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It seems like this should be easy in theory, especially the latency part. Just spam the router with packets and see how many get returned and how long they take. Is there any way to do this?
Matt Munson
Posted 2017-05-21T20:18:32.620
Reputation: 153
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You could try use wireshark too:
1 - GO to the site you want to download/copy something from e.g. //F:/someFile.iso , using Robocopy or xcopy in windows
2 - Start the packet capture(without filters)
3 - Start downloading
4 - When finished, go to the network flow pacture, if you se packet belonging to it, right click it and set a conversation filter (ip/tcp).
5 - Choose statistics - protocol hirarchy.
6 - Or choose statistics - IOgraphs
7 - There you might set more things
Tech-IO
Posted 2017-05-21T20:18:32.620
Reputation: 431
This will measure the internet speed, not the speed locally. If Wifi is faster than internet, the wrong speed is assumed. – LPChip – 2017-05-22T06:41:57.563
That's right. I will edit it, to download from another IP in the same LAN within the router. – Tech-IO – 2017-05-22T06:56:09.680
Asking for tools is off-topic. Please rephrase your question. – DavidPostill – 2017-05-21T20:22:28.260
What OS are you using? Windows has ping and other OS's have similar functions. Just look into how you can change the size of a package to use for proper measurement. A larger packet can better measure the stability/bandwidth of a connection whereas a low package can measure the latency better. – LPChip – 2017-05-21T20:32:25.490
@LPChip, so for bandwidth, should I just keep adding more size to the packets and then define the bandwidth as the limit where packets start getting dropped? – Matt Munson – 2017-05-21T20:57:36.760
Yes, but keep in mind that you will not get a perfect result, but only an estimate. Too many factors in play and Ping just isn't the tool for that. Copying a file from one pc to another and measuring its speed is a better way. – LPChip – 2017-05-21T21:02:02.277
@LPChip, How should I send a file to another computer in my LAN over the wireless router? – Matt Munson – 2017-05-21T23:06:15.500
Share a folder, then copy a file to the other computer, preferably one that is a precise size, such as 1GB, and measure how long it takes. – LPChip – 2017-05-22T06:40:42.370