Bandwidth and satellite bitrate speed tests

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Oct 15^th, 2009 at 4:03pm

Hi,

I am interested to know how best to test if the bandwidth and contention ratios I am receiving from my service provider are exactly what I am paying for. I have heard that online speed test sites like speedtest.net are not really accurate. Are the better options out there?

Oct 15^th, 2009 at 5:35pm

1. You can use iSite to view the IP stats in real time

2. Your provider may have some sort of "speedtest" hosted on their network.

3. If your modem is connected to a router or switch that supports snmp you can use MRTG to graph the throughput of the appropriate interface.

4. If your modem is not connected to a router or switch that supports snmp you can write a script that collects and parses information from the ifconfig command on the modem and then passes it to MRTG or rrdtool.

Oct 27^th, 2025 at 2:36pm

If you have a Google Chrome browser, you could try using my speed tester.

https://www.satsig.net/speed-test/speed-tester.htm

The page includes a file of 1.131 Mbytes.

Using More Tools, Developer Tools and the Network tab you can download the page agian and see how long it takes to receive the 1.131 Mbyts file.

Repeat to get an idea of variability in the download speed.

Tell me it if helps you. eric@satsig.net

Email me:eric@satsig.net

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