Friday, January 9, 2009
Measure Your Internet Speed with Speed.io
It’s hard to know if you’re getting the speed you pay for.With Speed.io you’ll be able to check you download and upload speeds.It also checks connections and pings, making it for a very complete connection test.It's always useful to have a bandwidth test like this in your bookmarks when you're troubleshooting your connection.
It also figures out who your internet provider is, your IP address, and the browser you’re using .There is no need to download an software to test the speed ,only need is a web browser with Flash support.
Also check….
PC Pitstop Bandwidth Speed Test
Thursday, October 2, 2008
BitMeter II
If you have a broadband connection at home with a data transfer limit and the ISP charges extra money for every byte of data that you download / upload beyond the limit specified in the monthly plan, then you definitely need BitMeter for keeping a track of your internet bandwidth usage.
Bitmeter allows you to visually monitor your Internet connection by displaying a scrolling graph that shows your upload and download speed over time.Features include: Graphical and numerical displays of historical data, Web interface, alerts, stopwatch, calculator, transparent/float/click-through modes, 36-page help file, audio notifications, configurable color-schemes and many other options.
If you want to see historical data you can use the Statistics window to see what's been going on over the last few hours, days or weeks.The data shown in each of the graphs is also available numerically, and can be exported to a spreadsheet for detailed analysis.
There is also a handy calculator for working out how long a download will take, or how much you can transfer in a given time. It includes an on-screen Stopwatch, which can be configured to display all sorts of information such as upload and download totals, and average, maximum and minimum speeds.In the ISP Restrictions screen just enter details of your monthly quota(if your ISP fixed a download quota each month), and BitMeter will warn you when you approach your limit
Features
Friday, September 5, 2008
Bitmeter II
Bitmeter is a bandwidth meter, it allows you to visually monitor your internet connection by displaying a scrolling graph that shows your upload and download speed over time.
If you spend a lot of time online, especially on file sharing networks such as BitTorrent, Kazaa and eDonkey, then a bandwidth monitor is almost indispensable - giving you real-time updates on how effectively your connection is being used, and alerting you to any problems immediately.
Features include: Graphical and numerical displays of historical data, Web interface, alerts, stopwatch, calculator, transparent/float/click-through modes, 36-page help file, audio notifications, configurable color-schemes and many other options. Version 3.5.7 offers minor fixes and feature enhancements.
This network & internet program is freeware, so you can download and use it absolutely free
BitMeter features:
- Audio notification at regular (configurable) time intervals - different tones are played according to your current upload or download speed (tone boundaries are also configurable)
- Audio notification each time a certain amount of data is transferred (uploaded, downloaded or both)
- Animated System Tray icon shows upload and download speeds
- Check for new version (with auto-check option and proxy support)
- Select any combination of network cards to monitor or ignore
- Configurable graph scale - set to any value, or set to auto-adjust according to your speed
- Connection Speed Helper
- Option to display current graph maximum on screen
- Change units used in readout (Kb,KB,Mb,MB)
- Change graph type (bar or line graph)
- Interval bars with adjustable time period
- Adjustable scroll interval (anywhere between 1 and 60 seconds)
- Save favourite colour combinations for later use, or use one of the pre configured colour-schemes.
- Configure System Tray tooltip information (including speeds and days totals)
- Show or hide readout area, or adjust its font-size.
- Auto-start option for current user, or all users
- Manual and automatic backup options of configuration and traffic history information
- SysReq:Windows 2000/XP/2003 Server/Vista, Microsoft .NET Framework 1.1 or higher
Saturday, June 28, 2008
Increasing Internet Bandwidth
Windows XP reserves 20 per cent of your Internet bandwidth for Quality of Service. This is unnecessary, and can be disabled:
- Open the Group Policy Editor: Start > Run > gpedit.msc > [Enter] In the left-hand column in the window, navigate to Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > Network > QoS Packet Scheduler.
- In the right column, double-click Limit reservable bandwidth and select Enabled.
- Change the Bandwidth Limit to 0 and click OK.
Saturday, April 12, 2008
PC Pitstop Bandwidth Speed Test
PC Pitstop Bandwidth Speed Test have a new look.This Flash-based test will check your ping time, download bandwidth, and upload bandwidth from your choice of four servers, located in Los Angeles, California; Dallas, Texas; Washington, D.C.; and London, England.
