¿is there a gigabit internet speed test available to test my new internet connection? they all cap at 350mbit

[ThrashZone]

That's OP getting them mixed up. ISP' places always go by megabits, not bytes.

Hi,
If true on the op's end he keeps doing it

 

[Bill_Bright]

Seems they are using different terms normal is mbps not mbit.

That's OP getting them mixed up. ISP' places always go by megabits, not bytes.

Ummm, huh? Wait! That is even more confusing.

The Mb (or mb) in Mbps = is megabits per second which often is abbreviated mbit. I have often seen mbit/s (or Mbit/s or mbit/sec) too.

MB (with uppercase B) = megabyte.

Bandwidth is almost always measured in Mb (megabits, or mbit).

Going back through the OPs posts in this thread, I don't see where he is confused at all. He consistently refers to his speed (bandwidth) in mbit and that is correct.

 

[R-T-B]

If the same cable is giving you gigabit on your laptop but not on your tower, then it's not the cable.

I'm with you man. There's a usb 2.0 link somewhere in there between his ethernet controller and PC.

 

[Miguel2013]

I think I'm gonna stop bitching about my speed, my laptop gives me 700-800mbit consistenly even when connected through a second gigabit switch, I'm fine with that speed, only issue and I wonder if you guys could help... is my tower on the same cable "test" 5e runs at a slower speed than my laptop, ¿might it be cause I updated to H2O?? gives me 320mbps avg. see videos if u want to ok?

Slowest speed is with my phenom tower, fastest with my icore laptop, both tests on windows 10.

 

[Rei]

I think I'm gonna stop bitching about my speed, my laptop gives me 700-800mbit consistenly even when connected through a second gigabit switch, I'm fine with that speed, only issue and I wonder if you guys could help... is my tower on the same cable "test" 5e runs at a slower speed than my laptop, ¿might it be cause I updated to H2O?? gives me 320mbps avg. see videos if u want to ok?

Slowest speed is with my phenom tower, fastest with my icore laptop, both tests on windows 10.

By tower, do you mean your desktop PC? Did you try using the same exact cable as the one you plug into your laptop? Otherwise, it could be a limitation within your desktop PC such as your network card or something.

 

[Miguel2013]

yea same cable for test. yes desktop tower atx??
hmm I thought of that limitation but, I get full gigabit when using microsoft networks file sharing from pcs 2 switches away. So I'm sure my card is capable just something is misconfigured.

 

[Bill_Bright]

hmm I thought of that limitation but, I get full gigabit when using microsoft networks file sharing from pcs 2 switches away. So I'm sure my card is capable just something is misconfigured.

Check your settings in the Admin menu of your router. Some routers let you set the priority for each connected device. This lets you, for example, configure the connection to your primary computer to have the most bandwidth at all times, and lets you limit the bandwidth to other devices.

 

[Aquinus]

The numbers you're showing looks like you're trying to use a gigabit ethernet adapter over USB 2.0.

I would still like to rule this out. The OP has suggested doing odd things in the past and I seriously think he might be using a USB adapter which would explain why speed on the tower isn't that good. So before anyone tries wasting too much time, we need this question answered.

 

[Makaveli]

I'm on 1Gbps fiber in Canada. Welcome to the world of internet peering and routing, once you get out onto the open internet your results can very depending on ISP routing.

I have an FTP and would test with you but that doesn't guarantee you will see full speed it will depend on the routing our ISP's are using to each other.

 

[Miguel2013]

@Aquinus yea i said i get full gigabit 1000mbit on lan sharing from the same pc. it's not usb it's pcie onboard.

I'm on 1Gbps fiber in Canada. Welcome to the world of internet peering and routing, once you get out onto the open internet your results can very depending on ISP routing.

I have an FTP and would test with you but that doesn't guarantee you will see full speed it will depend on the routing our ISP's are using to each other.

Try now, try uploading and record ur speed and download fattest file VID_20200805_230521.mp4 and report ur speed. good night.

And if you have an ftp server too, give me your address and password to try myself. I'm using filezilla server (my ip is now 67.2.220.74 )

 

[ThrashZone]

Hi,
I found out yesterday one of my old machines can't go over 300mbps while two newer machines can go over 700mbps which is just over my isp contract.

 

[Toothless]

@Aquinus yea i said i get full gigabit 1000mbit on lan sharing from the same pc. it's not usb it's pcie onboard.


Try now, try uploading and record ur speed and download fattest file VID_20200805_230521.mp4 and report ur speed. good night.

And if you have an ftp server too, give me your address and password to try myself. I'm using filezilla server (my ip is now 67.2.220.74 )

No one is going to file transfer with you. You've already been told this.

 

[silentbogo]

@Miguel2013, FTP is the worst way to test transfer speeds. iPerf3 would be my tool of choice, but I do have an advantage of having access to 2 work servers with dedicated 2Gbit channel each and located in two different exchange networks. Plus, I know my results won't be skewed by 100 people that are trying to test their speed on the same server.
Also, ISPs usually give an "up to" speed metric, which usually means it can be and will be lower.
Plus, speedtest is glitching out lately about picking the nearest server or even generating a list of servers. You might want to do it manually, or test your speed on several servers several times. Preferrably between 1:00 and 5:00 AM, when random people don't test their speed, and when your ISP is least loaded.
Could be a case of bandwidth cap for international traffic. For example, my ISP provides 1Gbit/s for Ukrainian traffic, and 300Mbit/s (which they bumped to 400 recently) for international. The only difference is that my ISP shows this upfront, and not in small print under contract.

