>> Have they changed the tester....
Up until a couple of months ago there used to be just 1
BTw speedtester on iirc
http://speedtester.bt.comBUT the old BT speedtester was accessible on 2 separate IP addresses.
http://217.32.105.42 and
http://217.35.209.142It would be completely pot luck which IP address you got allocated if using the domain name.
There were some differences between the testers on the 2 different IP addresses.
The main ones being that:-
217.32.105.42 was limited to 1 test every 30 mins - but could be accessed without logging on to the BT speedtest domain.
217.35.209.142 had no limits to the speedtests you could do but could only be accessed if you had correctly logged into the speedtest domain.
A couple of months ago BTw came up with the
"Performance Tester".
This test uses the IP address 217.35.209.142 and can be accessed without logging into the bt speedtest domain.
So that leaves us with 2 slightly diferent types of tests, both of which can be accessed without having to log into the correct domain.
I have seen a few instances of some people over the past few months saying they havent had to confirm the ISP login details for the performance tester, but its not something Ive personally seen so Im not sure whats going on with that one.
Your first test results looks like it came from the BTw Speedtester
- The second set of results looks like it came from the performance tester.
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>>> Should I ask my ISP to do a "Woosh" test.?.
The figures provided from a woosh will be the same (or very similar to) those produced by your router. Woosh requires your router to be online since it actually gets the figures by communicating with your router.
Sample of information available from a WOOSH test
http://www.kitz.co.uk/adsl/images/WOOSH.gif>> IP profile for your line is - 3500 kbps
That means in the past few days your lowest sync speed has been somewhere in the range of 4000 kbps to 4512 kbps.
IP profile is an indication of what
actual throughput speeds you could expect to see on your line after allowing for such things as overheads if all conditions were perfect (no ISP or exchange contention).
More info under "Data Rate" on this page
http://www.kitz.co.uk/adsl/maxdsl2.htmLooks like your data rate is slowly on the up - provided you manage to maintain the higher sync speeds.
>>> I have "Interleaving 9 " on What does the 9 mean
I believe that figure relates to Interleaving Depth - see explanation on page
http://www.kitz.co.uk/adsl/interleaving.htm