Best prog to test your adsl connection?

Jimbo · 28 Apr 2006 at 18:56

Can anyone tell me the best way to test my new max adsl connection? I havent a clue?

Pho · 28 Apr 2006 at 19:24

http://usertools.plus.net/tutorials/id/27
Is BTs checker- it'll likely give you your max speeds.

Phil99 · 28 Apr 2006 at 19:51

http://www.adslguide.org.uk/tools/speedtest.asp
http://www.speedtest.ndo.com
http://www.giganews.com/test_connect.html
http://www.dslzoneuk.net/speedtest.php
ftp://ftp.blueyonder.co.uk
ftp://ftp.multiplay.co.uk
http://www.mirror.ac.uk
ftp://mirror.ac.uk/
http://www.mirrorservice.org
ftp://mirrorservice.org/
http://www.l8nc.com

All good for speedtests/large downloads to test the connection.

The last link, L8nc, is a site where you can get it to ping your router every second and it'll graph the results including packetloss/disconnections so you can see when/if the line is dropping etc.

Jimbo · 28 Apr 2006 at 19:58

Great stuff cheers guys, I'll try these out.

Jimbo · 28 Apr 2006 at 20:47

Well Im trying to get an idea how good /bad my connection is on the evolution dsl max is. it says this on one of the tests..

733.20 Kbps
which is around 91.65 KB/s
including overheads
Your connection is performing very poorly (10% efficiency) for an 8 Mbps service.

I only had it since wednesday, should I be concerned?

Jimbo · 28 Apr 2006 at 22:33

Its even worse now...

245.70 Kbps
which is around 30.71 KB/s
including overheads
Your connection is performing very poorly (3% efficiency) for an 8 Mbps service.

tolien · 28 Apr 2006 at 22:39

What are you synching at, and what does the BT Speedtest give you?

Jimbo · 28 Apr 2006 at 22:46

I havent treid the BT test yet, how do I know what Im synching at? Im a noob at all this sorry.

tolien · 28 Apr 2006 at 22:46

It'll depend what hardware you're using.

Jimbo · 28 Apr 2006 at 22:49

Im using a Netgear DG834Gv2 54 Mbps Wireless ADSL Router.

Strangely adsl gudie gives me...

Your Connection

Speed Test Results
Downstream 484.4 Kbps ( = 0.5 Mbps )
Upstream 378.3 Kbps ( = 0.4 Mbps )

http://www.adslguide.org.uk/tools/speedtest.asp

tolien · 28 Apr 2006 at 22:50

It's in the web interface then (somewhere).

Jimbo · 28 Apr 2006 at 22:53

Dont know where to find that.. I have various stuff like this in my router...

Modem
ADSL Firmware Version 1.00.09.00
Modem Status Connected
DownStream Connection Speed 8128 kbps
UpStream Connection Speed 448 kbps
VPI 0
VCI 38

Jimbo · 28 Apr 2006 at 23:01

Found more...

ADSL Link Downstream Upstream
Connection Speed 8128 kbps 448 kbps
Line Attenuation 19 db 18 db
Noise Margin 12 db 28 db

tolien · 28 Apr 2006 at 23:03

Jimbo said:
DownStream Connection Speed 8128 kbps
UpStream Connection Speed 448 kbps

That's your sync rate (in each direction).

Jimbo · 28 Apr 2006 at 23:05

Does that look good or bad? I cant seem to hit above 100k a sec at the mo using Bittorent.

Mind I was using Utorrent with encryption on.

tolien · 28 Apr 2006 at 23:39

I'd be looking for a more guaranteed source, like http://fuller.zen.co.uk/test

Jimbo · 29 Apr 2006 at 10:48

Thanks mate, just as I thought Im only hitting around 30k a sec on there, I hope this improvesand I know there is a 12 daytraining period, if it dosent im off, thats if I can get my mac that is. :rolleyes:

tolien · 29 Apr 2006 at 11:09

If it is your ISP, then the BT Speedtest should show a much better result.
If it's slow there too, then migrating won't do squat.

crashuk · 1 May 2006 at 01:27

18962.7 kbps i get but it does go down to 15000 kbps, some times

crashuk · 1 May 2006 at 01:28

tolien said:
I'd be looking for a more guaranteed source, like http://fuller.zen.co.uk/test

took me 55 secs to dl that 100meg file

and about 3 or 4 secs for the 10meg file.