1. What is my IP address?

Visit http://www.broadbandsandwell.org.uk/iptest.htm

2. How can I test the broadband link is working?

In your school's broadband cabinet there are three boxes:

Are the indicator LEDs on for each connection on these boxes?

On the smallest box (either labelled Pandatel or BT), are any of the LEDs red?

Can you get any websites to load, are other workstations able to connect to the Internet?

Can you connect to any internal webservers? (Turn off your proxy settings and try to connect to www.sandwellschools.org.uk)

3. How can I test the broadband WAN data transfer rate?

There is an FTP server inside the WAN. This should be accessible at maximum download speeds determined by your location (this is usually about 10Mbit/s). Connect as follows:

• Obtain individual direct connection to the broadband equipment, disconnecting the rest of your school.
• Open a "DOS" window on the PC (Start..Run, CMD OK)
  • ftp 172.28.12.8
  • (username is ftpuser, password is ftppass)
  • bin
  • hash (only if necessary, hash gives a visual cue that something is happening. type hash again to turn it off)
  • get 10Mb.zip
• When finished, the time taken will be displayed. This should be between 8 and 12 seconds for a 10Mbit/s connection.

4. How can I discover which proxy server I am using?

For information purposes please check through which proxy filter the schools is going through at the time

 

http://www.whatismyip.com/

 

Look for one of three possibilities:

filter01.url.slp.synetrix.local

filter02.url.slp.synetrix.local

filter03.url.slp.synetrix.local

 

5. How can I test the Internet data transfer rates?

Files from the 3 URLs below are hosted on 3 independent servers known to be very fast.

It will utilize full band capacity of a 100Mpbs circuit.

 

Clear cache and cookies in the via the browser.

IE: Tools >> Internet Options >> General >> Browsing history >> Delete >> Cookies and Temporary Internet Files

 

Locate the download button and start downloading saving the file on the desktop.

 

http://www.httpwatch.com/download/  - 13MB

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=a4dd31d5-f907-4406-9012-a5c3199ea2b3&displaylang=en – 348MB

http://www.apple.com/itunes/download/ - 75MB

 

This are the speeds you can expect:

 

100Mbps             - up to 11.92 MB/s

10Mbps                - up to 1.19 MB/s

2Mbps                  - up to 244 KB/s

6. Monitoring with HTTPWatch

Please download and install HttpWatch 7.1 Basic Edition

http://www.httpwatch.com/download/

 

Once installed and setup to record please copy and paste each of those URL’s into your browser waiting for each website to load fully.

 

http://www.sandwell.gov.uk/

http://www.hmrc.gov.uk

http://www.tesco.com/

http://www.amazon.co.uk/

http://edition.cnn.com/

http://www.gazeta.pl

http://www.sporting.pt

http://www.tctour.co.jp

https://ibank.barclays.co.uk/

http://www.google.co.uk/

 

Once completed please provide the log in the *.hwl format (click on save)

He is a table of times that can be expect: