Network Bandwidth Information
and other
Network and Sccurity Tools.

1. All speeds are in BITS not BYTES.
   • KiloBITs are denoted as Kbps
     and KiloBYTEs are denoted as KBps
     
   • MegaBITs are denoted as Mbps
     and MegaBYTEs are denoted as MBps
     
2. A good rule of thumb, 10 BITs equal to one BYTE,
   and don't forget Kilo = 1,000 and Mega = 1,000,000
3. The first number before the / is the DOWN-STREAM speed which is to *YOU*,
   the second is your UP-STREAM speed which is from *YOU* to *THEM*.
4. Asymmetric (Data going up and down stream are NOT equal in both directions).
5. Symmetric (Data going up and down stream are ARE equal in both directions).

The following shows the SLOWEST at the top and the FASTEST at the bottom.

• 20-56 Kbps.

• 64 Kbps, (one B channel).
• 128 Kbps (two B channels).

• 140 Kbps / 48 Kbps.

• 500 Kbps / 60 Kbps.

• 64 Kbps.

• 56 Kbps.
• 128 Kbps.
• 256 Kbps.
• 384 Kbps.
• 512 Kbps.
• 1.544 Mbps. (Full T1)

• 1.544 Mbps.

• 56 Kbps (???).
• 128 Kbps.
• 192 Kbps.
• 256 Kbps.
• 384 Kbps.
• 512 Kbps (Honolulu).
• 768 Kbps.
• 1.544 Mbps.

• 2.400 Mbps / 229 Kbps.
  - Can be MUCH slower depending on the time of day.
  - WARNING: Excessive use, may result in service termination,
  for more go HERE.

• 1.5 Mbps / 64 Kbps-384 Kbps, aDSL
  (Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line).
• 1.5 Mbps / 1.5 Mbps, hDSL
  (High-bit-rate Digital Subscriber Line).
• 1.5 Mbps / 1.5 Mbps, sDSL
  (Single-line Digital Subscriber Line).
• 13 Mbps-52 Mbps / 1.5 Mbps- 2.3 Mbps, vDSL
  (Very high-data-rate Digital Subscriber Line).
• various speeds, rDSL
  (Rate Adaptive Digital Subscriber Line).

• 6.312 Mbps.

• 10 Mbps.

• 6 Mbps.
• 9 Mbps.
• 12 Mbps.
• 20 Mbps.
• 45 Mbps.

• 53 Mbps.

• 100 Mbps.

• 155 Mbps (Times two in Menlo).

• 274.176 Mbps.

• 622 Mbps.

• 1000 Mbps.

• 2488 Mbps.

• 9.952 Gbps.

Other Network and Security Tools:

DNS TESTS:

1. Create a (caching only) Domain Name Server (DNS) in 60 seconds, or less.
2. See if your DNS is vulnerable.

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   SPEED TESTS:
   
3. speedtest.oceanic.com
   
4. www.broadband.gov
   
5. www.SpeedTest.Net

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   IP-ADDRESS LOOKUP:
   
6. 98.207.226.113 (just ip-address)
   
7. http://checkip.dyndns.org/
   
8. http://www.whatismyip.org/ (just ip-address)
   

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   DEFAULT DEVICE PASSWORDS:
   
9. http://www.cirt.net/passwords/ Nikto too!
   

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10. ETHERNET MAC ADDRESSES, with a local copy of it HERE.
    
    
11. Search for a MAC by vendor address.
    i.e. 00:1E:E5:74:66:74

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12. CIDR:
    - Conversion Table, also with Reserved Network Numbers.

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13. Reverse Phone Number Lookup (at phonenumbers.addresses.com).
14. Foward Phone Number Lookup (at 800notes.com).

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15. Online Proxy Checker ... in Russia ...
16. Query spamcop.net to see if they think YOU are a apammer !

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NOTES:

Little Snitch and the Network Stats widget, are way cool!