On Mon, Feb 08, 2021 at 12:22:49PM +0000, Mark Rogers wrote:
What is the best way to test the reliability of an Internet connection?
I am getting lots of dropouts on things like Zoom meetings or Netflix, but a speed test is always healthy (typically close to 200Mbps on my Virgin connection). But speed isn't everything - a stop-start connection with lots of gaps can still get a high average speed.
Problem is I don't even know what to search for!
Ideally a simple "here's a rating" tool but happy to get my hands dirty if needed, eg if there are things I could monitor with Wireshark or whatever.
Not a simple rating tool, but I'm a fan of smokeping (https://oss.oetiker.ch/smokeping/) for monitoring these things - clearly shows latency and packet loss over time (though nothing about speed) and you can set it up to monitor a few different end points.
J.