Best way to measure LAN speed??

StevieP

StevieP

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I'm wanting to get a decent idea of the speed on my home LAN - both through my TP Link 1200Mbps powerline adapters as well as via WiFi at various positions in the house.

I've downloaded a small utility called LAN Speed Test for my PC but am not 100% sure of what I should be setting it to to get an accurate idea of the transfer rate?

There is a "Folder or server IP" address bar where I can select a location on the LAN but I'm not sure exactly where I should be selecting!?!?

Should I be selecting a location on the PC in the top room (ie. it measures from the router in the living room to the PC) or should I be selecting my NAS for example which is connected to the router by ethernet (ie. measuring from the router/NAS to the PC itself?)

Also, what size file should I be testing with or will the results be roughly level across the piece??

Thanks for any tips guys...
 
Easiest and most accurate real world way, copy a large blu-ray type file over your lan. Have DUmeter/Netmeter installed on one of the machines or just look at your adapter throughput.
 
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StevieP said:
Should I be selecting a location on the PC in the top room (ie. it measures from the router in the living room to the PC) or should I be selecting my NAS for example which is connected to the router by ethernet (ie. measuring from the router/NAS to the PC itself?)

Also, what size file should I be testing with or will the results be roughly level across the piece??
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Any network share on a remote device will do. Use a 10GB file if you're transferring across gigabit LAN and 1GB if there's WiFi in the mix.

Use the full path instead of just the IP, unless you have nothing else shared.

\\<machine-ip>\share
 
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