CA3LE

I've used this service to test a newly subscribed TWC, "up to 20 mb/s" ISP service. The "up too" should have ben a red flag but the at&t (bellsouth) "fast access DSL" infrastructure in my neighborhood could not provide > 1.5 mb/s, my chosen at&t long distance phone service was NOT unlimited and with the packaged Directv service included, with no premium channels, cost about $185/mos.
 
TWC "up to 20 mb/s" internet with unlimited long distance and cable, including Showtime is costing about $153/mos. A promo price but a pretty good deal huh? Aside from the relative immunity to heavy rain and maybe snow (don't get much of that here) TWC sucks in comparison to Directv; in channel choices, the reliability of the CISCO cable interface box, their menu, channel choice, search and record functions are awkward, unwieldy and antiquated when compared to Directv or Comcast, others I've had extensive and limited experience with respectively. You get what you pay for.
 
In addition there are numerous, daily reminders of what the "up to" means. Using Time Warners speed test function, download speeds considerably below 1 mb/s are often encountered; especially annoying when the video that's captured your interest suddenly freezes. Measured download performance upwards from 10 mb/s on a single user, home wireless network is convincing evidence that these wide ranging speed anomalies are not caused by in house problems. Performance has also been tested with a direct to cable modem connection with identical results.
 
Upload speeds are adequate, consistently around 1.9 mb/s, and have not been a problem.
 
That long winded introduction is why I joined testmy.net. I intend to run automated speed tests on a daily basis and present the data to TWC technical. My expectations are very low but, for what it's worth, they will be shared with the members on this forum who may be having similar problems.
 
Don D.
 
 
 

it's retained but you must query the test ID, clicking the ID on results (in the details below the graph) with TiP will show the details. I'll make export on that data available for you soon.

btw, nice sig!

Oh sweet , I've not noticed that

After several years on and off, learning console commands for openvz, getting frustrated with the ever changing and problematic clustering of HN's , I've found a sweet spot, proxmox.

Nothing I have used , have worked this flawless and stable, of course ESXi is something I've only dabbled in , where vspere is costly, proxmoxVE is open to the public much in the same way RHEL / centOS is.

As an example:
At the moment I've move the minecraft server into a VM, allocated 2 CPU's and 2GB ram, where previously mines Crux used 4 CPU's and 8 GB ram, now running virtually with less than half core resources, no complaints from the users either. Of course the new minecraft server is turnkey, which all together simply outperforms crux ten fold, at least in this environment.

Getting started on migrating windows server 2008 on the second node, which of course should be a blast in itself, but hey it's windows, so we'll deal with the overly complicated malarky.

On another note, you can either create a VM or CT, openvz will use KVM and as always CT's can only use openVZ kernels. None the less installing windows7 as a VM is a breeze, I was amazed at how the system automatically sets up the bridge and virti0 interfaces, duh-me ? Simple and easy. With a plethora of templates instantly downloadable, proxmox is king at the moment in my eye's.

You might be thinking 'sounds like proxmox has taken all the control out of your hands and automated it , just the opposite actually, don't expect to image and run , you'll need to do a bit of background on basic usage. proxmox here and now is combining the best of todays virtual solutions into one UI that rivals the best, in fact they use the best, built on the very same technology as the best.

Five out of five stars Proxmox 3.0 !!!!

BTW , support is the least costly of anything that comes close , well , nothing really comes close at the moment. For less than 10US/ month if you choose. Amazing !!!!!

CA3LE,
 
?1/ Is the TiP Data and Variance being captured/retained within TMN results db? …since you implemented TiP?
 NB: TiP Data is data points and MIN|MID|MAX values ]
 
IF TiP in db
2/ Results Data Export _suggestion_ Include just the TiP Variance
 
Thanks

No problem, here are the current TestMy.net servers and IP addresses.
testmy.net :: (75.126.77.87) tmnstatic.com :: (108.162.199.197) [serves the sites static content such as javascript, css and images] dc.testmy.net :: (50.22.241.82) [Washington D.C.] west.testmy.net :: (50.22.191.251) [seattle, WA] eu.testmy.net :: (5.10.86.18) [Europe / Amsterdam, NL] asia.testmy.net :: (119.81.41.242) [Asia / Singapore, SG] Also...   

