New feature release - adds gateway-direct WAN speed testing. See v1.4.0 release notes for what's new in v1.4.0+
WAN Speed Test
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Gateway-direct speed testing - New "Run Test from Gateway" option deploys a lightweight speed test binary to your UniFi gateway and runs it directly against Cloudflare's edge network. Because the test runs on the gateway itself, it measures true WAN throughput without any LAN traversal overhead. The binary auto-deploys on first use and auto-updates when new versions are available.
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Dual-option UI - The WAN Speed Test page now offers two options: "Run Test from Gateway" (primary, most accurate) and "Run Test from Server" (existing behavior). For multi-WAN setups, the gateway option includes a WAN interface selector.
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Gateway-direct path analysis - Gateway test results show a simplified Cloudflare -> WAN -> Gateway network path with correct bottleneck calculation, rather than the full LAN path used by server tests.
Fixes
- Reduced log noise during speed tests - Suppressed hundreds of per-request HTTP client log lines that were flooding logs during Cloudflare speed tests.
Installation
Windows: Download the MSI installer below
Docker:
docker compose pull && docker compose up -dmacOS (native, recommended for accurate speed tests vs Docker Desktop):
git clone https://github.com/Ozark-Connect/NetworkOptimizer.git && cd NetworkOptimizer && ./scripts/install-macos-native.sh
# or if you already have it cloned
cd NetworkOptimizer && git pull && ./scripts/install-macos-native.shProxmox:
bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Ozark-Connect/NetworkOptimizer/main/scripts/proxmox/install.sh)"For other platforms (Synology, QNAP, Unraid, native Linux), see the Deployment Guide.