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Testing a switch/throughput speed.

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oshelef

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I was wondering what is the best way to test the throughput of a switch, or in general the connection speed between 2 computers. Preferably I would like to do this in such a way that I would not be limited by the speed of the processor etc...

For details:

I have a P2 300 laptop running win2k pro with a linksys 10/100 cardbus ethernet card
and a P2 266 Desktop running win98 with a dlink 10/100 card.

Both of those are connected to a linksys 10/100 switch(showing duplex 100mbs connections) which is also uplinked to my university's 10 mbs non-duplex ethernet.

I just got the switch, and even though it seems to be working properly, I see very little(if any) change in the communiation speed between my computers in comparision to when they were both plugged in to the university 10 mbs ethernet.


Thanks,

Orie
 
Try netcps

netcps download

Just for giggles, unplug the school network and test again. Yeah, I know it is a switch but you could be getting a lot of multicast/broadcast traffic which can limit your thruput.
 
Thanks for the help,

I can't seem to download netcps from anywhere. It seems not be availbile anymore. Neither google, or any other site seems to be able to find a copy that is still there.


As for disconnecting the university I did this, and I am still getting around 450Kb/s which is about the same as I got with the university connected.


Orie
 
Thanks,


But it seems that those ping programs will test latency and availiblity, along with the routing between the computers, and not the throughput. If I am mistaken, please let me know which I should try.


Orie
 
If you right click on My Network Places and choose properties. Then right click on the network connection, choose status. It should show the connection speed to the switch.

Mike
 
That is only in win2k, and it will only show the theoretical connection, not the actual throughput... Another way you can do this, though not very efficient, is setup a small ftp server on one, and then a client on the other, transfer a 5-10Mb file and see what speed it is downloading at.
 
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