Where to find pc's BANDWIDTH (???)

[firefly]

I was trying to optimize my internet connection with my 'Advanced System Care'. It asks for my 'BANDWIDTH' but I am not sure what my bandwidth is. Does anybody know where to look on the computer/control panel/??? to find this info? I have a Windows Vista Acer laptop btw. My email is > e-mail deleted< if you know and can offer some help here. Thank you. Thank you.

Fire Fly:smile:

[solbjerg]

Hi firefly
You ought to know what kind of connection you have, - the higher bandwidth the more it usually costs. (What you pay your internet provider for)
Try writing bandwidth in Search and read the relevant posts, quite a lot has been written about it.
The actual bandwidth (speed) can vary for a number of reason, - how much traffic at the moment, how close you are to the server, the quality of your connection (copper line) etc.
But you can get an idea about your current speed by using some free product that measure it, - for example http://www.speedtest.net/
Or go to your Internet provider's site and log in with your username and password and you will then probably be able to see the information there.
Cheers
solbjerg

I was trying to optimize my internet connection with my 'Advanced System Care'. It asks for my 'BANDWIDTH' but I am not sure what my bandwidth is. Does anybody know where to look on the computer/control panel/??? to find this info? I have a Windows Vista Acer laptop btw. My email is > e-mail deleted< if you know and can offer some help here. Thank you. Thank you.

Fire Fly:smile:

[Ted]

It asks for my 'BANDWIDTH' but I am not sure what my bandwidth is.

Good question, firefly, and one that many would like the answer to. Many of us use the term without really knowing its exact meaning. A popular belief is that you can liken bandwidth to the diameter of a pipe or to the number of lanes on a highway. Can anyone give a simple definition to this much used term?

[solbjerg]

Hi Ted
You are right
Broadband could be likened to a multilane highway where the direction you drive could be the upstream lanes (upload) and the other direction (that usually has more lanes) could be the downstream lanes (download).
The bandwidth in this context would then be the number of lines measured in both directions (usually with download width first and then / the upload width)
It can be seen as a measurement of the speed with which the data transmission takes place.
The bandwidth is really the range of frequencies utilized in the transmission of data.
There have been very many definitions of this over the years ranging from as low as 64 kbit/s to 2 mbit/s, currently I think that the official "speed" is around 750 kbit/s to merit the designation broadband.
Cheers
solbjerg

Good question, firefly, and one that many would like the answer to. Many of us use the term without really knowing its exact meaning. A popular belief is that you can liken bandwidth to the diameter of a pipe or to the number of lanes on a highway. Can anyone give a simple definition to this much used term?

[Ted]

Hi, solbjerg,

Thank you for clarifying that. I did learn all about bandwidth in my early days as a TV technician, but someone told me recently that one of the side-effects of the cholesterol-lowering drug Lipex, which I take daily, is memory loss. So that's my excuse.

[solbjerg]

Hi Ted
Well, at least we are using the computer and in this way lubricating our brains a bit, but age will slow us down some they say, - and the age induced forgetfullness is something we all experience. I am with you there
A lot of technical information about broadband and bandwidth can be found on the internet, but I thought that a short layman description was what you were advertising for
So I staggered through it
Cheers
solbjerg

Hi, solbjerg,

Thank you for clarifying that. I did learn all about bandwidth in my early days as a TV technician, but someone told me recently that one of the side-effects of the cholesterol-lowering drug Lipex, which I take daily, is memory loss. So that's my excuse.

[garybear]

Hi firefly.I'll leave the technical stuff to the old guys. I'm a young 71 years old. Don't know all that technical stuff but if we're talking speed, I right click on my DSL icon in the system tray where the clock is and then click status. I suspect all servers are different but that' how mine works.You can also click start, connect to, server name DSL,status and find your speed. Not real good explaining things but I have an excellent screen printing program.{garybear}

[solbjerg]

Hi gary
You are right, that way you should be able to see your connecting speed (bandwidth), but you should not have used the Local Area Network (LAN) to depict it, the status of the Internet gateway would have shown the connecting speed.
Beautiful pictures - so try with one more where you show the status of the Internet gateway connection.
LAN just shows you the maximum connection speed of your ethernet card - not the actual connecting speed to the Internet.
Sorry I didn't mention this method - put it down to age
Cheers
solbjerg

Hi firefly.I'll leave the technical stuff to the old guys. I'm a young 71 years old. Don't know all that technical stuff but if we're talking speed, I right click on my DSL icon in the system tray where the clock is and then click status. I suspect all servers are different but that' how mine works.You can also click start, connect to, server name DSL,status and find your speed. Not real good explaining things but I have an excellent screen printing program.{garybear}

[garybear]

Ok

Ok solbjerg. Mine both show the same speed but LAN has limited or no connectivity, what ever that means. To me it means I can't access the internet. Here are screen prints of both. Live well my friend.{garybear}

[solbjerg]

Ok gary
I'll submit a screenshot too, hope it will be decipherable in Danish
Network Connections
Start/Control Panel/Network Connections - right click your Internet gateway and choose Status.
Cheers
solbjerg
P.s. by the way gary what does this say in relation to your internet connection speed?
http://www.speedtest.net/

Ok solbjerg. Mine both show the same speed but LAN has limited or no connectivity, what ever that means. To me it means I can't access the internet. Here are screen prints of both. Live well my friend.{garybear}

[garybear]

Hi friend

Hi solbjerg. Nice screen print. I couldn't read but it looked good to me. WOT tells me your web page has a bad reputation, so I didn't take the test. I will wait until you confirm it is safe to use. Live well my friend. {garybear} Sorry friend I must have clicked the wrong place the first time.

[enoskype]

Perhaps, an English version of the image would help, as the link is given in USAGE of IOBIT PRODUCTS thread.






Cheers.

[garybear]

I can read yours lol

Perhaps, an English version of the image would help, as the link is given in USAGE of IOBIT PRODUCTS thread.

Hi enoskype. Yes I can read yours.What about the speed test. Wot is giving me warnings. Can you advise me on that?

[enoskype]

BTW,

BEAR IN MIND THAT, THIS IS NOT ALWAYS THE MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE DOWNLOAD SPEED THAT YOU MADE THE DEAL WITH YOUR ISP!!!

Cheers.

[solbjerg]

Hi gary
You must have clicked "Free scan" - shouldn't do that just "Begin test"
That doesn't generate a warning - by me at least.
Cheers
solbjerg

And enoskype - thanks for the readable screenshot

Hi enoskype. Yes I can read yours.What about the speed test. Wot is giving me warnings. Can you advise me on that?