| If you are in a quandry over how to test the | | | | ports on your computer detecting potential |
| performance of your computer network you're in | | | | vulnerabilities. |
| luck. A little research lead me to an amazing set of | | | | Note: Some firewalls might log a potential attack |
| tools online availabe to everyone as a free service. | | | | from their server if you choose to test the security |
| You can pretty much measure or analyze anything | | | | of your system since they are testing for |
| broadband related with the tools provided via the | | | | vulnerabilities. |
| online techie community forum at SpeedGuide.net. | | | | * SG Speed Test |
| Whatever it is you need to look at.....performance or | | | | A quick download speed test to estimate your |
| design related.....you can get it done with the free | | | | connection speed at the time. |
| SpeedGuide tools. Nice little resource you should take | | | | * SG Network Tools |
| advantage of. | | | | The SG Network tools section includes many |
| Here's a list of what they have available to you: | | | | common network tools such as PING, |
| * SG TCP/IP Analyzer | | | | TRACEROUTE, WHOIS, etc. |
| The SpeedGuide TCP/IP Analyzer is a program | | | | * SG Bits/Bytes Conversion Calculator |
| designed to display your Internet connection | | | | The Bits/Bytes calculator is a useful tool for quickly |
| parameters, extracted directly from TCP packets | | | | converting bits/bytes, etc. It takes into consideration |
| sent by your browser to their server. The Analyzer | | | | the different conventons while calculating data |
| program then displays recommendations based on | | | | communication rates and storage space. |
| the settings extracted from the headers of those | | | | * SG RWIN/BDP Calculator |
| packets. | | | | The RWIN/BDP calculator can be used to estimate |
| * SG TCP Optimizer | | | | TCP Window values, based on the Bandwidth |
| The TCP Optimizer is a free Windows program | | | | *Delay Product (BDP for short). |
| designed to help optimize your Internet connection. | | | | It can also calculate maximum bandwidth based on |
| The program makes it easy to find the best | | | | RWIN and latency values, and perform a number of |
| MaxMTU value, test latency and tweak the important | | | | different conversions as well. |
| Registry Parameters. The Optimizer can be helpful | | | | Drop in at SpeedGuide.net and test out (no pun |
| with tuning any Internet connection type, from dialup | | | | intended) these tools. At the very least you may |
| to Gigabit+ :) If you need help with the program, | | | | learn something about your current system needs or |
| check the TCP Optimizer Documentation, read their | | | | performance. While you're there I suggest you also |
| broadband tweaking articles and the related FAQs, | | | | check out their community forum. Great place to ask |
| and/or visit their Forums. | | | | questions and get answers for whatever broadband |
| * SG Security Scanner | | | | issues you may have. |
| The SpeedGuide.net Security Scanner audits certain | | | | |