[192972] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Re: Favorite Speed Test Systems
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (nanog@namor.ca)
Tue Dec 6 09:52:43 2016
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Date: Tue, 06 Dec 2016 08:52:35 -0600
From: J <nanog@namor.ca>
To: "nanog@nanog.org" <nanog@nanog.org>
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I've used Visualware's My Connection Server, and the stats it gives are dec=
ent.
Haven't yet updated to the latest version, which seems to be require client=
software installation, however.
http://www.myconnectionserver.com/
Have also used Ookla's, but it seems more useful to join their speedtest ne=
twork, than host the standalone, now.
---- On Tue, 06 Dec 2016 07:28:55 -0600 Matthew Walster <matthew@walster=
.org> wrote ----=20
On 5 December 2016 at 14:50, Graham Johnston <johnstong@westmancom.com&g=
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> Are there others? What is your preferred one and why?=20
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uick=20
guesstimate -- I wouldn't recommend using them as a measure of how "fast"=
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an internet connection is because there's always other factors in=20
contention, and it only tests the path to the speedtester.=20
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Having said that, despite the obnoxious adverts on the site, speedof.me=20
provides a really nice non-flash interface that is an excellent teaching=20
tool for showing people how TCP congestion windows work, and lets you=20
demonstrate to people the effect of buffers in a network etc.=20
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I'll be taking notes if anyone provides anything else similar that does a=
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similar (if not better) job, maybe one that can be self-hosted too!=20
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