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Ask HN: How to find the network bottleneck to my cloud storage provider?

8 pointsby l8rlumpabout 3 years ago
I recently signed up for a lifetime plan with PCloud EU. I used their integrated speed test because the speed is erratic and unusable at its worst. PCloud support directed me to my ISP but they haven’t been helpful beyond asking me to reset my equipment. The connection is just as slow on my fast work connection with a different ISP. Speedtest.net to other servers in the same country (Luxembourg) are fine from both home and work connections. Is there something like traceroute that can measure the speed (Mbps) for each hop, or a better way to see where the bottleneck is?

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bradknowlesabout 3 years ago
You can set up iperf3 clients and servers on your own equipment, and use that to test throughput and bandwidth.<p>There are other tools you can use to test for bottlenecks. I&#x27;m still trying to recall the names of the tools I&#x27;ve seen in this space.