAN intelligence strategies. See Using speed test results with SD-WAN for more information.

    • Configuring the inbandwidth and outbandwidth of an interface for use in traffic shaping. See Using speed test results with traffic shaping.

    • Applying the speed test to dialup VPN tunnels in a hub and spoke deployment to conduct traffic shaping.

    FortiOS offers a variety of methods for testing SD-WAN speed. The following table provides a brief overview of each method and guidance on when it might be most advantageous to use one method over the others.

    Service

    Overview

    License

    CLI speed test

    • Provides the most flexibility and options, which enables the speed test to operate with user-defined parameters.

    • Results can be used as reference to manually add to the interface's estimated bandwidth, or inbandwidth and outbandwidth.

    • Server is on the cloud, which is maintained by Fortinet. The nearest cloud servers are selected as the default server group to perform speed-test.

    • If the speed-test against a cloud server fails due to some issues, FortiGate will repeat the test in 5 minute intervals until it is successful or 30 minutes has elapsed.

    Requires a valid SD-WAN Underlay and Application Monitoring license.

    GUI speed test

    • Downloads the speed test server list automatically.

    • Results can be added to the interface's estimated bandwidth with one click.

    • Results are automatically updated in the interface measured-upstream-bandwidth and measured-downstream-bandwidth fields.

    • Results can be used as a reference to manually configure an interface’s inbandwidth and outbandwidth.

    • Easier to use.

    • Server is on the cloud, which is maintained by Fortinet. The nearest cloud servers are selected as the default server group to perform speed-test.

    • If the speed-test against a cloud server fails due to some issues, FortiGate will repeat the test in 5 minute intervals until it is successful or 30 minutes has elapsed.

    Requires a valid SD-WAN Underlay and Application Monitoring license.

    Scheduled interface speed test

    • Speed tests can be scheduled to run automatically.

    • Results are automatically updated in the interface measured-upstream-bandwidth and measured-downstream-bandwidth fields.

    • Results can be automatically applied to an interface's inbandwidth and outbandwidth, enabling dynamic QoS application. Minimum and maximum values may be applied to overwrite these results.

    • Possible to temporarily bypass the bandwidth limits set on the interface and configure custom maximum bandwidth limits.

    • Server is on the cloud, which is maintained by Fortinet. The nearest cloud servers are selected as the default server group to perform speed-test.

    • If the speed-test against a cloud server fails due to some issues, FortiGate will repeat the test in 5 minute intervals until it is successful or 30 minutes has elapsed.

    Requires a valid SD-WAN Underlay and Application Monitoring license.

    Hub and spoke speed tests

    • Server is the spoke.

    • Tests initiated from the hub.

    • Results are cached for future use.

    • Results can be dynamically applied to the dialup tunnel for egress traffic shaping.

    • Results can be used as a reference to manually configure an interface’s inbandwidth and outbandwidth.

    License not required.

    Speed test from spokes to hub

    • Server is the hub.

    • Tests initiated from spokes, even when a spoke is behind a NAT device.

    • Results are cached on the spoke for future use and sent to the hub.

    • Results can be dynamically applied to the dialup tunnel for egress traffic shaping.

    • Results can be used as a reference to manually configure an interface’s inbandwidth and outbandwidth.

    License not required.
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    Speed tests

    Speed tests

    Speed tests can be conducted either on-demand or according to a predetermined schedule, measuring upload and download speeds of up to 1 Gbps. The results of the tests can be used as reference for various applications, including the following:

    • Configuring the estimated bandwidth of an interface, which can be employed in conjunction with various WAN intelligence strategies. See Using speed test results with SD-WAN for more information.

    • Configuring the inbandwidth and outbandwidth of an interface for use in traffic shaping. See Using speed test results with traffic shaping.

    • Applying the speed test to dialup VPN tunnels in a hub and spoke deployment to conduct traffic shaping.

    FortiOS offers a variety of methods for testing SD-WAN speed. The following table provides a brief overview of each method and guidance on when it might be most advantageous to use one method over the others.

    Service

    Overview

    License

    CLI speed test

    • Provides the most flexibility and options, which enables the speed test to operate with user-defined parameters.

    • Results can be used as reference to manually add to the interface's estimated bandwidth, or inbandwidth and outbandwidth.

    • Server is on the cloud, which is maintained by Fortinet. The nearest cloud servers are selected as the default server group to perform speed-test.

    • If the speed-test against a cloud server fails due to some issues, FortiGate will repeat the test in 5 minute intervals until it is successful or 30 minutes has elapsed.

    Requires a valid SD-WAN Underlay and Application Monitoring license.

    GUI speed test

    • Downloads the speed test server list automatically.

    • Results can be added to the interface's estimated bandwidth with one click.

    • Results are automatically updated in the interface measured-upstream-bandwidth and measured-downstream-bandwidth fields.

    • Results can be used as a reference to manually configure an interface’s inbandwidth and outbandwidth.

    • Easier to use.

    • Server is on the cloud, which is maintained by Fortinet. The nearest cloud servers are selected as the default server group to perform speed-test.

    • If the speed-test against a cloud server fails due to some issues, FortiGate will repeat the test in 5 minute intervals until it is successful or 30 minutes has elapsed.

    Requires a valid SD-WAN Underlay and Application Monitoring license.

    Scheduled interface speed test

    • Speed tests can be scheduled to run automatically.

    • Results are automatically updated in the interface measured-upstream-bandwidth and measured-downstream-bandwidth fields.

    • Results can be automatically applied to an interface's inbandwidth and outbandwidth, enabling dynamic QoS application. Minimum and maximum values may be applied to overwrite these results.

    • Possible to temporarily bypass the bandwidth limits set on the interface and configure custom maximum bandwidth limits.

    • Server is on the cloud, which is maintained by Fortinet. The nearest cloud servers are selected as the default server group to perform speed-test.

    • If the speed-test against a cloud server fails due to some issues, FortiGate will repeat the test in 5 minute intervals until it is successful or 30 minutes has elapsed.

    Requires a valid SD-WAN Underlay and Application Monitoring license.

    Hub and spoke speed tests

    • Server is the spoke.

    • Tests initiated from the hub.

    • Results are cached for future use.

    • Results can be dynamically applied to the dialup tunnel for egress traffic shaping.

    • Results can be used as a reference to manually configure an interface’s inbandwidth and outbandwidth.

    License not required.

    Speed test from spokes to hub

    • Server is the hub.

    • Tests initiated from spokes, even when a spoke is behind a NAT device.

    • Results are cached on the spoke for future use and sent to the hub.

    • Results can be dynamically applied to the dialup tunnel for egress traffic shaping.

    • Results can be used as a reference to manually configure an interface’s inbandwidth and outbandwidth.

    License not required.
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