how monitor my wireless networks

Apprecaite if anyone could answer to the following:

1. How to monitor the actual speed of my internet surfering ?
2. How to know or monitor whether my wireless networks have been connected
by someone else?
Thanks

On Sun, 12 Nov 2006 18:16:38 +0800, "c&c" <cedricncedric@yahoo.com.sg>
wrote in <4556f484$1@news.starhub.net.sg>:

>Apprecaite if anyone could answer to the following:
>
>1. How to monitor the actual speed of my internet surfering ?

http://netspeed.stanford.edu/

>2. How to know or monitor whether my wireless networks have been connected
>by someone else?

Use WPA with a strong passphrase.

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"c&c" <cedricncedric@yahoo.com.sg> hath wroth:

>1. How to monitor the actual speed of my internet surfering ?

Netstat Live:
| http://www.analogx.com/contents/down...etwork/nsl.htm

PerfMon:
| Start -> Run -> perfmon.msc (Windoze performance monitor).
Hit the "+" sign to add whatever looks interesting.

Windoze Task Manager:
| Start -> Run -> taskmgr.exe
Select "network" tab.

Lots of SNMP based tools:
| http://www.slac.stanford.edu/xorg/nmtf/nmtf-tools.html


>2. How to know or monitor whether my wireless networks have been connected
>by someone else?

Airsnare:
| http://home.comcast.net/~jay.deboer/airsnare/

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On Sun, 12 Nov 2006 20:00:05 -0800, Jeff Liebermann
<jeffl@comix.santa-cruz.ca.us> wrote in
<dkqfl2lod9c7ihu5pacqmg00mh59va081a@4ax.com>:

>"c&c" <cedricncedric@yahoo.com.sg> hath wroth:
>
>>1. How to monitor the actual speed of my internet surfering ?
>
>Netstat Live:
>| http://www.analogx.com/contents/down...etwork/nsl.htm

Yeech!

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John Navas <spamfilter0@navasgroup.com> hath wroth:

>On Sun, 12 Nov 2006 20:00:05 -0800, Jeff Liebermann
><jeffl@comix.santa-cruz.ca.us> wrote in
><dkqfl2lod9c7ihu5pacqmg00mh59va081a@4ax.com>:
>
>>"c&c" <cedricncedric@yahoo.com.sg> hath wroth:
>>
>>>1. How to monitor the actual speed of my internet surfering ?
>>
>>Netstat Live:
>>| http://www.analogx.com/contents/down...etwork/nsl.htm

>Yeech!

Why? It produces some rather odd numbers at times, but basically
works. I've used it for years with few suprises.

There are others:
http://www.dumeter.com
http://www.e-systems.ro/bandwidth_monitor.htm
http://www.softperfect.com/products/networx/ ($24)
http://www.bwmonitor.com ($20)
etc.

I prefer SNMP for obvious reasons. The WEB100 sites you mentioned are
great for benchmarking, but not monitoring. They don't give a real
time measure of current up/down speed which is what I thing is being
asked. Kinda like a speedometer.

Got any favorites?

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On Sun, 12 Nov 2006 22:21:18 -0800, Jeff Liebermann
<jeffl@comix.santa-cruz.ca.us> wrote in
<to2gl29jkc4at1dcvrpeh8hi96lulehe0e@4ax.com>:

>John Navas <spamfilter0@navasgroup.com> hath wroth:
>
>>On Sun, 12 Nov 2006 20:00:05 -0800, Jeff Liebermann
>><jeffl@comix.santa-cruz.ca.us> wrote in
>><dkqfl2lod9c7ihu5pacqmg00mh59va081a@4ax.com>:

>>>Netstat Live:
>>>| http://www.analogx.com/contents/down...etwork/nsl.htm
>
>>Yeech!
>
>Why? It produces some rather odd numbers at times, but basically
>works. I've used it for years with few suprises.

My take: Poorly programmed. Not terribly accurate.

>I prefer SNMP for obvious reasons. The WEB100 sites you mentioned are
>great for benchmarking, but not monitoring. They don't give a real
>time measure of current up/down speed which is what I thing is being
>asked. Kinda like a speedometer.
>
>Got any favorites?

I personally use Windows XP monitoring, but of course it's not terribly
user friendly. ;)

A number of more friendly and more accurate tools than Netstat Live, but
I'm too lazy (tm JL) to dig them out before bedtime. (Remind me and
I'll dig some up.)

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