Download Nettest

Windows

Nettest will run under Windows 2000, XP or Vista. It depends on the WinPcap network capture library and also requires that your Windows .Net components are up to date (run Windows Update to check). Make sure these are installed before installing Nettest. The easiest way to get started is by downloading the installer for the Nettest client which will guide you through the install process.

Double-clicking on the nettest notification icon on your taskbar will open your personal nettest page where you can update details of your ISP and connection plan. From here you can also view graphs of your network performance and compare it with that of other people on your ISP or who live nearby. You can also access this page (as well as other options) by right clicking on the nettest notification icon. After installing the client you may need to wait up to 20 minutes before there are enough data points to display a graph.

Linux

Nettest depends on the libtrace trace processing and network capture library. Prebuilt packages for some flavours of Debian and Ubuntu are available from our repository. Add the appropriate repository to your /etc/apt/sources.list to easily install and update both libtrace and nettest. One of:

	deb http://nettest.wand.net.nz/debian sarge main
	deb http://nettest.wand.net.nz/debian etch main
	deb http://nettest.wand.net.nz/ubuntu hardy main
	deb http://nettest.wand.net.nz/ubuntu intrepid main
	deb http://nettest.wand.net.nz/ubuntu lenny main

They can then be installed using your favourite package management tool:


	sudo apt-get update
	sudo apt-get install libtrace3
	sudo apt-get install nettest

If you aren't using Debian or Ubuntu, then you can always build from source. Download the most recent Nettest source release and build it with commands similar to the following:


	tar xzvf nettest-1.0.3.tar.gz
	cd nettest-1.0.3
	./configure
	make
	make install (as root)

Because the nettest client runs as a daemon it has no user interface through which you can access your information. You can find the URL to access your statistics in /var/lib/nettest/yourstats This URL is your personal nettest page where you can update details of your ISP and connection plan. From here you can also view graphs of your network performance and compare it with that of other people on your ISP or who live nearby. After installing the client you may need to wait up to 20 minutes before there are enough data points to display a graph.

Mac OS X

Nettest will run on both Intel and PPC machines running Mac OS X 10.4 or newer. The installer contains everything you need to run Nettest. The easiest way to install Nettest is to download the Nettest client disk image.

Because the nettest client runs as a daemon it has no user interface through which you can access your information. You can find the URL to access your statistics in /private/var/db/nettest/yourstats. This URL is your personal nettest page where you can update details of your ISP and connection plan. From here you can also view graphs of your network performance and compare it with that of other people on your ISP or who live nearby. After installing the client you may need to wait up to 20 minutes before there are enough data points to display a graph.