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This page has been updated on 2009-12-21 for the release of Shareaza v2.5.1.0.

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Speed Testing

If your ISP didn't provide you with your connection speed, then you can either ask your ISP or test your connection. Speed testing is a free, 5 minute test that you run in your web browser to rate your speed.

1. Close Internet Programs - To properly measure speed, you need to close all applications that may be using your bandwidth. This includes Shareaza!
2. Find your Speed - SpeedTest.net provides test servers to the public that test from many locations. It records how fast your download and upload speeds are. Click on one of the testing servers to start testing.
   Tip: Make sure you have set the measurement to kilobits (Shareaza default) respectively kilobytes in the settings of speedtest.net (upper left corner of the page), this will make entering the values into Shareaza more easy. To find out what setting you're currently using in Shareaza, check the setting "show rates in" under Shareaza Settings >> General >> General.
3. Record the Data - After the test has been finished, write down your results for down- and uploading.
4. Do it again - Repeat steps 1-3 using a different servers on the SpeedTest.net site. This is a crucial step, so do not skip it.
5. Compile the Numbers - Now you should have at least three different 'Your Download' and 'Your Upload' numbers. Take the largest numbers in each category and forget the smaller ones (Example - If my download numbers were 752 kbps and 957 kbps, I'd take 957 kbps). Do the same for the upload results.
6. Analyze the Results - Your Download number is your 'Inbound' or 'Incoming' connection speed and your Upload number is your 'Outbound' or 'Outgoing' speed. Now, if you would like to configure Shareaza, you should be sure you don't put those number in there directly, since Shareaza could take up all of your speed, leaving none for you to surf the internet or check eMail. So, you should put ~90% or so of each number into Shareaza, giving a lot of performance, but some bandwidth left over (divide the numbers by 10 and multiply it with 9 to get 90%). Make sure you make the difference between bits and bytes when entering your speed test results into Shareaza. See Bits vs Bytes.