Nerd thread: Testing your broadband speed

[wiiksie]

Nice little site that uses local servers in your country to establish an accurate download and upload speed for your connection:

 

http://www.speedtest.net/

[RedinSweden]

Nice little site that uses local servers in your country to establish an accurate download and upload speed for your connection:

 

http://www.speedtest.net/

 

that is ACE. mine was 6725 down and 692 up. I love those graphics

[wiiksie]

that is ACE. mine was 6725 down and 692 up. I love those graphics

You used the Malmo server yeah Jim? Your numbers are pretty much exactly what I got from the London one.

[RedinSweden]

You used the Malmo server yeah Jim? Your numbers are pretty much exactly what I got from the London one.

 

yep. I like the big arc that went from the malmö server to stockholm. It actualy recommended the server in ventspills, latvia. i tried that and got 255 up and 296 down.

[Karl_b]

Bastards.

[wiiksie]

Bastards.

Hows the connection prob kb?

[Karl_b]

Hows the connection prob kb?

 

No good. I think it must be down at their end, but the account isn't in my name so they wont tell me anything. It connects for 3 seconds, searches for an IP address, doesn't find one and then disconnects.

 

It then repeats until I want to die.

[wiiksie]

No good. I think it must be down at their end, but the account isn't in my name so they wont tell me anything. It connects for 3 seconds, searches for an IP address, doesn't find one and then disconnects.

 

It then repeats until I want to die.

Ah right. I assume you are talking about your wireless connection to the box, and not your flatmates wired connection.

 

If you cant get a network connection at all (I.e. doesnt get past the 'aquiring network address' bit), then the first problem is between your machine and the

router. It may still be a problem at the other end, but you should be able to get a network connection regardless.

 

So: Can you steal/borrow and network cable from someone (this bird?) and try that by plugging your machine directly into the router? See if this gets a connection.

[Karl_b]

Ah right. I assume you are talking about your wireless connection to the box, and not your flatmates wired connection.

 

If you cant get a network connection at all (I.e. doesnt get past the 'aquiring network address' bit), then the first problem is between your machine and the

router. It may still be a problem at the other end, but you should be able to get a network connection regardless.

 

So: Can you steal/borrow and network cable from someone (this bird?) and try that by plugging your machine directly into the router? See if this gets a connection.

 

I'll try that tonight.

 

I also did the 'ping' test through command prompt and it said 'media disconnected'.

[Gav]

A more accurate speedometer

 

http://us.mcafee.com/root/speedometer/test_0150.asp

[Uncle_Meat]

According to them,

 

Download 6078kbps

Upload 389kbps.

 

 

If you're on ADSL (not LLU)in the UK and you want an even more accurate geeky one, try this.

 

http://www.speedtester.bt.com/

 

Gives IP profile/line sync stats too.

 

Test1 comprises of Best Effort Test: -provides background information.

IP profile for your line is - 7150 kbps

DSL connection rate: 448 kbps(UP-STREAM) 8128 kbps(DOWN-STREAM)

Actual IP throughput achieved during the test was - 6243 kbps

[Guest Ulysses Everett McGill]

Down 6483.5 kilobits per second

Up 672 kilobytes per second

[Stu Monty]

It's all just noise.

[rondeco]

1354 kb/s download and 188kb/s upload. I presume that is shit. Can anyone tell me how shit?

[05 Milan]

9496 download and 8565 upload, fuck all you motherfuckers!

[Owen]

Just testing mine now, as it's meant to be going up to 8 meg in the next ten days.

 

[RedKnight]

Awful. I pay £25 a month for this shit.

 

Download: 340kb/s

Upload: 381kb/s

[RedinSweden]

Awful. I pay £25 a month for this shit.

 

Download: 340kb/s

Upload: 381kb/s

 

Are you sure you didn't have something on using your download as thems odd results. I pay 13 quid a month for 2mbit. I have now worked out that it is my perfect speed. I am not sure what system it is (other than that it is cable) but I always get 2mbit. One of my neighbours has an non secure wireless network with 8mbit. I could always jump onto that if I had to...

[wiiksie]

Owen/RK, if you are testing BT dsl lines then try this, its their own speedchecker:

 

http://speedtester.bt.com/

[Owen]

Owen/RK, if you are testing BT dsl lines then try this, its their own speedchecker:

 

http://speedtester.bt.com/

 

Cheers Weeksie, but I just wanted a rough speed so I know if and when they've actually upgraded it.

[Hazel Motes]

Better than I thought: 6161/535

[Uncle_Meat]

Cheers Weeksie, but I just wanted a rough speed so I know if and when they've actually upgraded it.

 

 

The BT speedtest will give you your actual line/sync speed with the exchange, so that's as solid a proof that your line has been upgraded than anything.

[RedKnight]

There's something not right there - your upload speed should be lower than your download speed.

 

Who's it with?

 

BT.

 

Are you sure you didn't have something on using your download as thems odd results. I pay 13 quid a month for 2mbit. I have now worked out that it is my perfect speed. I am not sure what system it is (other than that it is cable) but I always get 2mbit. One of my neighbours has an non secure wireless network with 8mbit. I could always jump onto that if I had to...

 

No downloads on.

 

Owen/RK, if you are testing BT dsl lines then try this, its their own speedchecker:

 

http://speedtester.bt.com/

 

Results from that BT speed tester.

 

IP profile for your line is - 350 kbps

DSL connection rate: 448 kbps(UP-STREAM) 480 kbps(DOWN-STREAM)

Actual IP throughput achieved during the test was - 313 kbps

[wiiksie]

BT.

 

 

 

No downloads on.

 

 

 

Results from that BT speed tester.

 

IP profile for your line is - 350 kbps

DSL connection rate: 448 kbps(UP-STREAM) 480 kbps(DOWN-STREAM)

Actual IP throughput achieved during the test was - 313 kbps

 

Thats pretty damn low for BT RK, and are shite unless you are living up a mountain somewhere miles from your nearest exchange.

 

You should get on to them to do a line test at their end, and hopefully fix it.

 

Something else you can try is this, it will tell you if your exchange is conjested (a reason for shite download speeds):

 

http://www.nildram.net/support/tools/congestion_checker/

[RedKnight]

They asked me to do all that before but I wouldn't take the plate off the front on the master phone socket.