looking for site for speed test.

[excelscior]

I recently bought a ASUS N53 router. I want to check the speed of my downloads. I bought this router because I wanted to stream some movies sometimes and or watch Youtube. But mostly to reduce any lag while playing MMO games. Any suggestions?

[Train]

For speed test I use
http://speedtest.net/
What I get.


As for a better idea of how things are going, I down load something like SP3 for XP and time it. http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=24

[excelscior]

My download speed was 2.60. And my overall grade was a D. How sad because I pay $30 a month for this DSL from AT&T. I will ask them if they can boost my signal or something ( at a higher cost I'm sure ). Tho I was expecting faster speeds with my ASUS N53 dual band wireless router.

[Train]

By pass the router and see what you get.

You can try cat 5 through the router too.

That speed looks like you are wireless and it always slower. Why I use cat 5 with my laptop when downloading big files if I can.

[ua549]

AFAIK The fastest aDSL speed is slightly more than 7 Mbps.
To go faster you need either fiber or cable.

[pinkiee]

You can check your speed at ip-details .
It helps to know your internet connection speed.

[cat6]

You have to isolate the component.

1. Wireless connection is No way to measure any thing but LAN Wireless Speed.

I.e., use cable to measure ISP/Internet performance.

2. As UA549 said, max consumer DSL on copper is 7Mb/sec. (b=bit)

I.e., Download of 700KB/sec. (B=Byte).

3. make sure that the TCP/IP Stack is optimized to your type of connection.

You can use this to check and configure (For DSL choose PPPOE).

SG TCP Optimizer - http://www.speedguide.net/downloads.php

[j.m@talk]

Bit slow today ...... Poor do