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- Speed-O-Meter for Windows 95/98/NT/2000
- Copyright (C) 2000 by Trevor Paskett
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- Encourage me
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- If you find this program usefull, please drop me a line at tpaskett@bibbs.com
- to encourage me to improve it!!
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- What it does
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- Speed-O-Meter is a program that measures the TCP/IP speed of all interfaces
- on your machine including network adapters and modems. Use it to test your
- internet connection speed! It displays the TRUE transmission speed and does
- not average it like IE. This program is freeware.
-
- A word about Kilo-Bytes and Kilo-Bits
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- There is a significant difference between these two. The easiest way to get it
- straight it to go by this:
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- Bytes - The speed that is displayed by IE and other internet apps as the download
- speed. Thus with these hardware speeds you can expect this fast of throughput:
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- 56K (Modems) - 7K
- 128K (ISDN) - 14K
- 256K (Frame-Relay, DSL) - 28K
- 1544K (T1, Cable, WIreless) - 125K
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- Bits - This is more of the physical hardware speed. This displays the throughput
- in relationship to the hardware thoughput. Example on a 56K modem if you were
- downloading at half speed it would display 23K instead of 2.8K as IE would.
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- Of course don't be upset when your modem does not get 7K or 56K when downloading, and
- don't be surprised when sometimes you get 9K on your modem. This is just an overview.
- Of course text transfers faster than .zip files because of compression and sorts. There
- are many documents on the Internet to explain this and I won't here :).
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- Using Speed-O-Meter
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- Start Speed-O-Meter from the start menu.
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- Terms of Use
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- This software is provided "as is", without any guarantee made
- as to its suitability or fitness for any particular use. It may
- contain bugs, so use of this tool is at your own risk. We take
- no responsibility for any damage that may unintentionally be caused
- through its use.
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- Please distribute this software to all those you know in it's orignal form.
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- You may not use the source to Speed-O-Meter,
- without express written permission of Trevor Paskett.
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- Known Problems
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- Win95 - Problem with missing iphlpapi.dll. If you get this error please download:
- http://www.bibbs.com/ftp/iphlpapi.dll. Please let me know if this fixes
- the problem.
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- WinNT - Service Pack 4 or higher is required
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- Large
- Fonts - Text Readings do not display right with large fonts
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- Reporting Problems
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- If you encounter problems, please send a bug report to:
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- tpaskett@bibbs.com
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- Revision Info
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- v1.2 - Timer now runs in its own thread with highest priority so other apps or
- or moving the form does not affect accuracy.
- - Moved settings to new form
- - Added percents on the graphs
- - Added horizontal option
- - Added shrink option (phew!) :)
- - Added task bar option
- - Added minimize feature
- - Added Kilo-Bit or Kilo-Byte
- - Added Peak Reset
- - Settings window must be closed for it to be on top
- - Changed Max Speed to Peak Speed as that is what it really is :)
- - You can move the app around by clicking anywhere on the form
- - You can change the colors of the graphs
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- v1.1 - Add close button
- - Only 1 instance of netspeed.exe is allowed
- - Speed is now averaged over 3 seconds to produce a better result
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- v1.0 - Initial Release
-