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

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 here: http://www.metal-machine.de/readerror/

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Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP
Windows Desktop Experience


"KRK" <> wrote in message
news:...
> 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

Thanks, this looks good

KK


"Richard Urban" <> wrote in message
news:...
>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 here: http://www.metal-machine.de/readerror/
>
> --
>
> Richard Urban
> Microsoft MVP
> Windows Desktop Experience
>
>
> "KRK" <> wrote in message
> news:...
>> 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
>

"KRK" <> wrote in message
news:...
> 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

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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
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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
>
>

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
news:6350E015-0A69-41AE-8793-...
> 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
>>
>>

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
> news:6350E015-0A69-41AE-8793-...
> > 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
> >>
> >>
>
>

"marty" <> wrote in message
news:E1E783A8-C02E-4987-BC65-...
> 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
>> news:6350E015-0A69-41AE-8793-...
>> > 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
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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

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" <mikehall@remove_mvps.com> wrote in message
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> "KRK" <> wrote in message
> news:...
>> 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
>
>
>
>

"KRK" <> wrote in message
news:%...
> 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...

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