If you are having problems with your internet connection or you just want to know what are you getting than you need a tool that will allow you to analyze your connection. One of the best programs that allow you to test the performances of your wireless or wired network certainly is Throughput Test.
Latest version of the Throughput Test is available for a free download from digzip.
When you start the test it will send both TCP and UDP data streams through the entire network and will collect all the important data. After the test is completed you will be getting results regarding upstream and downstream, packet loss, round trip time and similar. All the data will be displayed in both chart and numeric formats.
Throughput Test supports both IPv4 and IPv6 connections and allows the user to evaluate network performance depending on the Quality of Service (QoS) settings. You will be getting detailed reports and you will have much better insight in your connection.
When a Throughput Test application starts this program will use two components client and a server. Server part in the test will is used to listen connections from the client while the client is used to connect to the server. This way communication can be evaluated and measured.
After the connection between server and client are established data will be sent in both directions. Communication between client and server is started and the results will be gathered by the client part of the application and will be computed and prepared to be displayed in metrics format. All the gathered data will deliver the report about the state of your connection.
Overall, Throughput Test provides you with large amount of details about the possibilities of your internet connection. It works fast and does not require large amount of resources. All that you need for this application to work is the wireless or wired network connection.
