Hi, On Tue, Oct 23, 2007, WireSpot wrote: > netspeed reports larger speeds than normal. For instance, while using > Firefox to download a file, or apt to upgrade the system; the application > (Firefox or apt) would report for example 350 KB/sec, while netspeed would > > report 575 KB/sec. > > I realise that there's a discrepancy between the data amount in application > terms and the data in raw interface terms. However, I also checked with > iptraf and while it also reports greater speeds than the applications, it is > only a minor increase: 370 KB/sec when the application reports 350.
I believe netspeed relies on the interface byte counters which in the case of Ethernet will count Ethernet frames, even broadcast ones. If you're on a busy LAN with Windows host, you'll typically experience a non-null amount of traffic. Could you try measuring traffic with wireshark and see whether netspeed's traffic matches the wireshark Ethernet counters? Thanks, -- Loïc Minier -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
