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VIVILPROJECT SPEEDTEST
v4.04 (c) Sébastien WILLEMIJNS
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Version française
disponible iciHello,
Welcome to my speedtest page,
Classical method who has been known and developped to test your Internet speed (download a testfile from a webserver) can not be sufficient for high speed because this kind of servers does not "hold out the load" of a lot of users...
This speedtest use best and efficient method to test your DOWNLOAD speed with the "mirror method" who tries to download in same time a lot of big files from best FTP mirror servers you can access...
Note this software works well under Windows 2K/XP and greater (see the FAQ for Vista/2008/Seven) and only long & French tests works under Windows 9x...
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First, every FTP server (one French test FTP server and all MANDRIVA ISO distribution mirror servers by default in v3.00) are tested since about 13 seconds to known her individual speedtest...
Second, the eight FTP servers who gives you biggest data volume with the first test will be used during 2 minutes for a multithread FTP download to known your real speedtest...
Since the version 3.10, this software contains a lot of quick tests which satisfies majority of users...
QUICK LAUNCH:
- After installing my software, validate default choices by typing on "ENTER" keystroke (please read all the text before validate ;),
- Unlock/authorize CURL ("The cURL executable") and HTTRACK softwares (MS-DOS) if your firewall ask you about this,
- Wait the elapsed time displayed and read the result in the blue lines which are present on the end of the web report.
Some interesting values:
- VoIP use 12 KBytes/s IP,
- Classical TV DSL use 2,1 MBits/s IP for cartoons to 3,8 MBits/s for movies or TV shows,
- HDTV DSL use 8,1 MBits/s IP for movies or TV shows.
General F.A.Q about this software:
Q: Is this software is free ?
A: Yes, core is based from the GPL software HTTRACK and my batch are freeware.
Q: I use Vista, why this software does not works the next time i want to launch it ?
A: Because the UAC protection included in Vista is very stupid... The only known workarounds is to disable it, install again my software everytime you want to launch it or (better choice) use specific Vista build and use default directory which is not permanently checked by UAC...
Q: I use Windows 7 A.K.A's Windows Seven or Windows 2008, must i know some requirements ?
A: See Vista section above
Q: I use Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows 2003, Windows 2008, must i know some requirements ?
A: No problem ;)
Q: How long this test durates ?
A: Version 3.0 with multithread has decreased speedtest duration from 15 to 5 minutes... European and French test last about 2 minutes...
Q: My antivirus tells me your software can be dangerous !
A: This software contains a lot of batch commands... some "high sensibility" antivirus can not like this kind of computer language...
Q: What is your guarantee to obtain real result ?
A: In a theorical manner, this test mainly use university networks and FTP servers all around the world which is all reputable more performant than a lot of commercial services as ISP or others multinationals. In a practical manner, this software has been sucessfully tested on several 100 Mbit/s FTTH network lines. I think this software can not actually (in September 2007) detect speed more than 500 Mbit/s for download...
Q: What is his advantage ?
A: It is the only software from 400 (four hundreds) i have succesfully tested to displaying real download result from line over 10 MBit/s... if you prefer to choose beautiful and unprecise speedtest WEB applications it is you choice but not mine sic !
Q: In my case, i use a small Internet offer as POTS or a small DSL offer as 2 Mbit/s) and all WEB tests i use give me same value as your test ! what is the interest of your software for my case ?
A: It is in fact the opposite observation of preceding question and i will give you the same answer: my software has a guarantee ;)
Q: I have unistalled your software but some files "stays" in the directory !
A: You can safely delete these files and optional "upload" directory... Under Vista and with UAC (enabled by default), the directory name itself can not be deleted (all his content yes) and i can not do anything for you, notice this trouble is also available for other software as mine...
Q: How to test my UPLOAD speed ?
A: Version 3.0 to 3.31 included an upload test but it can be technically easily detected so i stop to purpose it... Upload speed can be also tested by transferring a big file to a FTP site or by using a upload test site ( here or here ) without obtaining bad result because UPLOAD tests use less bandwidth than DOWNLOAD tests... (in 2007, the majority of servers detect my 1 Mbit/s upload speed but not 50 Mbit/s FTTH uploads speed...)
Q: Is this software is compatible with BartPE ?
A: No because this kind of emulation is too slow (i have tried to install it in my hard disk with no success)
Q: Your default DOWNLOAD test are too long ! What is the best quick test i can use with my specific commercial offer ?
A: See below:
| I live in France | I live outside France | Speed of commercial offer | I choose in the download menu the number... |
|---|---|---|---|
Technical F.A.Q about this software:
Q: What is the theorical limit of this software when i use long version ?
A: This software can give bad results when the sum of average speed from eight best tested FTP servers is smaller than your maximal theorical speed... When i wrote this sentence (september 2007) and since France, the safety margin for my software to guarantee the result when the Internet network works well was about 700% on a DSL 28 Mbit/s ATM and about 450% on a 100 MBit/s IP network line.
Q: I actually notice than my Internet connexion in some countries is dramatically slow but your test gives me my full speed ! why ?
A: The given final speed by this software for international tests is only a GLOBAL parameter which is often reached even if some Internet network part of your ISP are down or overloaded. In others words, my international tests (with no report) can not permit us to detect some networks problems at your ISP but ONLY on a signifiant part or the totality of his network ! "1" menu from extra tools purpose to list all tested servers and calculate a "speedsum" which permits to you to counterbalance the main result if you suppose they are a temporary problem...
Q: Why your quick test is not accurate than long test ?
A: Because all FTP servers are tested by "eight groups" in accordance with list order: the hazard can do that an average speed FTP server (tested with 7 down or lazy others servers) can be better classified for the final test than 8 best FTP servers tested together in same time...
