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Determining Performance of Internet Connections
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Using Windows System Monitor
The examples include graphic views of:
Upload rate in bytes transmitted/second
Download rate in bytes received/second
Connection speed in kilobits per second

    - Start System Monitor from

[Start] | Programs | Accessories | System Tools
    - Set up System Monitor to view representations of the performance of your connection.
        On the menu bar select Edit | Add Item
        Select Dial-Up Adapter on the left and Bytes received/Sec on the right

Then Click [ok]

  Select the type display from the tool bar you wish to view:

I often find it convenient to view this bar chart display
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It is short, top to bottom, therefor shows the most recent peak and how things are currently going without occupying much real-estate.


Options available are
Three chart types
Bar Line Numeric

You can Edit chart features in three ways,
Color, Top Range of the Scale and Update Frequency.
To edit color and scale:

Click [Edit]

Select the Item to edit and click [ok]

Make selections and click [ok]

To edit the update frequency, click
[Options] | Chart...


Use the slider to adjust the sampling frequency


  

System Monitor is a Windows extension utility. It can be accessed by third party programs. Depending on what is installed on the computer, items in the list may vary somewhat. It therefore has a wide range of usefulness. The following image depicts "Internet Speed" comparisons as reported from some different sources and of different types "Connect Speed" and "Transfer rate".
    Throughput is transfer rate, usually measured in kbps (kilobytes per second). In real world terms, timing the download of a reasonably large file and calculating the kbps is a typical judgment of quality of that connection to the download site via the route from your computer to the computer the file is downloaded from. All of the factors in the set of conditions that exist between your computer and the computer the file is downloaded from are variables to your throughput.



 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 


 
 
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