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Softpedia Editor's Review for LAN Speed Test
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A useful application that will test the speed of your Local Area Network
Written by Bogdan Popa on March 16th, 2012
LAN Speed Test is a straightforward Windows software tool designed to test the speed of your Local Area Network, relying on an intuitive user approach and a limited number of configuration options.
Since it's a network tool, it's extremely important to know how to deal with rookies, so LAN Speed Test tries to make everything a bit easier with a very simple interface and a few settings.
It's impossible to get lost in the main window because it holds all details concerning the speed test, while also displaying computer name, IP and MAC addresses. You're prompted to configure the folder or server IP to perform the test, as well as the number of test packets, with values ranging in between 1 and 100.
The results of the tests are again displayed right in the main window, which means you can see stats regarding packet length, average time per packet, time to complete, bytes per second and bits per second.
A small dedicated configuration screen is also available, again with a great amount of information on the available options, enabling you to choose the test packet size and to turn on the debug window.
Last but not least, LAN Speed Test comes with a dedicated tool for scanning the network, displaying each computer in the LAN together with IP address, MAC address and name.
A comprehensive help file is also included in the package, providing detailed information on every single feature and thus lending a hand to beginners who may need assistance throughout the speed test.
Overall, LAN Speed Test is a very handy piece of software, being able not only to log all the information, but also to export results to CSV files. Plus, it works just fine on all Windows versions and doesn't affect system performance.
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LAN Speed Test description
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Here are some key features of "LAN Speed Test":
· Very Fast! Most tests are less than 1 minute
· Progress window that displays progress bar and allows user to cancel at any time
· New LST Server support for a more accurate True network speed without hard drive limitations - Even test WAN (internet) speed with LST Server
· New Logging Capabilities
· Scheduling runs now an option with logging and new Command Line format
· New Open/Save option to .csv file
· Individual profiles automatically saved to .ini file to remember all settings
· Selectable Speed Measurements
· Command Line Mode (Allows network administrators to start the test from the client's workstation and view the log file from anywhere on the network)
Limitations:
· Doesn't show the full test results, unless registered
· nag screen What's New in This Release: [ read full changelog ]
· LAN Speed Test now builds the large test files on the fly in 1 MB chunks instead of the whole thing at once. Now you can test with test packets up To 9 GB in size and LAN Speed Test will still only take a maximum of 10 MB of your RAM! This works when testing to a shared folder or to the LST Server.
· Cancel is very responsive now on all data transfers
· All Network Scan info (Name & Notes) is now saved by MAC address instead of IP address since IP addresses are not always static
· Name is now editable in Network Scan
· Sort by columns is now supported in Network List and Log View
· 'Folder or Network IP' can now be over 30 characters in Log View (this was causing Log View display to be empty)
· Log file is now a .csv file instead of a .txt file
· If you closed the log window with the 'X' - you could have lost changes to the Log file without warning
· All results are now correctly displayed as decimal instead of binary (i.e. 1 MB = 1,000,000 instead of 1,048,576)
· Progress display is more res...
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