Re: Checking Connection Speed - Re: Plusnet plans for April +
- From: "Flyiñg Ñuñ 2°°6 +" <flyingnun@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 24 Jan 2006 12:50:22 -0000
pmj wrote:
> "Flyiñg Ñuñ 2°°6 +" <flyingnun@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote in message news:43l58tF1n0jabU1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> pmj wrote:
>>> "Flyiñg Ñuñ 2°°6 +" <flyingnun@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>>> news:43kht6F1o7lm5U1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>> pmj wrote:
>>> <snip>
>>>>> Do you have anything on your PC that Monitors the *actual*
>>>>> Download Speed, over a period of time doing actual Downloads,
>>>>> like Colin's Pic showed?
>>>>
>>>> Nope, 'fraid not. Is there a free one available? :)
>>>
>>> Yep.
>>> There are loads.
>>>
>>> & WinXP even comes with several.
>>>
>>> Look at the "Networking" Tab in Task manager.
>>> Or look at the "Performance Monitor"...
>>>
>>> Control Panel (or Start Menu)>Administrative Tools>Performance
>>>
>>> or...
>>>
>>> Start>Run perfmon [OK]
> <snip>
>>> If you're looking to see the Speed of your Internet Connection,
>>> start looking at the "Network Interface" Counters & then pick
>>> things such as "Bytes Received per Second" & "Bytes Sent per Second"
>>>
>>> Pick the Interface that you want to Monitor (if you have more than
>>> one on your Machine) & then Click [OK]
>>>
>>> You can adjust the Appearance (& Scale etc,) of it & also the
>>> Frequency that it updates.
>>>
>>> You can also use perfmon to Log the stuff to a File, so you can
>>> see the Performance over a (longer) period of time.
>>>
>>> Perfmon has *loads* of Counters, for all sorts of things that
>>> happen on the Machine, so it will look a bit Confuzzling at first!
>>>
>>> But so long as you pick the right Counter, then you can see
>>> whatever you want.
>>>
>>> If you use a 3rd Party Utility, then they basically use the same
>>> Info (that WinXP generates), but show it in their own Graphical
>>> User Interface.
>>>
>>> HTH
>>
>> That's very confusing. I can only find a graphical presentation,
>> but would prefer a digital one.
>
> LOL!
> :-)
>
> I presumed (wrongly, perhaps?) that a Graphical Output would be more
> readable or more use...
>
> But Perfmon also shows the actual Values, as well as the Values
> Plotted as a Graph, over Time.
>
> If you want a Record (Listing) of the actual Values, then you can
> use the "Performance Logs & Alerts" thingy, to Save them in a File,
> so you can then Load them up & look at them. Look at the "Counter
> Logs" Section & Add a New Counter
>
>> ... Did a google and could only finfd something called Dumeter,
>> but it isn't freeware:
>> http://www.dumeter.com/scrshots.php
>
> I haven't had any experience of that one.
> But I know that there's a Utility called DUNMeter, available
> from Magenta Systems...
> http://www.magsys.co.uk/dunman/
>
> That was originally designed for DUN (Dial Up Networking) Connections,
> but you may well be able to use it with an ADSL (or Cable?) Modem
> Connection, or perhaps with a Router.
>
> BTW - If you use a Router, most Routers have (in their Admin Pages)
> some Sections that will show you the actual Throughput & some can
> Save that Output to a File.
>
> There's also a Utility that PC Mag (ZDNet) did, called NetPerSec
> http://pcmag.com/article2/0,4149,1735,00.asp
>
> That shows the Info you want, but I think you now have to Register
> with ZDNet to Download most of their Utilities - they have quite
> a few useful Utilities.
>
> Anyway...
> That NirSoft.net Utility Site I mentioned *also* has a (*Free*!)
> Utility that will show you the actual Figures for the Download
> Speed etc, of your Internet Connection...
>
> AdapterWatch v1.01 - Display information about your network adapters
> http://nirsoft.net/utils/awatch.html
>
> Download that (& UnZip it, then Run it) - it shows a whole load
> of Info about *all* of the various Network Interfaces (Adaptors)
> on your Machine.
>
> Look on the first Tab (Network Adaptors) & look for the Entries
> "Received Data", "Sent Data" & "Calculated Speed of Received Data"
> & "Calculated Speed of Sent data".
>
> You can Set it to show the Values in Bytes or KiloBytes.
> You can Set the Auto ReFresh Speed (& also whether it Auto ReFreshes
> or not)
>
> You can (Select &) Save Items from the Listing & also save an HTML
> Report of them (or all Items).
>
> I don't *think* it will Save them as a Plain Text File, but if it
> doesn't, you could always Copy & Paste from the HTML Output, into
> something like WordPad, or Notepad, so as to Preserve the Columns
> (Fields) of Data.
>
> It *appears* as if Saving the Output only saves the *Current* Values?
> Rather than Recording/Listing the "Historical" Data (over a period
> of time).
>
> HTH
I only really wanted something that showed what I was downloading at, at
any one time - like you get sometimes when you are downloading software
packages. Shall look at some of those ideas you mention though.you
--
Heard melodies are sweet, but those Unheard melodies are sweeter
flyingnun@xxxxxxxxxxxxx FN 2°°5 +, Mungo Brandybuck of Buckland
.
- References:
- Plusnet plans for April +
- From: Flyiñg Ñuñ 2°°6 +
- Re: Plusnet plans for April +
- From: Flyiñg Ñuñ 2°°6 +
- Re: Plusnet plans for April +
- From: pmj
- Re: Plusnet plans for April +
- From: Flyiñg Ñuñ 2°°6 +
- Re: Plusnet plans for April +
- From: pmj
- Re: Plusnet plans for April +
- From: Flyiñg Ñuñ 2°°6 +
- Checking Connection Speed - Re: Plusnet plans for April +
- From: pmj
- Plusnet plans for April +
- Prev by Date: Re: Chip & Pin problem
- Next by Date: Re: Happy Birthday JoeH :-))
- Previous by thread: Checking Connection Speed - Re: Plusnet plans for April +
- Next by thread: Re: Checking Connection Speed - Re: Plusnet plans for April +
- Index(es):
Relevant Pages
|
