Getting a grip on network performance numbers is one of the most difficult tasks for network managers. Unlike many information technology statistics such as disk space utilization and available memory ...

Each Iperf test runs for 60 seconds, uses the Transmission Control Protocol (TCP), and delivers four parallel streams. We start with a close-proximity test, where the client is in the same room as the ...

iperf3 is a network throughput tool used to measure the performance of the network your Mac is using. Here's how to use it in the macOS Terminal app. iperf is a UNIX memory, network throughput, and ...

Software tools for testing Wi-Fi can run on a laptop, but dedicated hardware tools offer the convenience of a sometimes less cumbersome form-factor that are compact enough to fit in the pouch of a ...

When my internet starts crawling, I don't just restart my router and hope for the best. I grab these three network diagnostic tools and systematically work through my network to find the real culprit.

I'm trying to figure out how to speed up my Robocopy file copies. My network is two Windows 10 PCs with Gigabit network cards, connected via a Gigabit switch. I've run the tests (A., B., C.) below.

To prepare routers for testing, we disable all other routers in the vicinity to provide a relatively clean environment with minimal interference. We start by upgrading the router's firmware to the ...