Speed of a wireless connection

DonnyDave

How do I find out the speed of a wireless connection? It says 54Mbps.

Similarly, how do I find the speed of an Ethernet connection. It is a 100Mbps one, and that's what it says when I go on the tray icon of the two monitors. But is it running at that speed?

espresso

They are maximum speeds. You would actually get about half the maximum rate over a wireless connection but it is still likely to be much faster than your broadband connection speed!

DonnyDave

espresso wrote:

They are maximum speeds. You would actually get about half the maximum rate over a wireless connection but it is still likely to be much faster than your broadband connection speed!

I know, so how can I find out the actual speed data is being transferred at?

albertross_2

copy a file to another PC on the network, and time it, or install a network monitor e.g. http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/awatch.zip


do you have a networking tab in task manager?

fairytooth

Not sure if this helps but this will give you the download speed for your broadband connection which is the slowest part of the deal

http://www.beelinebandwidthtest.com/

Bigun28

What's a good result for a 1 Gb ISP connection with that test? I was coming up with 112 K/s (904 Kbps).

Stephen_Webber

Assuming you mean 1Mbps (not 1Gbps - I don't think even the Japanese have those sort of speeds yet!), your download rate looks pretty much on the money. You were rated at 904Kbps, your actual speed is approx 1024Kbps. However, when downloading, there is extra data needed to get the internet protocol messages to your PC, which use up some of your bandwidth, so you will never actually get the full 1024Kbps. I normally allow about 10% for this extra padding, so your speeds seem fine (i.e. I have an 8Mbps line, but typically get about 7.2Mbps on a good day, downhill with a tail wind).

Hope this helps,
Stephen

thewizard

I dont think Japan has 1GB/s yet but Malaysia is testing 2GB. I can get roughly about 600K/s download speed on my 1MB ADSL but I am usually doing other things with my internet at the same time. So that speed is about right if you are doing ntohing else on the internet.

If you want to maximise your download speed
Sign out of any IM
Make sure your Secuirty software is not updating
Disable any Proxys you may be using
Turn off any file sharing programs

Bigun28

Ooppps!! Typo and misunderstanding on my part. But thanks for the prompt reply.