network useage

[havanger]

does anyone know of a program that i can use (perfer free) that can test my network. i have a wired network that has about 5 computers. i would like to know how my bandwidth they use, what they can upload and download at. i host serveral lan parties and would like to know how well the network performs. thank you for your help

 

[mikesgroovin]

These are great!
http://www.dslreports.com/tools

-Mike

 

[ekÆsine]

windows XP proffessional has built in monitoring tools. it is either the administravive tools or you have to goto windows add/remove windows components and add the network monitor utility.

also you can just alt-ctrl-del and look at the network utilization. it shows a line graph and percentages.

 

[havanger]

yeah, that's a great website (http://www.dslreports.com/tools), but i'm not connected to the internet with this lan. i would like to know how well my network performs when it's put to the test. a program that i could download and test with. i know about xp's built in, but that's just for one single computer usage. it dosen't tell me max download or upload speed.