Beat this...
 

 
:::.. Download Speed Test Result Details ..:::
Download Connection Speed:: 273616 Kbps or 273.6 Mbps
Download Speed Test Size:: 200 MB or 204800 kB or 209715200 bytes
Download Binary File Transfer Speed:: 34202 kB/s or 34.2 MB/s
Tested At:: http://TestMy.net Version 13
Validation:: https://testmy.net/db/1IylJsq
TiP Measurement Summary:: Min 163.84 Mbps | Middle Avg 322.63 Mbps | Max 323.88 Mbps | 39% Variance
TiP Data Points:: 163.84 Mbps, 318.35 Mbps, 274.14 Mbps, 268.44 Mbps, 310.11 Mbps, 311.27 Mbps, 307.28 Mbps, 317.15 Mbps, 312.42 Mbps, 313.01 Mbps, 323.88 Mbps, 312.42 Mbps, 289.76 Mbps, 299.06 Mbps, 307.28 Mbps, 309.54 Mbps, 305.6 Mbps, 282.44 Mbps, 313.59 Mbps
More Stats:: https://testmy.net/quickstats/CA3LE https://testmy.net/compID/46056110242
Test Time:: 2013-03-04 15:11:27 Local Time
Location:: Dallas, TX US >> Destination:: Dallas, TX US
1MB Download in 0.03 Seconds - 1GB Download in ~1 Minutes - 4886X faster than 56K
This test of exactly 204800 kB took 6.134 seconds to complete
Running at 552% of hosts average (SoftLayer Technologies https://testmy.net/hoststats/softlayer_technologi)
User Agent:: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Ubuntu; Linux x86_64; rv:19.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/19.0 [!]

They recommend changing filters every year or two BTW so you probably have bad ones walmart also carries them for 8.99 I believe

I have a small office network. Everytime the fax machine rings our internet shuts down. We have voip phone system so the phones switch down too. I have changed the modem router but this didn't make any difference. Once the fax has made its connection the internet drops out and once transmission is over a few seconds later it comes back on. Why is this?

Hey CA3LE, just letting you know that they finally resolved the isslue. Tech support was useless even with the new information, and it took multiple calls to get them to send a technician out. When I complained, someone changed a setting on the line that made it stop working at all, and tried to tell me it was still working. "We cannot change it back. Your line is good sir!" They even tried to say that if it's not the modem, the testing sites must be at fault, even though other people were getting good results in the logs. Your explanation gave me confidence that it wasn't a problem with my modem, and we were correct. After a couple hours of troubleshooting, working on the equipment outside, and the tech having people on the phone do things like "change the atm path", he finally realized it was a bad line card in the box where the fiber and phone line connect. After replacing that card everything is working again.
Here are the new test results:
https://testmy.net/compID/992214742650
 
Not as fast as I'd like, but probably as good as it will get with the current setup. As you can see there are still speed differences between servers, but nothing drastic. Thanks again for this website.

I have an Apple AirPort Extreme Base Station wireless router and it has the USB port on it. The Mac OS recognized it right away, and I don't know why Windows wouldn't either in this day and age. It's pretty handy. I bought a 2 TB and partitioned it into 2 x 1 TB drives, one for me, and one for the wife. Both partitions showed up fine.

