Bandwidth Measurement

Enable bandwidth discovery feature that measures bandwidth prior to uploads.

You can enable bandwidth measurement that causes all uploads to perform a bandwidth measurement prior to transferring regardless of the target rate setting for the server or the transferring user (downloads are not affected). Follow these steps to configure:

Stop Aspera^®Faspex™
In a Terminal or Command Prompt, execute the command to stop Aspera Faspex:
```
asctl faspex:stop
```
Add bandwidth measurement parameter in Faspex.yml
Locate Faspex.yml in the following path:
```
/opt/aspera/faspex/config/faspex.yml
```
Before editing Faspex.yml, create a backup. Open it with a text editor, and add this line at the end of the file:
```
...
MeasureBandwidthOnUpload: yes
```
Start Aspera Faspex
In a Terminal or Command Prompt, execute the command to start Aspera Faspex with the new setting:
```
asctl faspex:start
```

To verify bandwidth measurement, open Aspera Connect™ and go to Preferences > Bandwidth, click Remove All and make sure Automatically cache measurements obtained during transfer is unchecked. Now log into Aspera Faspex and send a package. In the first few seconds of the transfer, Aspera Connect should show a status of Measuring Bandwitdh....