Test network speed with iperf
You can test your network speed with the program iperf. It runs under all most used operating systems. The windows binary file can be found here:
https://nocweboldcst.ucf.edu/files/iperf.exe
or
https://nocweboldcst.ucf.edu/files/iperf.exe
The file iperf.exe is used as client AND server.
The basic idea is that the client UPLOADES an amount of data to the server.
The speed of the transfer is then calculated.
For a deeper introduction watch this Flash guide.
An example:
Server: iperf.exe -s
Client: iperf.exe -c <server-ip>
(Speed is now uploaded to the server)
Use: iperf.exe –help to see options
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Test up and then down:
C:\>iperf.exe -c 192.168.0.199 -r
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Server listening on TCP port 5001
TCP window size: 8.00 KByte (default)
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Client connecting to 192.168.0.199, TCP port 5001
TCP window size: 63.0 KByte (default)
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[1876] local 192.168.0.90 port 3975 connected with 192.168.0.199 port 5001
[ ID] Interval      Transfer    Bandwidth
[1876] 0.0-42.9 sec 1.13 MBytes  221 Kbits/sec
[1944] local 192.168.0.90 port 5001 connected with 192.168.0.199 port 4442
[ ID] Interval      Transfer    Bandwidth
[1944] 0.0-10.0 sec 41.5 MBytes 34.9 Mbits/sec
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