It's a little more expensive but Apple's referb program is awesome. I got my mini from that program years ago and it never had a single issue. ... that machine has been turned off only twice in the past ~4 years. I highly recommend going that route for a headache free transaction without the risks private party purchases have. You have to keep checking back and grab the computer your looking for as soon as you see it listed. It took me two weeks to find the mini I wanted but I saved a couple hundred off the normal price... Sometimes referbs are better because if they were returned for an issue they get sent back out with updated, better parts. Sometimes they were never even opened, for instance, a Grandpa buys his grandson a mini but the kid wants an iMac... Apple takes that return and resells it as a referb even though it was never opened.

Like I told you... I'll help you with it. You just need to save up at least half. Just make sure you keep your grades up and stay out of trouble. Which is easy for you.

I forwarded this to my Nephew Darrick, he knows a lot about current video cards... he should reply soon.

Been a while since I bought a video card, so you that are in the know might get to help me yes ?
 
PCI
budget around $200
windows 7 compatible
 
I have looked around quite a bit, yet knowing the technology from 5 or more years ago does not help me make an educated decision. 
 
So any help will be greatly appreciated. Any questions you need to ask about the existing hardware?
 
What say you ?
 
thanks

Not a problem, you're welcome. Looks like you're getting normal speed to Dallas TX and Seattle WA. That information will help them... note that all of my official mirrors are constantly monitored and quality tested against each other... everything is running smoothly on my end. The discrepency between the servers almost always points to routing issues. Especially because the difference is so drastic and the fact that you're able to pull your speed to some servers.

Let us know how it goes.


If you don't understand what routing and peering are here's an offsite Article explaining routing and peering I found on Google. Also wikipedia has lots of good information on the subject, http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peering#How_peering_works

Hi CA3LE! Thanks for providing this free service, and for the quick reply. I took your advice and did the test on each official mirror:
https://testmy.net/quickstats/Zabeus
So I'll see what AT&T has to say now.

Hi,
 
This is just a suggestion that I think might help non-technical people make sense of those speeds display. In average most internet users have download or upload a file at least once, so my point is that people better understand their speed when it relate to the amount of time it will take them to upload or download some staff. For example let say if your speed is 3Mbps then it will take you x amount of time to download a 700MB movie, or y amount of time to download a 3MB MP3 file, or z amount of time to download a 10MB file attachement. The same should apply to the upload as well. I think with that information the user can then appreciate the various speed that are offered by the ISP. Hope this help.

I want to build iOS and Android apps for TestMy... but I still don't get it. Why use an app for something that can be done through the browser? Is it that hard to type "testmy.net" --- hell, in many cases you can just type "testmy"... why waste your local resources? Let my server run most of the program for you. ...am I missing something? Am I getting too old to get it?

Do people like having a bunch of crap they need to update all the time? I just hope that the world realizes one day that you don't need apps... AT ALL... FOR ANYTHING. (except offline) That goes for personal computers as well. Everything can be done through the browser, especially more so in the future.

I'm trying my hardest to design this website to just run in any web browser and I'm constantly evolving the program. If you're looking for a speed test app for your Android or iOS device you'd do better to just open your default web browser and bookmark testmy.net... easy as that. Nothing to download, no security permissions to mess with and updates are transparent.

So please, let's open this for discussion. Why waste your disk space? If you can sell me on the idea of why TestMy needs a mobile app, I'll build it. Seriously. --- Think about this first, the benefit of having apps versus a website in many cases is the offline ability they have... what's the point of a speed test app if you're not online.

... come on, sell me... I dare you.

