Cisco router Speed test automation

[mahende17feb@gmail.com]

Hi Cisco Community team,

I have cisco ISR 4331 router on which i want to perform speed test automation so when speed goes down i should get email trigger.

use cases.

1. every hour speed test automation result on email

2. If speed goes beyond x limit IT team should get email trigger.

Let me know if any guide or documents to achieve this use case.

[bigevilbeard]

Are you looking to have the speed test run from the router via your ISP/Upstream provider link, or a VM/Host behind the machine. Just trying to gather if you are wanting to this on box or off box.

[suppy]

First, you'll need to install the speedtest-cli library for speed testing and smtplib library for sending emails.

pip install speedtest-cli

Secondly, here's a Python script that performs the speed test, sends an email with the result every hour, and triggers an email if the speed goes beyond a specified limit (x_limit).

You can create a file named speed_test.py:

import speedtest

import smtplib

from email.mime.multipart import MIMEMultipart

from email.mime.text import MIMEText

import time

# Email Configuration

smtp_server = "smtp.yourmailserver.com"

smtp_port = 587

sender_email = "your_email@example.com"

receiver_email = "recipient_email@example.com"

password = "your_email_password"

# Speed Test Configuration

x_limit = 50  # Set your speed limit in Mbps

def send_email(subject, body

    msg = MIMEMultipart()

    msg['From'] = sender_email

    msg['To'] = receiver_email

    msg['Subject'] = subject

    msg.attach(MIMEText(body, 'plain'))

    server = smtplib.SMTP(smtp_server, smtp_port)

    server.starttls()

    server.login(sender_email, password)

    text = msg.as_string()

    server.sendmail(sender_email, receiver_email, text)

    server.quit()

def perform_speed_test():

    st = speedtest.Speedtest()

    st.get_best_server()

    download_speed = st.download() / 1e6  # in Mbps

    upload_speed = st.upload() / 1e6  # in Mbps

    return download_speed, upload_speed

while True:

    # Perform Speed Test

    download, upload = perform_speed_test()

    # Email the results

    subject = "Hourly Speed Test Results"

    body = f"Download Speed: {download:.2f} Mbps\nUpload Speed: {upload:.2f} Mbps"

    send_email(subject, body)

    # Check if speed is beyond the limit

    if download > x_limit:

        alert_subject = "High Speed Alert!"

        alert_body = f"Download speed ({download:.2f} Mbps) is beyond the limit of {x_limit} Mbps!"

        send_email(alert_subject, alert_body)

    # Wait for an hour before the next speed test

    time.sleep(3600)  # 3600 seconds = 1 hour

Please make sure you update the smtp_server, smtp_port, sender_email, receiver_email, and password variables with your email server details. Also, modify x_limit to set your desired speed limit in Mbps.

All the best.