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freeair · 27-08-2005, 16:30

Is it possible to run some sort of test (ping, tracert, or similar) to check download speeds from a specific site?

I regularly download from the file library at www.avsim.com but for months now I get download speeds of no more than 10Kb/s (often drops to 0.2Kb/s) instead of 60Kb/s I had before.

When I have mentioned these poor speeds to avsim.com they say their end is serving the files just fine so I need some way of checking where the bottleneck is - if possible.

If I do a ping,or tracert to www.avsim.com the times are usually quite good, to my untrianed eye.

I have a 1MB connection through a Pace STB (not changed yet to new box for 2MB link), run ZA firewall and Win XP Pro SP1.

Any help appreciated.

27-08-2005, 16:30	#1
freeair cf.addict Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Stockport Posts: 115	Poor download speeds Is it possible to run some sort of test (ping, tracert, or similar) to check download speeds from a specific site? I regularly download from the file library at www.avsim.com but for months now I get download speeds of no more than 10Kb/s (often drops to 0.2Kb/s) instead of 60Kb/s I had before. When I have mentioned these poor speeds to avsim.com they say their end is serving the files just fine so I need some way of checking where the bottleneck is - if possible. If I do a ping,or tracert to www.avsim.com the times are usually quite good, to my untrianed eye. I have a 1MB connection through a Pace STB (not changed yet to new box for 2MB link), run ZA firewall and Win XP Pro SP1. Any help appreciated.