- CA3LE

Hi Pgoodwin1,

I haven't really written a change log... I try to leave it to my users to find what's changed. To tell you the truth, it would take me a lot of time to sit and think of everything that I've changed. I have been trying to think of all the changes for an up coming community mailer and I'm having a hard time thinking of everything. I could either write about it... or build it. You have to realize that besides the help in the forums that my Mods provide... I have have to do every aspect of TMN myself. From server administration and dealing with advertisers to programming, design and lots of writing. I'm a one man operation. I type pretty fast but there is never enough hours so I have to balance my time efficiently. Now you might think, "Uh, you could have told me the changes in the time it took you to type that paragraph..." -- but not really, I would really have to sit back and really think about all the changes. When I get into the zone programming I kinda don't remember what I've done by the time it's all finished. It just kinda comes off my fingertips without my real knowledge of what I've done... kinda weird to tell you the truth. I still have a lot of changes coming down the pipe too, so anything I write about that's changed could be different tomorrow. Once I've written prerequisites for certain aspects, I could flip the whole script the next day. Just keep visiting and browse around, things are always changing, you just have to pay attention. Sometimes it backend programming, sometimes it's client-side and much more noticeable. But I'm ALWAYS building for TMN.

You've been able to change the query by days for a while... and also have been able to filter by upload and download results. Before the up/down filter was controlled only by the small up and down arrow in the header of the results table...



I didn't think that this was being noticed by people so I added the extra links for it.



... note that you can always sort your results by the links in the header of the results table.



... When I say Java goodies, I mean javascript not Sun Java. All of the additions are completely compatible with all modern browsers and devices. I really stress on compatibility and stay away from requiring users to have anything special installed. Vanilla browsers is what I build for. When people visit the site, ideally they all get the same experience... this new layout definitely fits that bill. I design on an iMac by the way... but I also run various versions of Windows and Linux and have emulation for various versions of iPhone, iPad and Android all on the same computer so I'm able to see things on a variety of environments. The only feature that isn't compatible with iPad and iPhone is the copy to clipboard function... because it uses flash and iPad/iPhone have no support for flash. But if the client doesn't have flash installed that feature doesn't show.

You've definitely got the right idea.  Try to keep everything the same.  Before you start, have the new router ready to plug in.  You want to try to test at around the same time of day, closest to the same time as possible... using the same test server.  In your case you want to check the difference between routers.  To avoid network activity from other clients effecting the results only connect one computer to test with.  
 
Run a few tests, using the 'extra identifier' can make it easy to tell the difference between your results.
 

 
Give each set of results any name you want... later you can filter your results if you want to make it easier to compare.
 

 
Note: For comparison purposes I recommend selecting your test size manually from either the download test, upload test or automatic test.  You want to select the same size each time to provide the most accurate comparison.  Pick a size larger than SmarTest usually gives you... a longer test is better, 10 to 15 seconds is usually pretty thorough (Anything beyond 30 seconds is probably just going to waste your time and both of our bandwidth).  Selecting the test options that size automatically can produce more varied results than a consistant size.  ... again, like you said, less variables are better for what you're trying to accomplish.
 
After you have established a baseline with your current configuration swap the cables, turn on the router, change the identifier to something else if you want and test again.  You should quickly and easily be able to tell which one performed best.  

Greetings,
 
Hope everyone enjoyed their holiday. Quick question - I just set up an access point downstairs in my house. My primary wireless router is upstairs. The second wireless router is downstairs (hardwired to primary router), on a different channel, with the DHCP disabled, and a static IP address assigned that is outside of the range of our dynamic IP addresses assigned by primary router.
 
My question is how can I test that this has created an improvement in the speed downstairs (by extending the range). I would think I could sit in one spot and test the speed with the secondary router inactive and then again with it active.
 
What do you guys think?
 
Thank you,
DuBose

How long is the test taking when that happens?  Do you have any Internet security programs, it could be messing with the method the upload test uses.  I looked over recent results and the issue is localized to you.  I pulled the last few thousand upload results and didn't see anyone else with 1 Kbps.
 
Usually the only time I see 1 Kbps here is when something has gone wrong.  1 Kbps is kinda a fall back score when it's unable to get the information it needs.  You may have run into some sort of bug... although this usually points to a software issue on the client end.  Please run an upload speed test of around 2MB and take note of the amount of time it takes... from the time the loading data box disappears until the time it leaves that page.  I'm seeing that some other data from your results didn't log correctly...
 
