debugging slow network

[Anton Shterenlikht]

I seem to have a very slow network connection at work.
All local switches are supposed to be gigabit, and my
network card is gigabit as well. But download speed
seems to be much lower.

I'm not a networks person, but I understand there could
many factors affecting the speed. There appear to be
a multitute of different network related commands
just in base OS. Which should I start with to get
some idea of the actual network speed? netstat?
And should I be looking for?

many thanks
anton

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