diff --git a/common/scripts/mesh-11s_nats.sh b/common/scripts/mesh-11s_nats.sh
index 82766015c..5344ba6cd 100755
--- a/common/scripts/mesh-11s_nats.sh
+++ b/common/scripts/mesh-11s_nats.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #!/bin/bash
-
+source ./qos_olsrd_conf.sh
 is_interface() {
   # arguments:
   # $1 = interface name
@@ -343,7 +343,8 @@ EOF
           modprobe batman-adv
         fi
       elif [ "$routing_algo" == "olsr" ]; then
-        mesh_kill "[o]lsrd -i $wifidev -d 0"
+        #mesh_kill "[o]lsrd -i $wifidev -d 0"
+        stop_olsrd "$id0_MESH_VIF"
       fi
 
       echo "$wifidev down.."
@@ -393,7 +394,8 @@ EOF
       elif [ "$routing_algo" == "olsr" ]; then
         ifconfig "$wifidev" "$ipaddr" netmask "$nmask"
         # Enable debug level as necessary
-        (olsrd -i "$wifidev" -d 0)&
+        #(olsrd -i "$wifidev" -d 0)&
+        start_olsrd "$id0_MESH_VIF"
       fi
 
       #SLAAC immediately after basic setup
@@ -683,7 +685,7 @@ main () {
       bridge_ip=$bridge_ip
       calculate_network_address "$bridge_ip" "$nmask"
   fi
-  if [ $mptcp == "enable" ]; then
+  if [ "$mptcp" == "enable" ]; then
     echo "MPTCP enabled"
     if ! [ -f /var/run/mptcp.conf ]; then
         echo "SUBFLOWS=0" > /var/run/mptcp.conf
diff --git a/common/scripts/qos_olsrd_conf.sh b/common/scripts/qos_olsrd_conf.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..c92120b05
--- /dev/null
+++ b/common/scripts/qos_olsrd_conf.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+get_ipv6_address() {
+    local interface="$1"
+
+    # Use ifconfig to get the IPv6 address of the specified interface
+    local ipv6_address=$(ifconfig "$interface" | grep 'inet6' | awk '{print $2}')
+
+    # Print the IPv6 address
+    echo "IPv6 address of $interface: $ipv6_address"
+
+
+# Example usage
+desired_interface=$1
+get_ipv6_address "$desired_interface"
+}
+
+
+
+start_olsrd() {
+  INTERFACE="$1"
+  PID_FILE="/run/olsrd-$INTERFACE.pid"
+  CONFIG_FILE="/etc/olsrd/$INTERFACE.conf"
+
+  echo "Testing in OLSR"
+  
+  cat > "$CONFIG_FILE" <<- EOF
+    LinkQualityFishEye   0
+
+    Interface "$INTERFACE"
+    {
+    }
+
+    IpVersion               6
+    LinkQualityFishEye      0
+    LinkQualityAlgorithm "etx_ffeth_nl80211"
+
+    LoadPlugin "/usr/lib/olsrd_arprefresh.so.0.1"
+    {
+    }
+EOF
+
+  # Use start-stop-daemon to start the OLSR daemon
+  start-stop-daemon --start --background --make-pidfile --pidfile "$PID_FILE" \
+    --exec /usr/sbin/qos-olsrd -- -i "$INTERFACE" -d 0 -f "$CONFIG_FILE"
+}
+
+
+stop_olsrd() {
+  INTERFACE="$1"
+  PID_FILE="/run/olsrd-$INTERFACE.pid"
+
+  if [ -e "$PID_FILE" ]; then
+    echo "Stopping OLSR daemon for $INTERFACE using start-stop-daemon"
+    start-stop-daemon --stop --pidfile "$PID_FILE"
+    rm -f "$PID_FILE"  # Remove the PID file after stopping the daemon
+  else
+    echo "PID file $PID_FILE not found. OLSR daemon may not be running."
+  fi
+}
+
diff --git a/common/tests/functional/Test-throughput.sh b/common/tests/functional/Test-throughput.sh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b8409b319
--- /dev/null
+++ b/common/tests/functional/Test-throughput.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+#Francis 
+if ! [ -x "$(type -P iperf3)" ]; then
+  echo "ERROR: script requires iperf3"
+  echo "For Debian and friends get it with 'apt-get install iperf3'"
+  echo "If you have it, perhaps you don't have permissions to run it, try 'sudo $(basename $0)'"
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+if [ "$#" -ne "2" ]; then
+  echo "ERROR: script needs four arguments, where:"
+  echo
+  echo "1. Number of times to repeat test (e.g. 10)"
+  echo "2. Host running 'iperf3 -s' (e.g. somehost)"
+  echo
+  echo "Example:"
+  echo "  $(basename $0) 10 somehost"
+  echo
+  echo "The above will run 'iperf3 -c' 10 times on the client and report totals and average."
+  exit 1
+else
+  runs=$1
+  host=$2
+fi
+
+log=qos_olsr.txt
+
+if [ -f "$log" ]; then
+  echo removing $log
+  rm $log
+fi
+
+echo "=================================================================="
+echo " Results"
+echo "=================================================================="
+echo " target host .... $host"
+echo "------------------------------------------------------------------"
+
+for run in $(seq 1 $runs); do
+  iperf3 -c $host -f m >> $log
+  echo -e " run $run: \t $(awk '/Bitrate/ {getline}; END{print $7, $8}' $log)"
+done
+
+
+echo
+echo "see $log for details"
+
+#######################################################################
+# Define the file path
+file_path="$log"
+
+# Check if the file exists
+if [ -f "$file_path" ]; then
+  # Use grep and awk to extract Bitrate from the receiver line in the file
+  average_bitrate=$(awk '/receiver/ {sum += $7; count++} END {if (count > 0) print sum/count}' "$file_path")
+
+  # Check if the value was found
+  if [ -n "$average_bitrate" ]; then
+    echo "average_bitrate: $average_bitrate Mbits/sec"
+  else
+    echo "average_bitrate receiver not found in the file."
+  fi
+else
+  echo "File not found: $file_path"
+fi
+
+
+
+########################################################################
+if [ -n "$average_bitrate" ]; then
+    # Compare the Bitrate value with 25
+    if (( $(echo "$average_bitrate > 25" | bc -l) )); then
+      echo "Average Bitrate receiver: $average_bitrate Mbits/sec - Pass"
+    else
+      echo "Bitrate receiver: $average_bitrate Mbits/sec - Fail"
+    fi
+fi
+
+
+
diff --git a/modules/utils/docker/entrypoint.sh b/modules/utils/docker/entrypoint.sh
index 529a44c36..43b24b017 100755
--- a/modules/utils/docker/entrypoint.sh
+++ b/modules/utils/docker/entrypoint.sh
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ MCC_SETTINGS="$MESH_FOLDER/modules/utils/docker/mcc_settings.sh" # script to set
 MESH_CONF="/opt/mesh.conf"
 
 
-QOS_OLSR_CONF="$MESH_FOLDER/modules/utils/docker/qos_olsrd_conf.sh" # script to setup qos_olsrd_cochmod +x $BRIDGE_SETTINGS
+QOS_OLSR_CONF="$MESH_FOLDER/qos_olsrd_conf.sh" # script to setup qos_olsrd_cochmod +x $BRIDGE_SETTINGS
 chmod +x $BRIDGE_SETTINGS
 chmod +x $MCC_SETTINGS
 chmod +x $QOS_OLSR_CONF