Also, try clearing your history, cookies in particular.  Then re-test.
 
It might just be that you've got something installed that's effecting the way form data is posted.  Very well could be the issue since other form posted variables are missing from your logged results.  I think that some Internet security suites block the method because it looks malicious, I understand why they see it that way.  It's submitting form data automatically, to them it might look like a phishing method or something.  But the truth is, you're running a test... everything is completely safe.  Deemed safe by all the people that use this service.  It's not usually an issue with most setups, most antivirus and security programs pass the methods I use.  But I have seen issues before.  I'd think it would be systemwide and effect all browsers but maybe not.  Guess it depends on what you've got going on.  It looks to me that it has removed the data from the form... then submitted it blank.  Probably in an attempt to clear the form in case it was malicious and was trying to submit your personal information.  I assure you, it doesn't do anything like that.  Anyone with basic HTML knowledge can stop the test, view the source and see that it's only submitting variables and strings related to the test.
 
You tested moments earlier in IE and got two results in a row that were 1.87 Mbps on the dot... your speed isn't 1 Kbps.  Hit me back, hopefully we can nail down why that's happening.
 
If it is an Internet security suite that's blocking the method I'd like to know which one so I can contact them to hopefully whitelist TestMy.net.  Some out there already have TMN on whitelist but others don't.
 
Feedback from people like you has played a huge part in the development of this site. Your input is greatly appreciated.
 
-D

This is using my new "Lightning 90" service from Brighthouse in Orlando - not quite 90 eh?
 

Glad it's working correctly now.  
 
It didn't really slip my mind... I just didn't think of that situation for some odd reason.  You weren't the only one effected.  But it also wasn't a totally widespread issue either.  Many people tested in ways where they weren't effected by that bug.  
 
What it was doing was using the TiP data (that's the data points I record during the test) from your download test to try to determine your upload size... I simply forgot to tell it to ignore that part of the code for the upload test.  ...most of the upload tests weren't having an issue because it only happened if you were doing a combined test with a download result that had TiP data.
 
The issue occurred after my last update, only completed about 24 hours ago.  The new way the download test size is determined with SmarTest works smarter.  By adding TiP information to the calculation it can make a better determination of the most suitable size for the connection.  Hopefully without using too little or too much bandwidth.  I try to test your connection with the perfect amount to get the job done accurately.  More data is more accurate, but at a point you're just wasting time and bandwidth.
 
Please let me know if you see anything else weird.  TMN is a HUGE program and I'm one guy trying to remember all the interactions of all the variables in the program, I make mistakes.  I strive for a smooth experience for my visitors, please point issues out to me.  There is a very simple contact link on the bottom of all the pages.  As you can see, I'm quick to respond and quick to take action.
 
IE 9/10 faster.  I've heard that.  Personally I've seen spotty performance with IE, but I've heard that it really performs well for some people.  I've been using it in parallels on Mac.  I wonder if it has to do with hardware acceleration... and maybe if I run it on a native windows install I can see that.
 
I'd love to see your findings.  TestMy.net is a great test bed to performance test browsers, I bet the new multithread speed test addition would be a good browser benchmark too.  It's very new so I haven't had a chance to do much browser comparison.  Post a topic in general discussion with screenshots... better yet video screen captures.  Show the performance difference and tell us your system specs. Since your browser is processing the test information browser performance effects the results here, intentionally.  Use this more and more and you'll start to realize that it isn't just an Internet speed test.  
 
Happy Testing!

Yes. As long as electronics are kept cool, they can run a long long time. Some of the newer modems even de-power their ports to save energy, so at night when you're not accessing the LAN ports, the modem is basically just idling and not dissipating much power. Not sure if yours has the energy saver stuff in it, but even if it doesn't, during long periods of doing little work, the thing will have no problem running all night, as long as it's in an area that allows what little heat they generate to rise above it and away from it. As long as there's reasonable air space around it and the air isn't hot, those things should last.