 

[Bill_Bright]

Plus, speedtest is glitching out lately about picking the nearest server or even generating a list of servers.

I always do it manually. As it is, the Washington DC server is 1000 miles from my house. Seems like a nice round (albeit arbitrary) number.

You can also use another tester like TestMy.net Internet Speed Test.

 

[Miguel2013]

I'll read about iperf3 seems cool yoo.
and @Toothless - Makaveli said he would do an ftp test with me yoo didn't u read him?

 

[Toothless]

I'll read about iperf3 seems cool yoo.
and @Toothless - Makaveli said he would do an ftp test with me yoo didn't u read him?

He also mentioned it's not going to promise seeing your full speed, makes the whole thing pointless by this time.

 

[Makaveli]

I'll read about iperf3 seems cool yoo.
and @Toothless - Makaveli said he would do an ftp test with me yoo didn't u read him?

I did a tracert from me to you just to see how many hops.

Latency doesn't look to bad as my ISP has direct peering in Chicago, its only when I get to Salt Lake City pings go up.

And in the future don't post ip in a public forum. Send it via PMs.

Tracing route to 67-2-220-74.slkc.qwest.net [67.2.220.74]
over a maximum of 30 hops:

1 <1 ms <1 ms <1 ms RT-AX88U-0B10 [192.168.50.1]
2 1 ms 1 ms 1 ms 10.50.44.131
3 * * * Request timed out.
4 23 ms 23 ms 23 ms tcore4-toronto12_37.net.bell.ca [64.230.59.200]
5 20 ms 23 ms 23 ms tcore4-chicagocp_hundredgige0-4-0-0.net.bell.ca [64.230.79.157]
6 16 ms 16 ms 16 ms bx9-chicagodt_ae1-0.net.bell.ca [64.230.79.75]
7 17 ms 16 ms 16 ms lag-101.ear7.Chicago2.Level3.net [4.15.248.93]
8 54 ms 53 ms 49 ms ae-1-37.bar4.SaltLakeCity1.Level3.net [4.69.219.58]
9 49 ms 49 ms 49 ms 4.68.38.166
10 50 ms 50 ms 50 ms 207-108-177-158.slkc.qwest.net [207.108.177.158]
11 52 ms 52 ms 52 ms 67-2-220-74.slkc.qwest.net [67.2.220.74]

Trace complete.

And as I said before an FTP test even if we get full speed its only me to you, its won't reflect your general speeds over the rest of the internet. Based on what I see in your other screenshots Your ISP may not have good peering to those speed test sites.

I would actually recommend you creating a post on DSL reports in the sub forum for Century link

CenturyLink forum | DSLReports, ISP Information

CenturyLink forum, broadband news, information and community

www.dslreports.com

There will be other users on your ISP there to compare with.

 

[Miguel2013]

Check your settings in the Admin menu of your router. Some routers let you set the priority for each connected device. This lets you, for example, configure the connection to your primary computer to have the most bandwidth at all times, and lets you limit the bandwidth to other devices.

what's the name of the option?>

 

[Jism]

I found Steam servers to be pretty representative of max continuous download speed. Try that with a large enough game.

Absolutely not (at all). At least not with a 1Gbit connection here. I often have to switch in between portugal and spain to figure out which offers the best.

I have a usenet subscription in Amsterdam, and when i launch it with 30 threads and unlimited speed, most of the hops in between back to portugal simply block or limit the max speed at an avg of 350mbit. speed-testing however does represent the full capacity and pumping files from my server back and forth goes with a flying 12MB per second (upload).

It's glasfibre. Luckily portugal does have a very good infrastructure in relation of internet, i think this costs me around 50 euro's a month including TV and 2 mobile phone's.

I dont download alot... it's more for the upload that i'm interested in. And having zero issues when you have 4 wireless clients and a HD netflix stream going on. When you put such tests, make sure your hardware is capable of it. Proper CAT5e CaT6 cables are mandatory and the disk of your computer must be capable of doing 120MB per second of write speeds. I mean i have a break in my wire litterally, because the dog is bin chewing on the UTP... but it still holds 1GBIT to it's fullest.

 

[ShurikN]

Absolutely not (at all). At least not with a 1Gbit connection here. I often have to switch in between portugal and spain to figure out which offers the best.

When I was in Japan steam maxed out my download all the time (around 40MB/s). Often steam dl achieved greater speed than speed test.net.
I guess it depends on the download server you are connected to.

 

[Jism]

If i'm correct, "peers" have to pay for data passing through, so it woud'nt be unusual to experience capped speeds. You'll still get good speeds but just not the full advertised 1Gbit.

 

[Miguel2013]

If i'm correct, "peers" have to pay for data passing through, so it woud'nt be unusual to experience capped speeds. You'll still get good speeds but just not the full advertised 1Gbit.

I'm hoping to get full gigabit when I get a couple cat6a 23awg golden connectors

 

[Aquinus]

I'm hoping to get full gigabit when I get a couple cat6a 23awg golden connectors

I thought we've been over this.

If the same cable is giving you gigabit on your laptop but not on your tower, then it's not the cable.

 

[bug]

yea same cable for test. yes desktop tower atx??
hmm I thought of that limitation but, I get full gigabit when using microsoft networks file sharing from pcs 2 switches away. So I'm sure my card is capable just something is misconfigured.

What's your CPU usage while testing? Phenom platform is pretty old, Idk how well it offloads networking stuff.

 

[Miguel2013]

What's your CPU usage while testing? Phenom platform is pretty old, Idk how well it offloads networking stuff.

How do i see it? With task manager?