ADSL Bandwidth Monitoring

[Ted Mittelstaedt]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-freebsd-questions at freebsd.org
> [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions at freebsd.org]On Behalf Of Amitabh Kant
> Sent: Saturday, September 08, 2007 12:25 PM
> To: Bahman M.
> Cc: freebsd-questions at freebsd.org
> Subject: Re: ADSL Bandwidth Monitoring
>
>
> On 9/8/07, Bahman M. <b.movaqar at adempiere.org> wrote:
> > I tested the connection by downloading 2~3 files simultaneously and used
> > 'bmon' as Mel suggested in another reply (thanks to him).  As I'd
> > already guessed the RX don't get bigger than 30~40% of the expected
> > bandwidth.  I performed the test with some other files and there was no
> > difference.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Bahman
>
> The bandwidth being advertised by your ISP would be the maximum
> thoughput allowed on your DSL lines with multiple DSL users sharing
> the same bandwidth, something that is generally known as contention
> ratio.

Rubbish.  I work for an ISP and this is nonsense.  DSL is not a
shared medium until it gets to the ISP and the ISP should be able
to handle full rate circuits internally.

He should be able to get max bandwidth from his home system to his
ISP's system.  All our customers can. Beyond that, from his ISP to
the rest of the world
that is a different story.  But he needs to get the bandwidth correcte
dbetween himself and his ISP first.

Ted