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TheHox
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Re: Upstream requirements for apartment building

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Unfortunately I think these graphs suck.

I just had a kid to that 50mbps speed test, and it doesn't show anything of the sort, because they are only factored on a "5 minute average".

Is there a better way to monitor real time stats?

TomS_
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TomS_

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Ive used the free version of PRTG to do more so real time graphs in the past.

Of course, you could also whip up a script that uses RRD tool to do the same thing for free.

PRTG is also a Windows based tool which may or may not be useful (which is also the reason why I wouldnt use it more extensively than the occasional exercise.)

But you are right. If you download 50mbit/sec for only a couple of seconds, you probably wont see it on your 5 minute averaged graph.

You need to download full speed for 10 minutes, or enough to cover 2 polling periods to get an accurate figure.