At 9:35 PM -0800 11/11/2008, Jonas Lopez wrote: >Background speed test alert? > >It would be nice to have a background speed test to alert us when >the network is below a min speed. > >I got DSL 384/47 should be 1400/368. > >Could a speed test be done using a ping test running in the >background just like the clock checker does?
There's probably a gizmo around that can do a timed file download [*] or something and complain about the results, but I'm not sure how useful it would be .... There are so many factors involved. How would such an automated gizmo know to *not* warn you when the connection is slow because you're just using the bandwidth for other things? [*] That's what those speed tests, such as Speakeasy's, are really doing. Pings are of little use for throughput testing. If your dsl circuit is tanking out, it would be better to diagnose it and get it fixed... than to chew up your bandwidth running speed tests... - Dan. -- - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
