General
Adds capability to initiate multi-server and multi-connection speed test over ultra-high-speed connectivity services (such as fiber or 5G etc.)Feature focuses on two segments which are more and more important in the field deployments and those are:
IPv6 support
Traffic speeds beyond 2 Gbit/s with Multiserver support
Multi-server testing is important because ultra-high-speed connectivity services (such as fiber or 5G) require higher-capacity servers in order to generate enough traffic to saturate an end-user’s connection. Peering relationships or cross-connectivity between providers can also be a bottleneck for internet speeds, so a single server’s performance and the proximity of the selected server are both factors that can impact the accuracy of a network test. To mitigate these issues, our applications can now test to multiple servers in parallel to generate sufficient traffic to saturate the end-user’s connection.
More about Ookla behavior: Speedtest® Methodology | Ookla®
Northbound API
None
Southbound API
None
Requirements
Update Ookla endpoint with enabled multi-server
Ookla SpeedTest binary with supported multi-server and IPv6