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RAX120 - is there a software tool to watch the speed out of the router continuously?
Hi, My router seems to output the full speed that I’m getting from my ISP when I use Speedtest and others when I use both my iPad and my Windows laptop connected directly to the router by Ethernet. ...
Tests like that are more tricky. For general tests, you could repeatedly run a speedtest.net test, but if you want a constant transfer, then the most reliable way to do it, is to have your own VPS that has a dedicated connection above 1Gbps ( or at least twice the speed of both your home WAN connection's upload and download speed, and then have it act as a iperf server. While more expensive, it is a more reliable way to measure a single connection's throughput over a more extended period of time without being influenced by other people using the same server to test throughput.
Though often a more common method of longer term test is running 3-4 speed tests in a row every hour throughout a day in order to keep track of how your WAN throughput changes over the course of a day. This is especially more useful for people on cable internet connection since the shared throughput nature has a higher degree of variability in the speed, and knowing it will impact how you go about implementing QOS, and various other functions.
For the purpose of testing I would have no problem if testing for an extended period of time (at least 30 minutes) to get full statistics would not allow other processing. It is a test.
Tests like that are more tricky. For general tests, you could repeatedly run a speedtest.net test, but if you want a constant transfer, then the most reliable way to do it, is to have your own VPS that has a dedicated connection above 1Gbps ( or at least twice the speed of both your home WAN connection's upload and download speed, and then have it act as a iperf server. While more expensive, it is a more reliable way to measure a single connection's throughput over a more extended period of time without being influenced by other people using the same server to test throughput.
Though often a more common method of longer term test is running 3-4 speed tests in a row every hour throughout a day in order to keep track of how your WAN throughput changes over the course of a day. This is especially more useful for people on cable internet connection since the shared throughput nature has a higher degree of variability in the speed, and knowing it will impact how you go about implementing QOS, and various other functions.