Test Your Bandwidth
Bandwidth allocated by BSNL as part of UGC Infonet is 10 Mbps(1:1). Many
users are complaining that they do not get 10 Mbps speed for download on
their desktop. It may be kindly noted that bandwidth of 10 Mbps is
guaranteed on the link between your NTE(Netwrk Terminating Equipment such as
router,STM switch etc) and ISP's gateway at the rate pf 10 Mbps. Downloading
any file from an International level will depend on the traffic on the
national and international gateways as well as the link speed to the server.
Even though we are glad to list few tools to test your bandwidth. In
INFLIBNET Centre, we have tested on the link and screenshots are attached.
Popular sites are |
1.http://www.speedtest.net/ |
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Every device connected to the public Internet is assigned a unique number
known as an Internet Protocol (IP) address. IP addresses consist of four
numbers separated by periods (also called a 'dotted-quad') and look
something like 117.105.162.142.
Since these numbers are usually assigned to internet service providers
within region-based blocks, an IP address can often be used to identify the
region or country from which a computer is connecting to the Internet. An IP
address can sometimes be used to show the user's general
location/university.
BSNL allocates 32 IP addresses for each university. This has to be validated
by publishers against your university to get authenticated for accessing
e-journals. This is a mandatory requirement for accessing e-Journals under
UGC Infonet digital library consortium. Many a times it is noted that the
IPs are not getting configured for accessing the publishers web site or
change the IP without informing INFLIBNET. This will lead to unautheticated
access to e-resources, which will eventually lead to user name and password
base loging for access.
Every Institute assign their own local Private IPs such as 192.x.x.x or
172.x.x.x. ISPs also assign a private IP to their clients on WAN sometimes
refer as WAN IP(172.x.x.x or 10.x.x.x) All IPs starting with 192, 172, 10
are privateand reserved for local/private network. This cannot be
autheticated for accessing e-resources undre UC Infonet. Please check your PC with any of the following tools for your IP
If you are not able to access e-resources, please send us screenshot of any
of these sites.
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Check Visibility Of Your Website |
If you are hosting your university web site and changed to the new ISP(BSNL), then you may check visibilty of your web site to the outside world. Please click the screenshot given with www.joomlamonitor.com. This will ask to enter your web site name. The site also give youa CAPTCHA code to enter. This will give the ping time taken from a remote server to your web site. It will also give you the 'trace route' result showing hop by hop reach to yor site. If it is giving error, you have to check your site addess, DNS entry with BSNL/ISP, and connectivity. Follow the 3 screen shot to Check visibility of your web site.(Screenshots given are INFLIBNET web site trace)
There are other tools also available. |
1.http://www.joomlamonitor.com/en/ |
2.http://www.joomlamonitor.com/en/quicktest.php
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3.http://www.joomlamonitor.com/en/quicktest.php
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