Testing My Cable Connection

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Carlosinfl

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I've got Brighthouse Networks Lightning Internet service which should be in the neighborhood of ~60 Mbps down. My network is fairly typical for most users:

[cable modem] ---> [asus rt-n66u] ---> LAN / WLAN

My question is what can I do and test to make sure my Internet is exactly what I'm paying for? Should I just directly connect my modem to my laptop & do a bandwidth test from some site? Are there any things I should do / not do when I test? Obviously disable all services on my network like downloads / torrents / anything bandwidth excessive...

Just looking for tips / tricks to test my ISP connection and LAN throughput...

Thank you!
 
Download a Linux torrent. Seriously that is about the only reliable way of testing sustained bandwidth at that speed range.

Speedtest.net is the standby ofc.
 
So you're saying I should download a Linux ISO like Debian from a torrent site and test that way?

I was looking for more of a specific test site that can measure my bandwidth fairly reasonable.
 
Carlosinfl said:
So you're saying I should download a Linux ISO like Debian from a torrent site and test that way?

I was looking for more of a specific test site that can measure my bandwidth fairly reasonable.
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A large torrent swarm is just about the only reliable way of getting something capable of pushing 50 or 60megabit to test. Unless you have a corporate server on a comparable connection you can access.

Some ISPs design ways of cheating Speedtest.net etc with burst speed etc.
 
Carlosinfl said:
This is why we can't have nice things
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Pretty sure Comcast does this on top of their "Powerboost" crap which they said was ending and hasn't. The recent upgrades from 15/2 to 20/4 is actually showing upwards of 30/5 on Speedtest and yet in real practice it doesn't even come close to that with the few second Powerboost, but it does stay consistent at 20/4. Its a joke that it even shows 30 on Speedtest when its nowhere close to that.
 
Steam will push much more than 60Mbps. I believe they go up to 375Mbps, depending on multiple factors of course. It's not exactly a bandwidth test, but they will shove bits down your throat, so it's a pretty good indicator.
 
Phog said:
Steam will push much more than 60Mbps. I believe they go up to 375Mbps, depending on multiple factors of course. It's not exactly a bandwidth test, but they will shove bits down your throat, so it's a pretty good indicator.
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Ya steam is a great test, i actually prefer testing through steam rather than speedtest. I don't think you have to much worry about brighthouse not giving the advertised speed. I've always had well over my rated speed. When i was paying for 40mb/s, i was getting 55. When i was paying for 60mb/s i was getting at least 70, and now that im paying for the 90mb/s service im getting 125. Could just be the area though.
 
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