Connect Speed?

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Jethro

This may be OT, and if so I am sorry. I didn't know where else to
post it.

Isn't there a command I can type in and see what speed I am connected
at?

I can do it through my router modem by putting it's IP address in IE
address area, but I thought there must be some other way.

Thanks

Jethro
 
This may be OT, and if so I am sorry. I didn't know where else to
post it.

Isn't there a command I can type in and see what speed I am connected
at?

I can do it through my router modem by putting it's IP address in IE
address area, but I thought there must be some other way.

Thanks

Jethro
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Your connection speed on the system, PC, to the router/modem
is that of the natively supported interface. IE- if your
system had 1000Mbps (gigabit) NIC, and the router is
100Mbps, you have the lowest common denominator connection
speed so far as the PC is concerned - 100Mb. The PC "sees"
a 100Mb internet (gateway) connection then, albeit one that
doesn't deliver the data at that rate since there is another
bottleneck further along the network path.

Similarly so with your modem, it may think it has a 768Kbps
(or whatever applies) connection speed, but that too is
further bottlenecked by anything else it connects to which
has (a max OR a realized throughput limitation of) a lower
speed.
 
Your connection speed on the system, PC, to the router/modem
is that of the natively supported interface. IE- if your
system had 1000Mbps (gigabit) NIC, and the router is
100Mbps, you have the lowest common denominator connection
speed so far as the PC is concerned - 100Mb. The PC "sees"
a 100Mb internet (gateway) connection then, albeit one that
doesn't deliver the data at that rate since there is another
bottleneck further along the network path.

Similarly so with your modem, it may think it has a 768Kbps
(or whatever applies) connection speed, but that too is
further bottlenecked by anything else it connects to which
has (a max OR a realized throughput limitation of) a lower
speed.
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I wonder how risky it is to try one of the on-line speed measurers
that are offered free?

Jethro
 
Jethro said:
Isn't there a command I can type in and see what speed I am connected at?
Click to expand...

Nope, not in that generic sense.
I can do it through my router modem by putting it's IP address
in IE address area, but I thought there must be some other way.
Click to expand...

That's the only way, only the modem/router knows that.
 
Jethro said:
I wonder how risky it is to try one of the on-line speed measurers
that are offered free?
Click to expand...

That is something different, thruput, not connection speed.
 
Jethro said:
I wonder how risky it is to try one of the on-line speed measurers
that are offered free?
Click to expand...

What kind of risk? I've done them for years without any damage.

Jon
 
I wonder how risky it is to try one of the on-line speed measurers
that are offered free?
Click to expand...

Risk free so long as it doesn't want you to install any
code, can just use your browser functionality or java as
most do.

It only tells you what your throughput is though, not the
modem's programmed rate. Accessing the modem itself is the
only way you'll see the speed setting, or if the modem
manufacturer provided addt'l software that polls it to
provide this, but I don't see that info as being in high
enough demand for anyone to have produced such an app.
 
Risk free so long as it doesn't want you to install any
code, can just use your browser functionality or java as
most do.

It only tells you what your throughput is though, not the
modem's programmed rate. Accessing the modem itself is the
only way you'll see the speed setting, or if the modem
manufacturer provided addt'l software that polls it to
provide this, but I don't see that info as being in high
enough demand for anyone to have produced such an app.
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Thanks Kony

Jethro
 
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