On Thursday 02 November 2006 21:16, Ronald Wiplinger wrote:
How can I test the bandwidth of my ADSL line?
Problem: I should have an ADSL line with 12Mb/sec download and 1Mb/sec upload speed.
The MRTG graphic of my ISP shows only 3Mb/sec. I complaint! Than the ISP makes a test and shows me 13.8 MB/sec
My ISP always suggests using the Stanford test, at least here in the US. http://netspeed.stanford.edu You get some nice detailed numbers which you can provide to your ISP. Also remember that your phone company can check your speed as well. I had mine come out and they told my I'm capped at 5Mb/s due to my location to the call switch. Here are my results: TCP/Web100 Network Diagnostic Tool v5.3.3e click START to begin Another client is currently being served, your test will begin within 45 seconds Checking for Middleboxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Done running 10s outbound test (client to server) . . . . . 696.51Kb/s running 10s inbound test (server to client) . . . . . . 2.38Mb/s Your Workstation is connected to a Cable/DSL modem The nice thing is that it ignores the fact that I'm running right now on my laptop over WiFi on my internal LAN. It checks for "middleboxes" and runs the speed checks calibrated for those. It even gives massively detailed stats... Checking for mismatch on uplink (speed > 50 [-1.99>50], (xmitspeed < 5) [0.69<5] (rwintime > .9) [0.30>.9], (loss < .01) [0.00<.01] ...and provides several links to other netspeed testers. -- kai ponte www.perfectreign.com