Is it possible to measure Internet pipe to find bottleneck?

[Al Plant]

Steven Friedrich wrote:
> I have TWC Internet (formerly InsightBB).  I can measure my Internet pipe
> using a couple sites on the Internet, but that's a composite rating, meaning
> it doesn't differentiate between the parts of the pipeline.
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> I would like to know which piece of my pipeline is the limiting factor.  Is
> my pipe from my Internet provider ever saturated, or is my cable modem or
> router limiting my overall speed?
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> Any tools out there that are freely available or low-cost that will clarify
> this?
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> I am currently running Windows 7 on my laptop, though I have been using
> FreeBSD since 1.0.1.5 (or something near there).
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> I will soon have another drive and be running FreeBSD 10.
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Aloha,

We have same issue here in Hawaii.

If by cable you are on TV cable service that could be the problem. My 
neighbor had a terrible problem with getting internet on TV cable service.

My internet was faster with ADSL on copper from the phone company.
Problem was too many customers on the TV cable segment.

Try Fiber Optic when it comes to your area. It is very fast and less 
expensive.



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