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- !NetSpeed is a utility which gives a small window
- on the Desktop showing how busy the the network is.
-
- To use it log onto a fileserver and double-click
- on the application to run it FROM THE NETWORK.
- !NetSpeed monitors the response time of the
- fileserver from which it was run so although it
- can be installed on your hard disc doing so is a
- complete waste of time!
-
- The application will put its icon on the bar.
- Click on the icon to open the graph window.
- Click on the window's close icon to close it
- again. Note that when the window is not open
- !NetSpeed is completely inactive, taking no
- processor (or network) time at all.
-
- Clicking Menu on the icon gives a menu of five
- items.
-
- Info and Quit are as usual.
-
- Graph leads to a submenu of Speed or Load. Speed
- plots a line graph of the response time of the
- server in black, with a red line across the
- graph showing the average of the last 256
- readings. The higher the line the faster the
- response, so the line falls as the server gets
- slower. Load plots a bar chart similar to !Usage
- in which the bars get higher as the server gets
- busier. I personally much prefer the Speed graph
- but the choice is yours.
-
- Interval leads to a submenu of 1, 2, 5 or 10
- seconds. !NetSpeed does its stuff by the simple
- expedient of opening and closing a file every
- few seconds and seeing how long it takes. Using
- this menu you can choose how often it does this.
- More often means a closer watch on the server
- but causes more traffic itself, keeps the server
- busier (though not very busy even on 1 sec), and
- slows down the response of other applications on
- the Desktop. It's up to you.
-
- Scale leads to a submenu of 0.1, 0.5, 1.0 or 2.0
- seconds. This refers to the vertical scale of the
- graph plotted. I.e. choosing 1.0 would result in
- the line reaching the bottom of the speed graph
- if the server took 1 second (or more) to respond.
-
- I hope you find it useful.
-
- You can get in touch with me to pass on your
- bugs/comments/suggestions on:
-
- BTGold as 87:CBL038
- Arcade as Chris Ross.
-
- Please do!
-
- Chris Ross
- June 1991
-