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Hello. I wanted to know if there's possibility to set bandwidth data test to indefinite or set time for how long I want to test. Is this possible? I need to test equipment and connection for a few hours both downstream and upstream.

 

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Sure does.

 Please have a look at the automatic testing section where there are many variables that can be set to your specific needs.

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You shouldn't have to... or want to test that often.

 

Keep in mind, it takes bandwidth to test bandwidth.  While you're testing, ideally you suck up ALL of your available bandwidth.  If you're testing too often you'd be degrading your own networks.

 

When you do 5 minute auto test intervals you should only do so for short periods.  Otherwise the test is counter productive to the faster, smoother more reliable Internet everyone is trying to accomplish here.   :wink:

 

 

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Having said that... I have some special things I'm working on that have test intervals in seconds and require almost no bandwidth.

 

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I am also testing internal ISP network and home LAN and wireless network and wondered if TestMy offers something for this. I can test ISP network but through SpeedTest.net which is limited in functionality. Same with home LAN and wireless network. In these both cases I have limited amount of data to test against with SpeedTest.net.


Interesting. I had 5 test runs of 200MB each from UK to Israel and speed almost matched if not actually matched what my ISP offers. However after I did same with US Dallas server, the speed dropped 3-5 fold. Something with peering or under-surface sea mediterranian cable leading to US? I wonder how that would be with other ISP... Maybe I can compare it with other local users who did same?

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I am also testing internal ISP network and home LAN and wireless network and wondered if TestMy offers something for this. I can test ISP network but through SpeedTest.net which is limited in functionality. Same with home LAN and wireless network. In these both cases I have limited amount of data to test against with SpeedTest.net.

Interesting. I had 5 test runs of 200MB each from UK to Israel and speed almost matched if not actually matched what my ISP offers. However after I did same with US Dallas server, the speed dropped 3-5 fold. Something with peering or under-surface sea mediterranian cable leading to US? I wonder how that would be with other ISP... Maybe I can compare it with other local users who did same?

 

No LAN option, used to but that program is closed and may be rebuilt and re-released eventually.

 

International routing can kill your speed.  Oversold, congested international peering/transit are to blame.  Distance is also a factor in itself but I see people pull hundreds of Mbps from the opposite side of Earth so it's less of a factor if the connection between are quality.

 

My connection here in Colorado significantly drops crossing the ocean too...

 

:::.. Download Speed Test Result Details ..:::

Download Connection Speed:: 129237 Kbps or 129.2 Mbps 
Download Speed Test Size:: 150 MB or 153600 kB or 157286400 bytes
Download Binary File Transfer Speed:: 16155 kB/s or 16.2 MB/s
Tested At:: http://TestMy.net Version 14
TiP Measurement Summary:: Min 62.39 Mbps | Middle Avg 132.04 Mbps | Max 135.14 Mbps | 5% Variance
TiP Data Points:: 106.84 Mbps, 125.13 Mbps, 124.58 Mbps, 131.38 Mbps, 130.47 Mbps, 132.3 Mbps, 135.14 Mbps, 133.7 Mbps, 134.5 Mbps, 134.02 Mbps, 133.23 Mbps, 133.23 Mbps, 132.92 Mbps, 132.76 Mbps, 132.92 Mbps, 132.92 Mbps, 132.76 Mbps, 132.76 Mbps, 62.39 Mbps
Test Time:: 2015-03-19 10:08:26 Local Time 
Client Location:: Pike Ntl Forest, CO US https://testmy.net/city/pike_ntl_forest_c
Target:: Dallas, TX US http://dallas.testmy.net
Client Host:: Comcast Cable https://testmy.net/hoststats/comcast_cable
Compare:: 4% faster than client avg, 321% faster than host avg, 41% faster than city avg, 522% faster than country avg, 899% faster than world index 
1MB Download in 0.06 Seconds - 1GB Download in ~61 Seconds - 2308X faster than 56K
This test of exactly 153600 kB took 9.74 seconds to complete
User Agent:: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_10_2) AppleWebKit/600.3.18 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/8.0.3 Safari/600.3.18 [!]
 
:::.. Download Speed Test Result Details ..:::
Download Connection Speed:: 53842 Kbps or 53.8 Mbps 
Download Speed Test Size:: 150 MB or 153600 kB or 157286400 bytes
Download Binary File Transfer Speed:: 6730 kB/s or 6.7 MB/s
Tested At:: http://TestMy.net Version 14
TiP Measurement Summary:: Min 26.99 Mbps | Middle Avg 56.93 Mbps | Max 58.07 Mbps | 3% Variance
TiP Data Points:: 35.01 Mbps, 58.07 Mbps, 55.87 Mbps, 56.01 Mbps, 56.4 Mbps, 57.72 Mbps, 57.51 Mbps, 56.12 Mbps, 56.51 Mbps, 57.46 Mbps, 57.31 Mbps, 56.43 Mbps, 56.71 Mbps, 57.17 Mbps, 57.25 Mbps, 56.94 Mbps, 56.96 Mbps, 57.34 Mbps, 26.99 Mbps
Test Time:: 2015-03-19 10:09:34 Local Time 
Client Location:: Pike Ntl Forest, CO US https://testmy.net/city/pike_ntl_forest_c
Target:: London, GB http://uk2.testmy.net
Client Host:: Comcast Cable https://testmy.net/hoststats/comcast_cable
Compare:: 17% faster than client avg, 76% faster than host avg, 41% slower than city avg, 159% faster than country avg, 312% faster than world index 
1MB Download in 0.15 Seconds - 1GB Download in ~3 Minutes - 961X faster than 56K
This test of exactly 153600 kB took 23.379 seconds to complete
User Agent:: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_10_2) AppleWebKit/600.3.18 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/8.0.3 Safari/600.3.18 [!]
 
