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Most accurate bandwidth measurments

What would be the most accurate way of measuring bandwidth at the gateway? Basically, I want to find out what is the speed I'm getting before the firewall and all other security measures get to slow it down. I could call the ISP and ask them but I was wondering if there's a way to do that. Should I put a laptop in the DMZ?

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That's a great idea to see traffic but I also need to find what is the speed of the connection before it hits the firewall.

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Thank you for your response!

By plugging the Ethernet directly, you mean to remove it from the firewall and plug it into the laptop? I'm not sure if that's possible since that would take us offline. Am I understanding your suggestion correctly?

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