08-26-2023, 07:44 PM
Download the BlackMagic Speed Test app.
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/blackmagic...4550?mt=12
Mount a shared volume from another Mac or PC from your your network. If you want to test max available network-speed, make sure that the shared drive/folder is from a SSD or speedy RAID.
Open the app. Click the tiny cog button to select the mounted share as your target.
Click "Start."
This will test your maximum transfer speed across the network.
Most of the time, this will provide a good estimate of your network-bandwidth.
Note that it's limited to the max network speed of the slowest device that you're connecting to/from, so if you're using a 802.11ac MacBook Pro to test the connection to a 802.11g Mac mini, you're not going to see 802.1ac speeds. And if you're connecting to a device with a slow drive, you may see reduced xfer speeds due to the impact of that drive's speed (even striped RAIDs often can't match the speed of a modern SSD and may not be able to keep up with the max speed of your network).
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/blackmagic...4550?mt=12
Mount a shared volume from another Mac or PC from your your network. If you want to test max available network-speed, make sure that the shared drive/folder is from a SSD or speedy RAID.
Open the app. Click the tiny cog button to select the mounted share as your target.
Click "Start."
This will test your maximum transfer speed across the network.
Most of the time, this will provide a good estimate of your network-bandwidth.
Note that it's limited to the max network speed of the slowest device that you're connecting to/from, so if you're using a 802.11ac MacBook Pro to test the connection to a 802.11g Mac mini, you're not going to see 802.1ac speeds. And if you're connecting to a device with a slow drive, you may see reduced xfer speeds due to the impact of that drive's speed (even striped RAIDs often can't match the speed of a modern SSD and may not be able to keep up with the max speed of your network).