11.4.11

Checking Broadband Speed

The time it takes to download a file can vary greatly depending on your Internet connection speed; waiting for a file to download for too long can get very frustrating.

  • Download Speed: this is the Internet speed at which files are downloaded to your computer.
  • Upload Speed: the speed at which you can upload files at locations on the Internet such as uploading email attachments. This is known as the upload speed.

This article shows how to measure internet speed and it sheds.
Many factors have an impact on how fast or slow your internet connection is


1.First download install a free download manager from here
Download Manager splits files into several sections and downloads them simultaneously, allowing you to use any type of connection at the maximum available speed.
Note: After downloading the download manager, install the application and enable clip board monitoring from System tray icon

2.Download this utility called "NETMETER"" to check the network traffic.

OR   download this utility with more features ..  NETWORX
3.How to check the speed?
 Download many files from good different servers
or download files simultaneously from the given links & sum up the data rate.
Download Link1

 Download Apples iTunes software

Download Link 2
Download any file from here : http://serverninjas.com/sn/
Link3
download x86 file here: http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads


Then check  the upload/download data rate in Netmeter graph or Networx Speedometer
Please note that the speed indicates the traffic across the network interface card , it includes background traffic like auto update , traffic created bytrojan virus attack ,LAN traffic etc.
Hence if a traffic is noticed, even when not using the internet then probably the computer is infected with trojan. This tool may not be useful in network environment.
Warning: Downloading consumes your bandwidth ,hence after the test , STOP or cancel the download.
Alternatively you can check the speed thro websites:
http://speedtester.bsnl.co.in/
http://speedtest.net

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