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Testing addicts
Can't help but notice JFBynon and Kimberly Gardin love doing speed tests over at Testmy.net. Appears the former is running the recommended file sizes while latter is automatic and all over the place....
The test servers used are often the ones that are closest to the tester's gateway, which would actually be nowhere near the tester's own location. You can manually set the test server, as well, and sometimes people set it to either the one that gives the fastest response time or the one that is closest to their gateway. I do the latter.
I normally say to choose a server that's close to the gateway location because it's a good approximation for the shortest link.
In reality, the one with the fewest amount of hops from the gateway is probably best, which can be tested with a simple traceroute.
Edit: They used to have the addresses of the servers... little difficult without that. #nevermind.
MarkJFine wrote:I normally say to choose a server that's close to the gateway location because it's a good approximation for the shortest link.
In reality, the one with the fewest amount of hops from the gateway is probably best, which can be tested with a simple traceroute.
How do you perform a traceroute on the TMN servers? I can't find the address of any of them.
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MarkJFine wrote:Edit: They used to have the addresses of the servers... little difficult without that. #nevermind.
I though that maybe there was some way to be able to catch the IP address of the testing server while the test was being performed. Then again, with the way the tests are run and the way HughesNet works, I don't know if anything like that is even possible.
