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I need advice using & understanding Bandwidth meters

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Thetech

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I hope the title matches the subject. I just got my DSL upgraded from 256 to 512Kbps, so I checked the actuall speed using the bandwidth meter at the broadbandreports website(I must also note that the servers were over 900 miles away from me). The results I got were on average 183-210Kbps download and 200-220Kbps Upload speed. Before I got my DSL upgraded I recall the speeds being around(I can't remember exactly) 175-212Kbps download and I can't remember the upload speed but It was not faster then the download speed of course.

I tried using diffrent bandwidth meters, first I used the one at cnet and my download speed is around 367kbps, then I tried using the one at speakeasy and I got 431kbps down and 151kbps up using the server in LA, and from 430-433kbps down and 150-190 up using servers closer to me.

My problem is which one is correct? and BTW would any tweaks let me squeeze more speed out of my connection?
 
Originally posted by: Thetech.
My problem is which one is correct? and BTW would any tweaks let me squeeze more speed out of my connection?
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It is a toss up.

Log to a fast site and download a large file (about 10MB).

The stable download speed x 10 is the functional Speed of your connetion.

I.e. From a 512Kb/sec. you should get about 50KB/sec steady download.

Optimizing the TCP/IP Stack - http://www.ezlan.net/Internet_Speed.html

 
Originally posted by: JackMDS
Originally posted by: Thetech.
My problem is which one is correct? and BTW would any tweaks let me squeeze more speed out of my connection?
Click to expand...
It is a toss up.

Log to a fast site and download a large file (about 10MB).

The stable download speed x 10 is the functional Speed of your connetion.

I.e. From a 512Kb/sec. you should get about 50KB/sec steady download.

Optimizing the TCP/IP Stack - http://www.ezlan.net/Internet_Speed.html
Click to expand...


Thanks Jack, I have 2 computers hooked up to my router, would tweaking them affect the network in a negative way, for example if two people are browsing at once would there be frequent jam ups?
 
You should optimize both computers. Unless you want one computer to be deliberately slower.
 
Originally posted by: Thetech
Originally posted by: JackMDS
Originally posted by: Thetech.
My problem is which one is correct? and BTW would any tweaks let me squeeze more speed out of my connection?
Click to expand...
It is a toss up.

Log to a fast site and download a large file (about 10MB).

The stable download speed x 10 is the functional Speed of your connetion.

I.e. From a 512Kb/sec. you should get about 50KB/sec steady download.

Optimizing the TCP/IP Stack - http://www.ezlan.net/Internet_Speed.html
Click to expand...


Thanks Jack, I have 2 computers hooked up to my router, would tweaking them affect the network in a negative way, for example if two people are browsing at once would there be frequent jam ups?
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Not if two people are just browsing the internet.
The only time your system will bottleneck is when you have some heavy bandwidth usage going on (ie: download which is using most of your bandwidth).
 
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