Well, you can always run a ping test to see what your timings are. You can also go to http://speedtest.net - that includes a ping test and also has a neat sharing option. It's amazing to see the number of tests being conducted around the world (assuming their stats are accurate)!!
I use speakeasy.net which is similar to speedtest.net but with better results. There seems to be a bit of a lag with speedtest.net. With speakeasy I get nearly 21Mb on the download test while speedtest shows about 18Mb.
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Add AnswerYou could do it online. A Google should get you lots of site to do a speed check.
But incase yu are looking for a tool to check yur network card speed yu could use an excellent open source option Freemeter (during a download).
http://open-source.onestop.net/2006/06/freemeter.html
Try speakeasy.net. They have good tools to check bandwidth and network speed
Well, you can always run a ping test to see what your timings are. You can also go to http://speedtest.net - that includes a ping test and also has a neat sharing option. It's amazing to see the number of tests being conducted around the world (assuming their stats are accurate)!!
By an anonymous user on May. 06, 2008
Qcheck is the king of the hill at this--free too
By an anonymous user on Jun. 17, 2008
Network speed is not the same as bandwith.
I think the question is about measuring the actual speed of the LAN.
just download a file
I use speakeasy.net which is similar to speedtest.net but with better results. There seems to be a bit of a lag with speedtest.net. With speakeasy I get nearly 21Mb on the download test while speedtest shows about 18Mb.
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Network speed also depends on the connection which you are using to connect to internet.
you can use ping option.
Try to trace to your site from different systems
user ping command
or write small java application to analyise it each hour and avg. it after 24 hours.
this would summarise all aspect peak and off-peak time.
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