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Broadband speed check & monitor traffic
Hello,
How do I check my broadband speed, and how do I monitor the amount of data passing back & forth. ? Is there a sidebar gadget ? Thanks KK |
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Broadband speed check & monitor traffic
I have been using NetMeter for about 3 years now.
It does everything you want and a lot more. 1. Daily reports 2. Weekly reports 3. Monthly reports 4. Yearly reports 5. Cumulative from the point when you started using NetMeter 6. In and out bandwidth speed monitoring Get it he http://www.metal-machine.de/readerror/ -- Richard Urban Microsoft MVP Windows Desktop Experience "KRK" wrote in message ... Hello, How do I check my broadband speed, and how do I monitor the amount of data passing back & forth. ? Is there a sidebar gadget ? Thanks KK |
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Broadband speed check & monitor traffic -- Thanks
Thanks, this looks good
KK "Richard Urban" wrote in message ... I have been using NetMeter for about 3 years now. It does everything you want and a lot more. 1. Daily reports 2. Weekly reports 3. Monthly reports 4. Yearly reports 5. Cumulative from the point when you started using NetMeter 6. In and out bandwidth speed monitoring Get it he http://www.metal-machine.de/readerror/ -- Richard Urban Microsoft MVP Windows Desktop Experience "KRK" wrote in message ... Hello, How do I check my broadband speed, and how do I monitor the amount of data passing back & forth. ? Is there a sidebar gadget ? Thanks KK |
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Broadband speed check & monitor traffic
"KRK" wrote in message
... Hello, How do I check my broadband speed, and how do I monitor the amount of data passing back & forth. ? Is there a sidebar gadget ? Thanks KK What Richard said re Netmeter.. for a speed check, use www.speedtest.net -- Mike Hall - MVP How to construct a good post.. http://dts-l.com/goodpost.htm How to use the Microsoft Product Support Newsgroups.. http://support.microsoft.com/default...help&style=toc Mike's Window - My Blog.. http://msmvps.com/blogs/mikehall/default.aspx |
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Broadband speed check & monitor traffic
hi krk,i use speedtest aswell but remember it is only a rough guide, there
are a lot of variables that affect your speed including the speed test itself -- martyb "KRK" wrote: Hello, How do I check my broadband speed, and how do I monitor the amount of data passing back & forth. ? Is there a sidebar gadget ? Thanks KK |
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Broadband speed check & monitor traffic
That is why NetMeter is so nice. It doesn't mater what server you are
downloading a file from. It will tell you the download speed for that particular server, or any server you may connect to. The online bandwidth meters only tell you the speed from that dedicated server. It is not likely the same across the board. NetMeter will let you know this. -- Richard Urban Microsoft MVP Windows Desktop Experience "marty" wrote in message ... hi krk,i use speedtest aswell but remember it is only a rough guide, there are a lot of variables that affect your speed including the speed test itself -- martyb "KRK" wrote: Hello, How do I check my broadband speed, and how do I monitor the amount of data passing back & forth. ? Is there a sidebar gadget ? Thanks KK |
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Broadband speed check & monitor traffic
what we need is a meter to tell us when our bb is being choked by the
supplier because they cant be arsed to upgrade the cable after selling everyone 20-50mb download speeds and some bloke at the end of the street is hogging by downloading illegal blue-ray films over a three day period...... whinge over feel better now -- martyb "Richard Urban" wrote: That is why NetMeter is so nice. It doesn't mater what server you are downloading a file from. It will tell you the download speed for that particular server, or any server you may connect to. The online bandwidth meters only tell you the speed from that dedicated server. It is not likely the same across the board. NetMeter will let you know this. -- Richard Urban Microsoft MVP Windows Desktop Experience "marty" wrote in message ... hi krk,i use speedtest aswell but remember it is only a rough guide, there are a lot of variables that affect your speed including the speed test itself -- martyb "KRK" wrote: Hello, How do I check my broadband speed, and how do I monitor the amount of data passing back & forth. ? Is there a sidebar gadget ? Thanks KK |
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Broadband speed check & monitor traffic
"marty" wrote in message
... what we need is a meter to tell us when our bb is being choked by the supplier because they cant be arsed to upgrade the cable after selling everyone 20-50mb download speeds and some bloke at the end of the street is hogging by downloading illegal blue-ray films over a three day period...... whinge over feel better now -- martyb "Richard Urban" wrote: That is why NetMeter is so nice. It doesn't mater what server you are downloading a file from. It will tell you the download speed for that particular server, or any server you may connect to. The online bandwidth meters only tell you the speed from that dedicated server. It is not likely the same across the board. NetMeter will let you know this. -- Richard Urban Microsoft MVP Windows Desktop Experience "marty" wrote in message ... hi krk,i use speedtest aswell but remember it is only a rough guide, there are a lot of variables that affect your speed including the speed test itself -- martyb "KRK" wrote: Hello, How do I check my broadband speed, and how do I monitor the amount of data passing back & forth. ? Is there a sidebar gadget ? Thanks KK A note on Speedtest.net.. I am on a 7mb cable and it shows a best of 6901 for me which tells me that all is well on a good day. A local client of mine was only getting 5.5 when he should have been getting the same as me, and changing the TcpWindowSize in registry made no difference at all. The guy ran the test over the period of a week, and still nothing better than 5.5. So I swapped his old DLink 701 router out for a newer model, and up went the reading to more or less the same as mine. While I agree that results from test sites can and do vary from one location and/or time to another, the Speedtest.net site is useful for nailing down problems as per the above. As far as I am aware, the Speedtest finds a little used but fast server in your 'locality'. In my case, Kippen is approximately 60km north of my location. I have found it to be a useful test for determining problems relating to Internet connection speeds.. Re Netmeter, I use that too much as Richard does. It is good for logging totals going through the NIC. I also use Network Meter version 2.2, a Vista Sidebar gadget. Netmeter 1.13 gets in the way when on screen ( I like to see what and how much is happening on the fly), and this one sits neatly on the sidebar. -- Mike Hall - MVP How to construct a good post.. http://dts-l.com/goodpost.htm How to use the Microsoft Product Support Newsgroups.. http://support.microsoft.com/default...help&style=toc Mike's Window - My Blog.. http://msmvps.com/blogs/mikehall/default.aspx |
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Broadband speed check & monitor traffic - Thanks - A follow-up Question if I may
Thanks again, speedtest is very good.
My results look OK for where I live , but why is the upload speed so much slower than the download speed ? Thanks KK "Mike Hall - MVP" wrote in message ... "KRK" wrote in message ... Hello, How do I check my broadband speed, and how do I monitor the amount of data passing back & forth. ? Is there a sidebar gadget ? Thanks KK What Richard said re Netmeter.. for a speed check, use www.speedtest.net -- Mike Hall - MVP How to construct a good post.. http://dts-l.com/goodpost.htm How to use the Microsoft Product Support Newsgroups.. http://support.microsoft.com/default...help&style=toc Mike's Window - My Blog.. http://msmvps.com/blogs/mikehall/default.aspx |
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Broadband speed check & monitor traffic - Thanks - A follow-up Question if I may
"KRK" wrote in message
... Thanks again, speedtest is very good. My results look OK for where I live , but why is the upload speed so much slower than the download speed ? That's completely normal. Usually it's between a 5th and a 3rd of download speed... -- Asking a question? Please tell us the version of the application you are asking about, your OS, Service Pack level and the FULL contents of any error message(s) |
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