LANBench

LANBench is a software tool which can be used in order to help individuals test their network connection, and it is based on Winsock 2.2.

This utility is portable, which means that the installation process can be easily skipped. Consequently, the Windows registry is not going to be updated with new entries, and after its removal, you will not find traces of it left behind.

Another notable aspect is that by placing the program files to an external data device, such as a USB drive, it is possible to take LANBench everywhere with you, and test the network connection of any computer you can connect to.

The UI you come by can only be described as being simple, as it only contains a small menu bar and a panel to display details pertaining to your network’s performance. This means that all user categories can handle it, as long as they have some basic knowledge pertaining to networks.

Help contents are not provided, yet they are not actually needed, when considering how simple it is to use this tool.

Test the network’s performance and configure the assessment

From the settings panel, you can input the server address and port that is going to be listened to, as well as establish the test duration, packet size, number of connections and transfer mode (send and receive, send only or receive only).

Once all of these are set you can start testing your network’s performance. The main window is going to display currently sent and received data, as well as the average ones.

LANBench is a useful piece of software, which enables you to view how good your network connection is. The response time is good, the environment is friendly and the computer’s performance is not affected at all. Nonetheless, an update is in order.