Hopper 3 stream speed

[bobvick]

Ok I looked in every nook and cranny, but I cannot find a dedicated speed test in the menus anywhere. I've seen speed showing while streaming, but not a speed test per se.

Go and find "send status" then test connection, it will show the streaming speed.

 

[B1gted]

Go and find "send status" then test connection, it will show the streaming speed.

Thanks, will try that when I get home today from work.

 

[ralfyguy]

I would not have thought to look there. Thanks!

 

[Bobby]

Go and find "send status" then test connection, it will show the streaming speed.

Menu, Settings, Diagnostics, Status, Send Status, Test Connection....

 

[ralfyguy]

Menu, Settings, Diagnostics, Status, Send Status, Test Connection....

Actually really a stupid place to put that. Why not with the network setup menu? LOL

 

[Bobby]

Actually really a stupid place to put that. Why not with the network setup menu? LOL

Don't shoot the messenger!

 

[JM42]

The speed test doesn't really mean all that much for high-ish speed links (>15mbps or so )in my experience. The limiting factor appears to be how fast Dish's servers are willing to feed the data, not the actual capacity of the pipe. It appears Dish considers 10mbps or so "fast enough" and while there are bursts and times it goes higher, sustained rates always seem to be in the 10-20mbps range for me. The ISPs may be throttling to some degree as well. I have Comcast now, but results were the same with ATT.

 

[scottk52]

Ran the test just now and 85 mbps right now. Never saw that kind of speed streaming. Interesting.

 

[D. Manley]

Ran the test just now and 85 mbps right now. Never saw that kind of speed streaming. Interesting.

Conversely, my speeds on both 2.4G & 5G are slower by 30% or more than my HWS.

 

[bobvick]

Menu, Settings, Diagnostics, Status, Send Status, Test Connection....

Thanks, I have to be at the box to be able to find it. I'm at work right now.

 

[Dishusercan]

The speed keeps increasing, I only use to get around 20 mbps

 

[h2ouup2]

The speed test doesn't really mean all that much for high-ish speed links (>15mbps or so )in my experience. The limiting factor appears to be how fast Dish's servers are willing to feed the data, not the actual capacity of the pipe. It appears Dish considers 10mbps or so "fast enough" and while there are bursts and times it goes higher, sustained rates always seem to be in the 10-20mbps range for me. The ISPs may be throttling to some degree as well. I have Comcast now, but results were the same with ATT.

This ^ seems to be true. I have burst, of over 200, but I think it's Dish, I'm getting around 300 from my ISP consistently, on everything else (except my son's Play Station). I know Sony throttles it somewhat, and now it looks like Dish may too.

This will be interesting to try out and see...