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Mac Forum / Country Specific / UK Mac Group / May 2008Monitoring ADSL speeds?
My ADSL downstream speed (i.e. the speed from the phone line into the ADSL router) is *very* variable - from >4000 kbps down to 128kbps. It's been like this for well over a year now. BT's response is that it's "just one of those things and that I should monitor the line" Using the ADSL router control panel and a bit of paper to do this is a PITA; can anyone recommend a bit of software that will monitor and record the downstream speed over a period of time? This will enable me to provide BT with some real, detailed stats TIA > My ADSL downstream speed (i.e. the speed from the phone line into the ADSL > router) is *very* variable - from >4000 kbps down to 128kbps. It's been [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > TIA NetMonitor gives this information, and is cheap. However, It only monitors the en0 port, so everything that you send/recieve gets recorded. It could give false readings if you're on a network. Otherwise I think you're down to plan A.  SignatureAndy Hewitt <http://web.mac.com/andrewhewitt1/> On Sun, 4 May 2008 14:55:40 +0100, Andy Hewitt wrote >> My ADSL downstream speed (i.e. the speed from the phone line into the ADSL >> router) is *very* variable - from >4000 kbps down to 128kbps. It's been [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > recorded. It could give false readings if you're on a network. Otherwise > I think you're down to plan A. Mmm... I've got 8 IP devices hanging off the ADSL router (via two other wireless hubs) but all I want/need to do is to monitor record the traffic between the phone socket and the ADSL router. <Thinks>... Wonder if I could do an Applescript to simulate hitting <F5> in Safari whilst connect to 198.162.0.1 and then capture the 'Downstream Speed' value? Goes off to fiddle... > On Sun, 4 May 2008 14:55:40 +0100, Andy Hewitt wrote > > [quoted text clipped - 24 lines] > Safari whilst connect to 198.162.0.1 and then capture the 'Downstream Speed' > value? Goes off to fiddle... Do you have snmp on your router, as then there are many tools you could use. SignatureWoody www.alienrat.com On Sun, 4 May 2008 17:29:42 +0100, Woody wrote >> Mmm... I've got 8 IP devices hanging off the ADSL router (via two other >> wireless hubs) but all I want/need to do is to monitor record the traffic [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > Do you have snmp on your router, as then there are many tools you could > use. Err... what's SNMP? (sorry, dumb question) > On Sun, 4 May 2008 17:29:42 +0100, Woody wrote >> [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > Err... what's SNMP? (sorry, dumb question) Simple Network Management Protocol. It is a way to gather statistics from networked devices, like the number of bytes in and out of a network interface. OS X has some command-line SNMP tools, like snmpget and snmpwalk. Cheers, Chris >> On Sun, 4 May 2008 17:29:42 +0100, Woody wrote >>> [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > > OS X has some command-line SNMP tools, like snmpget and snmpwalk. Alternatively get a router that reports to a syslog server. (You can run syslog on a Mac, can't you?) -- Graham J > Alternatively get a router that reports to a syslog server. (You can run > syslog on a Mac, can't you?) What would you be expecting the router to log? You'll probably find your OS X box is already running syslogd. Cheers, Chris >> Alternatively get a router that reports to a syslog server. (You can run >> syslog on a Mac, can't you?) > > What would you be expecting the router to log? You'll probably find your > OS X box is already running syslogd. This will depend on the router, but typically up/download speed, SNR margin, and line attenuation; these every few minutes. I wil probably also log details of outgoing traffic - so you need to be prepared to filter the log file. -- Graham J >>> Alternatively get a router that reports to a syslog server. (You can run >>> syslog on a Mac, can't you?) [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > details of outgoing traffic - so you need to be prepared to filter the log > file. About the only thing mine (a Linksys running Tomato firmware - some kind of mutant Linux) logs after it boots are DHCP requests and acks. OTOH it records bandwidth usage quite handily anyway without using syslog or SNMP :-) Cheers, Chris >>>> Alternatively get a router that reports to a syslog server. (You can >>>> run [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > OTOH it records bandwidth usage quite handily anyway without using syslog > or SNMP :-) Vigor routers give useful information ... -- Graham J > Using the ADSL router control panel and a bit of paper to do this is a PITA; > can anyone recommend a bit of software that will monitor and record the > downstream speed over a period of time? This will enable me to provide BT > with some real, detailed stats http://www.thinkbroadband.com/ Get a (free) account. Do periodic speed tests. The info is stored on your account, and you have access to the figures when you want. SignaturePeter |
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