I'm trying to see if it would be worthwhile to upgrade my PC computer to a 5 GHz wireless adapter. The only device I own that is capable of using the 5 GHz band is my iPad. So, I'm trying to see if it's possible to measure LAN speeds on my iPad. So, any ideas?
IOS – n app available from the App Store (iOS) to find out the LAN speed
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Best Answer
If you want to measure the speed (bandwidth) between your iPad and your PC, take a look at
iperf. It is available for computers and there are versions on the App Store for iOS too (the one I use seems to have gone away, but searching the App Store for "iperf" reveals several possible options).You run an iperf server at one end (eg the PC), and a client at the other (eg the iPad). It runs for a configurable amount of time (I think the default is 1 minute), and then tells you how much data it managed to transfer.
Compared to eg copying a file, the figures you get this way are a more accurate reflection of the available network speed, because copying a file requires retrieving the data from a hard drive, writing it at the other end, sending acknowledgements, the overhead of the file transfer protocol etc... iPerf is simpler than that: it just transfers data as fast as it can.