3.30 Version now purposes, with an one minute additionnal time (compared to old quick test) to increase his accuracy by testing again the 20 best FTP servers tested... in a practical manner, this test well increase the quick test but real best and good test will always be the long test because too few FTP servers (in February 2007) reachs speed more than 50 Mbit/s...
Q: Why you does not use HTTP test servers for downloads ?
A: Only because my test can be detected (with "User-Agent" and "Referer" info)
Q: Why you use 8 simultaneous threads for this kind of test ?
A: My internal tests shows we must use more than 3 threads to guarantee and saturate an Internet link. The other advantage is to increase safety margin (see below) because more you use threads (in a clever way), less FTP servers you use can be "ultra-powerful" to guarantee result...
Q: Why some WEB speedtest can give me a value greater than your software ? A: All WEB speedtest installed in some big servers -AND- which using very small testfile (which give you result in less than 3 seconds for high speed) can give you in about 10% of case some greater values who can be higher than 25% of your maximal average speed because this delay is too short for the ISP hardware to stabilize your commercial rate...>BR>
Q: Why your software does not test all FTP servers in same time?
A: Because it is really unnecessary and disrepectful to use on very test during 2 minutes some faraway servers from your country which in all cases will does not "hold out the load"...
F.A.Q about speed test:
Q: How to optimize my PC ?
A: With TCP OPTIMIZER
Q: I'm afraid my computer is too old !
A: FYI 6 Mbit/s IP speed (7,2 Mbit/s ATM) has been very hard to optain under a Pentium II 233Mhz Windows 98SE without firewall, antivirus and others spywares ;) We can write here without tell you some big mistakes that a Pentium I is the minimum to surf on 512 Kbits, a Pentium 3 for 8 Mbit/s and a P4 to surf on 20 Mbit/s (i only suppose for the last thing)
Q: I'd like to compare values you display with real commercials offers...
A: See below:
| Software values |
Real IP value | Real ATM value | Name of commercial offer |
|---|---|---|---|
(1) DSL and FTTH are not the same technology / It is too early to have some real values because they are too few customers in France ;)
Known bug:
- All English versions was forced in French Version :-( Please destroy the directory and install again the software :-(
- In somes case, my test gives you 0 bytes ;) It is because you have been temporarly disconnected.
- You have been several users to write me my software can display "no testfile found... it is because you are not connected on the net..." even if your are connected !
Please understand this bug stays forever if nobody accept to waste a little time to help me to found the problem...
If you discover a bug:
No software or programmer is perfect so please give your report by mail with this informations:
- Used software version number ?
- Used Windows version (if you use Vista, do you use yet UAC ?) ?
- What firewall and antivirus do you use ?
- Please describe with a lot of precision the problem, copy/paste the error or send me screenshot (via imageshack.us if possible)...
Thanks in advance for your help...
What's New:
v 3.42:
- Emergency publication of 3.42 version because autoupdate has sent English and French version in same time :-( Sorry for this bug :-(
- Two stupid core bugs repaired (did not affect results :) (#)
- Menu 8 from extra tools permits to launch software without autoupdate and lowspeed detection, now when this mode is used every line of historical report begins by "F" letter (#).
v 3.97:
- The firewall detection has been improved,
- Several stupid bugs repaired,
- One stupid core bug repaired (did not affect results :)
- I hope autoupdate will works well for the next release ;),
- Menu 3 and 7 crashed, now repaired (#).
- Small sizes detection core has been removed,
- Add a lot of new servers for test 4, 6 and 8... i will study in a few weeks to choose best of them...
v 3.98:
- Several small bugs repaired,
- A big core update has been done to improve it when guaranteed result can not been... guaranted ,)
- Number of simultaneous downloads has been increased from 5 to 8.
v 4.00:
- Security installed since the 3.98 version has been downgraded for choice number 3,
- Several small bugs repaired,
- Choice number 4 wasn't works in a real POTS line argh ! (Thanks Joanna C.).
v 4.02:
- Several cosmetic bugs repaired,
- Thanks to additional software "winlocate", the software can be able to detect up to 500 Mbit/s bandwidth.
- A new internal audit has improved DNS dupes detection,
- Another big core update has been done: choice number 7 is now choice number 1,
- Adding in choice number 1 some continent tests (with same guaranties as the international test) which knows her theorical speed value,
- Long test contains now an option to automatically shutdown computer after the test ! useful when you wish to launch the test before going to work or to sleep ;) At next software startup, the report will be displayed !
TO BE SURE YOUR COMPUTER WILL SHUTDOWN AT THE END OF THE TEST, YOU MUST CLOSE ALL OPEN SOFTWARES BEFORE LAUNCHING THE TEST !!!,
- In some cases, a few servers in the quick test wasn't been tested.
v 4.03:
- Several cosmetic bugs repaired,
- A missing information message in the French version,
- GRRRRRRRRR ! The AutoUpdate forced to French version all english versions :-(
v 4.04:
- Two changes in the translation file.
The AutoUpdate function has ever given you this feature or this version before the next version ;)
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS:
- Thanks to THF for question.exe and Patrick Vincendon for winlocate.exe,
- Thanks to Pierre, SEKH, stlf, zebu66 and gsrider (beta-testers) ;)
LAST DATE OF CORE DATABASE UPDATE: 15/01/2010 (DD/MM/YYYY date format)
ABUSE AND WARNING:
Using this kind of FTP servers is not logic (it is not for speedtest all these FTP mirrors servers has been made...) so please be clever for the Internet community to do not abuse to launch this software...
FTP Admins who wish to do not include his FTP server from all my FTP list can write me and create an empty file in the directory before the mirror directory as "ftp.foo.com/pub/mirror/no-speedtest-here-please.txt"
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