Test Speed of network?

[Scott Townsend]

I'm working with a School who recently put in a gigabit fiber link and they
think there is an issue with the link and that its slower then expected.

I was hoping to attach a few laptops to either end to do some speed/link
tests.

Any Recommendations on software to do the test?

Thanks,
Scott<-

 

[JEC]

FTP. Get some kind of Shareware FTP server on one end and download a file to
the other. It should give you a pretty accurate representation of the
network speed. You are going to need a pretty big file to take advantage of
gigabit.

 

[Jack \(MVP-Networking\).]

Hi
May be this can Help.
Qcheck by Ixia, http://www.ezlan.net/faq#transfer
Jack (MVP-Networking).

 

[Paul Johnson]

I'm working with a School who recently put in a gigabit fiber link and
they think there is an issue with the link and that its slower then
expected.

I was hoping to attach a few laptops to either end to do some speed/link
tests.

Any Recommendations on software to do the test?

The method I always used when I did network hardware testing for a living
was to send an extremely large file (like a DVD image) across the network
to another machine with enough space and time it. From there, it's simple
math to figure out the speed.

 

[Scott Townsend]

Thanks! I'll Check it out.

Hi
May be this can Help.
Qcheck by Ixia, http://www.ezlan.net/faq#transfer
Jack (MVP-Networking).

 

[simbha]

Hi
You can check your speed here http://www.ip-details.com/internet-speed-test/ or Download scanmyspeed.com