:::.. Download Speed Test Result Details ..:::
Download Connection Speed:: 37199 Kbps or 37.2 Mbps 
Download Speed Test Size:: 150 MB or 153600 kB or 157286400 bytes
Download Binary File Transfer Speed:: 4650 kB/s or 4.7 MB/s
Tested At:: http://TestMy.net Version 14
TiP Measurement Summary:: Min 18.79 Mbps | Middle Avg 39.74 Mbps | Max 40.69 Mbps | 3% Variance
TiP Data Points:: 22.51 Mbps, 39.09 Mbps, 40.69 Mbps, 40.36 Mbps, 38.85 Mbps, 39.19 Mbps, 40.19 Mbps, 40.33 Mbps, 39.32 Mbps, 39.23 Mbps, 40.12 Mbps, 40.29 Mbps, 39.56 Mbps, 39.29 Mbps, 39.67 Mbps, 40.04 Mbps, 39.82 Mbps, 39.62 Mbps, 18.79 Mbps
Test Time:: 2015-03-19 10:11:40 Local Time 
Client Location:: Pike Ntl Forest, CO US https://testmy.net/city/pike_ntl_forest_c
Target:: Hong Kong, CN http://cn.testmy.net
Client Host:: Comcast Cable https://testmy.net/hoststats/comcast_cable
Compare:: 30% faster than client avg, 21% faster than host avg, 59% slower than city avg, 79% faster than country avg, 186% faster than world index 
1MB Download in 0.22 Seconds - 1GB Download in ~4 Minutes - 664X faster than 56K
This test of exactly 153600 kB took 33.839 seconds to complete
User Agent:: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_10_2) AppleWebKit/600.3.18 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/8.0.3 Safari/600.3.18 [!]
 
:::.. Download Speed Test Result Details ..:::
Download Connection Speed:: 23835 Kbps or 23.8 Mbps 
Download Speed Test Size:: 150 MB or 153600 kB or 157286400 bytes
Download Binary File Transfer Speed:: 2979 kB/s or 3 MB/s
Tested At:: http://TestMy.net Version 14
TiP Measurement Summary:: Min 11.94 Mbps | Middle Avg 25.13 Mbps | Max 25.79 Mbps | 4% Variance
TiP Data Points:: 15.5 Mbps, 24.43 Mbps, 24.6 Mbps, 25.79 Mbps, 25.68 Mbps, 24.44 Mbps, 24.69 Mbps, 25.69 Mbps, 25.52 Mbps, 24.76 Mbps, 24.99 Mbps, 25.56 Mbps, 25.37 Mbps, 24.87 Mbps, 25.09 Mbps, 25.27 Mbps, 25.33 Mbps, 25.18 Mbps, 11.94 Mbps
Test Time:: 2015-03-19 10:10:45 Local Time 
Client Location:: Pike Ntl Forest, CO US https://testmy.net/city/pike_ntl_forest_c
Target:: Melbourne, AU http://au.testmy.net
Client Host:: Comcast Cable https://testmy.net/hoststats/comcast_cable
Compare:: 46% faster than client avg, 22% slower than host avg, 74% slower than city avg, 15% faster than country avg, 80% faster than world index 
1MB Download in 0.34 Seconds - 1GB Download in ~6 Minutes - 426X faster than 56K
This test of exactly 153600 kB took 52.811 seconds to complete
User Agent:: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_10_2) AppleWebKit/600.3.18 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/8.0.3 Safari/600.3.18 [!]
 
My speed drops 5X by the time I get to Australia.  But I still feel like I'm getting decent speed everywhere.  If the route was better I might be able to maintain nearly full speed everywhere... it's better than it used to be but nowhere near my dream of how the Internet should be.  We're getting there though...
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My speed drops 5X by the time I get to Australia.  But I still feel like I'm getting decent speed everywhere.  If the route was better I might be able to maintain nearly full speed everywhere... it's better than it used to be but nowhere near my dream of how the Internet should be.  We're getting there though...

 

 

 

What determines optimal route? Switches that route client based on their load and clients location? If you are trying to access server in Australia today and experiencing 5x times slower rate could you connect tomorrow again and exprience no slowdowns because you are now routed through little loaded switch?

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