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How to test bandwidth speed?

nyrblue35

nyrblue35

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Mar 7, 2010
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No idea why but whatever browser i use i cannot get to speakeasy or speedtest.net to test my wifi connection in my house. Im running 1.6 java on snow leopard 10.6.8. Anyone have any idea why these sites don't load or what else can be done?

Thanks.
 
Prodo123 said:
Download Adobe Flash Player 11.
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wish that worked but no luck. i installed it and tried safari and chrome afterwards. its not that the page is loading and i cant view the page. it just doesn't go to the site at all. just takes forever and never loads.
 
bobcan said:
This one works well here, don't know if it may be 'area specific' though..

http://www.speedtest.net/
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nyrblue35 said:
No idea why but whatever browser i use i cannot get to speakeasy or speedtest.net to test my wifi connection in my house. Im running 1.6 java on snow leopard 10.6.8. Anyone have any idea why these sites don't load or what else can be done?
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OP, do you have any ad-blockers installed? What DNS servers are you using in your Mac and your router?
 
Can you go to other sites like yahoo.com or cnn.com with no problem? Might be a DNS issue.
 
ok i tried flushing the dns to no avail. I can now at least rule out my home router since i am now trying this at work on an unfiltered guest wireless. Same thing, the page doesn't load. I have no problems with any other sites. This is a strange one indeed. :confused:
 
nyrblue35 said:
ok i tried flushing the dns to no avail. I can now at least rule out my home router since i am now trying this at work on an unfiltered guest wireless. Same thing, the page doesn't load. I have no problems with any other sites. This is a strange one indeed. :confused:
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Then it must be something with the browser. Are you running any plugins like adblock or flashblock? Have you tried bandwidthplace.com? It's flash-based too, just in case it doesn't work.
 
MarkMS said:
Then it must be something with the browser. Are you running any plugins like adblock or flashblock? Have you tried bandwidthplace.com? It's flash-based too, just in case it doesn't work.
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nope, no ad or flash blockers on either chrome or safari. That site you posted works fine in either browser so im really baffled. Thanks.
 
nyrblue35 said:
nope, no ad or flash blockers on either chrome or safari. That site you posted works fine in either browser so im really baffled. Thanks.
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Going out on a limb, but is it possible that your ISP blocked speedtest.net? have you tried on another computer on the same network?
 
GuitarG20 said:
Going out on a limb, but is it possible that your ISP blocked speedtest.net? have you tried on another computer on the same network?
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Yes that was the first thing I tried. Sorry I should have mentioned that it works fine on my Windows 7 desktop @ home which is connected directly to my router.
 
have you done a direct connection w/ the MBP? to test and see if that works...

EDIT: i see you've tried it on multiple wireless networks? Have you tried on a wired one? maybe it's something to do with network settings...
 
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GGJstudios said:
It's obviously a problem with the MBP, since the problem exists on multiple networks.
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Exactly. Unfortunately I dont have a windows laptop @ home to test. Just a few windows desktops which are hardwired.
 
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