Testing a switch/throughput speed.

[oshelef]

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

 

[spidey07]

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.

 

[oshelef]

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

 

[JackMDS]

May be this will help.


http://compnetworking.about.com/compute/compnetworking/cs/pingtools/index.htm

 

[oshelef]

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

 

[oshelef]

Bump.


Any help, I really dont know how to test this switch.


Orie

 

[CBuxton]

NetCPS

Just setup 2 machines, one as server, one as sender...that's it

 

[JackMDS]

One more attempt:

http://www.practicallynetworked.com/reviews/qcheck.htm

 

[Tsaico]

I used the sisandra software and use the network module to test....

 

[mrmdsims]

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

 

[Tsaico]

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.