Internet users can experience a variety of problems when connecting to websites and using services on the Internet. Some of these problems are related to the user’s Internet connection while others to viruses or unresponsive or slow servers. It is always a good idea to test the Internet connection before contacting the Internet Service Provider for troubleshooting help.
There are quite a few ways to analyze and troubleshoot the Internet connection. Two of the most common ones are using traceroute and ping commands.
The Internet service Pingtest can provide another perspective on the quality of an Internet connection.
It basically works by locating a server near the physical location of the user analysing the connection’s packet loss, ping and jitter. It will then rate the Internet connection based on those factors.
The reliability test has been created by the same company that is providing access to the Internet connection speed test over at Speedtest which can also be helpful at determining the quality of an Internet connection.
Which tools do you use if you want to test the reliability of an Internet connection? Let us know in the comments.
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Sites like Speedtest or Pingtes are valid ways to test connection’s reliability for a common user; the first requires Adobe Flash Player and Pingtest requires a Java Virtual Machine.
Unfortunately I’ve been experiencing different results on the same internet connection using different O.S., probably because the Windows version of the Flash Plugin is poorly implemented under Linux O.S.
A console based version of these test ( in Python, maybe ?) , using the same dadicated servers but without a graphical interface could be a more reliable way to determine the internet connection quality.
I agree, a command line would be real nice :-)
Nevertheless I don’t think the flash will falsify the results since it should be fully cached locally..
Reliability is a long term thing, isn’t it? If you have intermittent dropouts this isn’t going to tell you anything. Net Uptime Monitor is a cheap ($10) utility that will continuously test your connection and log every failure with start time and duration. Very helpful for convincing your ISP that you have a real problem! Download it at http://bit.ly/JfbXHP