How do you check the speed of a website to see how fast your host is? - GoFuckYourself.com

Rhino22 · 12-20-2004, 07:12 PM

I want to check the speed of my current websites and compare them to the speeds of other sites being hosted by other hosts. How do I do this?

I am sure there are websites out there that u can just post the URL of a site and they can tell you the speed of the bandwidth. A URL and a quick explanation on what to look for would be appreciated!

TheSwed · 12-20-2004, 07:17 PM

Try this tool http://www.alertsite.com/cgi-bin/tsite3.pl

Trixxxia · 12-20-2004, 07:23 PM

Do you know what the average speeds are supposed to be or great speeds?

Magg · 12-20-2004, 07:25 PM

You cant trust those things, everything depends on a lot of major factors.

The only real way to actually find out how things are loading, is by giving people test download links, or having a mass number of people visit the EXACT SAME site on differant hosts.

Rhino22 · 12-20-2004, 10:35 PM

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Originally posted by TheSwed
Try this tool http://www.alertsite.com/cgi-bin/tsite3.pl

thanks for the tool. What is a traceroute? I hear people talking about that all the time, what exactly is it? And what is a good traceroute and what is a bad one?

sean416 · 12-20-2004, 10:41 PM

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Originally posted by Rhino22
thanks for the tool. What is a traceroute? I hear people talking about that all the time, what exactly is it? And what is a good traceroute and what is a bad one?

traceroute is the route it goes through to get to your site. If someone in london, england wants to check out a site thats hosted in houston, texas... it probably goes through a multitude of networks.. so a traceroute is the map or directions it took to get to your server.

I dont know fi theres such thing as a good/bad traceroute, I'd assume the less places it had to go to get to your site, the better.

Magg · 12-20-2004, 10:44 PM

hops dont make that much of a differance, as long as latency (ping times) are relatively normal.

For webhosting (IE: websites etc) 120ms and under should be fine in terms of page loading speed and download rate.

a traceroute shows the 'path' you take to get to that certain point in the internet.

Top Jimmy · 12-20-2004, 10:47 PM

Total Time: 2.6454

is that decent?

Rhino22 · 12-21-2004, 10:10 PM

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Originally posted by Top Jimmy
Total Time: 2.6454

is that decent?

I got .8313 on one of my sites! I assume thats pretty good?

mouse · 12-21-2004, 10:14 PM

i got 0.3275 on the total time for web test on one of my domains

andrej_NDC · 12-22-2004, 07:01 AM

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Originally posted by mouse
i got 0.3275 on the total time for web test on one of my domains

total time depends on how many thumbs and graphic there is on the site, if you submit a blank site with a few links, of course the total time will be low...

Rhino22 · 12-23-2004, 12:48 PM

very helpfull replies so far, thanks!

I gather that ping or latency is the best way to find the speed of a host?

sixxxthsense · 12-23-2004, 12:52 PM

I got Total Time: 0.1279

so far I own u all

Rhino22 · 12-23-2004, 02:54 PM

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Originally Posted by sixxxthsense

I got Total Time: 0.1279

so far I own u all

I guess you do

whats your site, google? ;)

12-20-2004, 07:12 PM	#1
Rhino22 Confirmed User Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Florida Posts: 2,288	How do you check the speed of a website to see how fast your host is? I want to check the speed of my current websites and compare them to the speeds of other sites being hosted by other hosts. How do I do this? I am sure there are websites out there that u can just post the URL of a site and they can tell you the speed of the bandwidth. A URL and a quick explanation on what to look for would be appreciated!

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12-20-2004, 07:25 PM	#4
Magg Confirmed User Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: ICQ: 132497047 Posts: 4,467	You cant trust those things, everything depends on a lot of major factors. The only real way to actually find out how things are loading, is by giving people test download links, or having a mass number of people visit the EXACT SAME site on differant hosts.

12-20-2004, 10:44 PM	#7
Magg Confirmed User Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: ICQ: 132497047 Posts: 4,467	hops dont make that much of a differance, as long as latency (ping times) are relatively normal. For webhosting (IE: websites etc) 120ms and under should be fine in terms of page loading speed and download rate. a traceroute shows the 'path' you take to get to that certain point in the internet.

12-21-2004, 10:14 PM	#10
mouse Confirmed User Join Date: Sep 2004 Posts: 359	i got 0.3275 on the total time for web test on one of my domains

12-23-2004, 12:48 PM	#12
Rhino22 Confirmed User Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Florida Posts: 2,288	very helpfull replies so far, thanks! I gather that ping or latency is the best way to find the speed of a host?

12-23-2004, 12:52 PM	#13
sixxxthsense Confirmed User Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Toronto Posts: 2,421	I got Total Time: 0.1279 so far I own u all