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Throughput Test
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Contents
Contents ........................................................................................................................................................ 2
Introduction .................................................................................................................................................. 3
Overview ............................................................................................................................................... 3
System Requirements ........................................................................................................................... 3
Installation and Configuration....................................................................................................................... 4
Installation ............................................................................................................................................. 4
Configuring the Server .......................................................................................................................... 4
Configuring the Client ........................................................................................................................... 5
Performing the Tests ..................................................................................................................................... 6
QoS Testing............................................................................................................................................ 8
Understanding Your Results ........................................................................................................................ 10
Throughput .......................................................................................................................................... 10
Packet Loss .......................................................................................................................................... 10
Round-Trip Time .................................................................................................................................. 10
Frequently Asked Questions ....................................................................................................................... 11
Other Network Analysis Software ............................................................................................................... 12
2 Contents | TamoSoft Throughput Test
Introduction
Overview
TamoSoft Throughput Test is a utility for testing the performance of a wireless or wired network. This
utility continuously sends TCP and UDP data streams across your network and computes important
metrics, such as upstream and downstream throughput values, packet loss, and round-trip time, and
displays the results in both numeric and chart formats. TamoSoft Throughput Test supports both IPv4 and
IPv6 connections and allows the user to evaluate network performance depending on the Quality of
Service (QoS) settings.
TamoSoft Throughput Test is free software. It is brought to you by TamoSoft
, a software company that
develops cutting-edge network monitoring and analysis software for the Internet, LANs, and WLANs,
providing clients with the ability and confidence to meet the challenges of tomorrow's technology.
System Requirements
TamoSoft Throughput Test can run on computers with the following minimal system requirements:
Microsoft Windows: Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows 10, Windows Server 2008,
Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2012, Windows Server 2012 R2. Mac OS X: Mavericks
(10.9), Yosemite (10.10), El Capitan (10.11), Sierra (10.12). Android (client only): Android 4.1 and
newer.
1 GB of RAM.
5 MB of free disk space.
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Installation and Configuration
To perform a throughput test, the application uses two components: a server and a client. The server part
of the application listens for connections from the client, and the client connects to the server. Once the
connection has been established, the client and server send data in both directions, and the client part of
the application computes and displays the network metrics.
Installation
When you install the application, both the server and client components are installed. You can then run
either one, depending on how you plan to perform the tests. In a WLAN, the server part should be run on
the wired side of the network, while the client part should be run on a WLAN client. In this type of a setup,
"downstream" would be the data flow from the wired side of the network through the access point to
the client, and "upstream" would be the data flow from the client through the access point to the wired
side.
While this application is intended primarily for testing Wi-Fi network throughput, you can also use it to
test wired networks. If you test wired LANs, it's not important which of the two computers acts as a server
and which one acts as a client.
Configuring the Server
The server part of the application has only two configurable options: the port on which it listens for
incoming connections and the network protocol to be used (IP, also known as IPv4, or IPv6). By default,
the server listens on port 27100 and uses IPv4, as shown below:
If you want to change the port number or the protocol type, simply make the corresponding changes and
click Apply:
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