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Tool to measure home network speed?

rhett7660

rhett7660

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Hi all..

I was wondering if anybody has an recommendations for a software program that gauge how fast my home network is running from point A-B-C-D etc... I am running all wired and I am going from three Mac's to one PC through a router. Not so worried about what I am getting outside the network, more interested on the inside. If this makes sense.

Thanks

P.S. Did a search and found a lot of info on wireless networks not so much wired.
 
I'll use iStat Pro widget to test network speed while doing a transfer between my Mac and another system. I'll check my link connection with Network Utility, ie 100Mbit/s or 1000Mbit/s, etc.

The Network tab in Activity Monitor will also show some data.

I have heard about, but never used this:
http://homepage.mac.com/rominar/net.html

Looks like it provides a lot more data, although it's not free.

-Kevin
 
kbmb said:
I'll use iStat Pro widget to test network speed while doing a transfer between my Mac and another system. I'll check my link connection with Network Utility, ie 100Mbit/s or 1000Mbit/s, etc.

The Network tab in Activity Monitor will also show some data.

I have heard about, but never used this:
http://homepage.mac.com/rominar/net.html

Looks like it provides a lot more data, although it's not free.

-Kevin
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Kevin..
Thanks for the info, checking out iStat now..

SFStateStudent..

I think those are more for testing your network speed outside your local lan. I was looking for more for something to test from computer to computer inside my lan. Thanks for the info thou! :)
 
iStat.. is ok.. Is there a way to get it out of widget style? So I can have it on my desktop for some testing? I looked in the utility network utility but it really didn't give me what I am looking for.
 
I use the freeware MenuMeters which lets you display cpu usage, disk activity, network throughput, and memory usage -- all in the Finder menu bar. To get the status you want, click on the Network pane of MenuMeters, then click on "Display Network Menu Meter" and then select Throughput from the format drop-down menu.
 
jw2002 said:
I use the freeware MenuMeters which lets you display cpu usage, disk activity, network throughput, and memory usage -- all in the Finder menu bar. To get the status you want, click on the Network pane of MenuMeters, then click on "Display Network Menu Meter" and then select Throughput from the format drop-down menu.
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Looking into that now. Thank you.
 
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