MySpeed Server Manual

Introduction

Getting Started with MySpeed Server on Linux / Unix

STEP 1 : Start the Speed Test Applet

Download the mss.tar file, then untar the mss.tar file in a fresh directory.

(If you are familiar with 'rpm' you could download mss.rpm instead.
If you have chosen the rpm file, you can install with 'rpm -i <file>)

With either the tar file or the rpm file, the configure script should be run. Run the myspeed_configure.sh script on Linux with:-

sh myspeed_configure.sh

and on Solaris or FreeBSD

ksh myspeed_configure.sh

The script will ask what directory you want to install Myspeed into. The script will then look for and test each installed Java JVM. The first JVM that passes the test will be used. If one is not found in the /usr and /opt directory structure, you will be advised on how to obtain one.

The script will then test if there is only one ip-address the availability of port 80. If it is free that ipaddress port combination is used. If there is more than one ipaddress the script will present a list. Port 80 of the chosen address is tested, and if free it is used otherwise the user is asked to provide a port number to use, which is then again tested for availability. If that port is found to be used, the loop of question of ip-address and port is asked again until the ipaddress port is free.

For those hosts that have 'chkconfig' the script will ask if you want to install Myspeed as a system service, so that it is started at machine boot.

Finally the script will start Myspeed from the chosen install directory, and after a short delay of post installation configuration, the running process will tell you that you can browse to the chosen ipaddress:port

STEP 2. Start the MySpeed Server Engine

The starting and stopping of the Myspeed engine is with the 'start_myspeed.sh' script created in step 1.

The syntax for starting is

sh <install directory>/start_myspeed.sh

or if you are in that directory

start_myspeed.sh

and for stopping

sh <install directory>/stop_myspeed.sh

or if you are in that directory

stop_myspeed.sh

When the server starts you will see some confirmation messages including the IP address and port number allocated. You can now use a browser to request the main control panel by using the URL http://<ip address:port>.

Port 80 - best practices

Please note when configuring Myspeed, that chosing a port other than port 80 may have firewall access issues for customers.

It is suggested that you use another IP address on the server that has port 80 free.

STEP 3: Speed Test Web Pages

Once you have completed Step 2 above, you may use the example web pages provided or create your pages that incorporate the MySpeed Server applet. In addition, there are many ways to customize the appearance and behavior of the VoIP test applet.

Using MySpeed's Built-in Web Server for Demonstration and Reporting Pages

The Control Panel web page (as shown in Step 2 above) and accompanying demonstration pages allow you to easily test of many MySpeed Server features, and serve as templates for pages you can provide on your web site.

To access the control panel you just need to start up a browser with the URL address of the IP:Port displayed in Step 2, for example http://<IPaddress:port>.

Select the Perform New Test option to run VoIP tests and view various options including Custom Branding, Continous Test, and Email Results.

To view the database reports, select one of the Last Hour, Last Day or Last 30 Days options to see all speed test results for the specified time frame.

Select the Advanced Log Search option to create custom reports, line graph views or data export.

NOTE: The default password/username to access the reports is myspeed/iscool. You may change the account access in the myspeed.ini file. To access the Server Administration options such as server resource usage and settings, you would need to enable the AdminAccount in the myspeed.ini file. Details.

Using MySpeed Web Pages on Your Web Server

To run MySpeed bandwidth tests on your own web server such as Apache, you will need to enable the codebase option and then insert it in the HTML of the MySpeed web page. The codebase option allows you to serve the MySpeed test applet from a web server other than the MySpeed web server, or even from a different system from where MySpeed Server is installed. Details.

STEP 1

Modify the myspeed.ini file to declare the URL used to access the web page as the authorized codebase URL. For security reasons MySpeed Server only allows requests to codebase the MySpeed applet from the URL declared in the myspeed.ini file.

To proceed, using a text editor such as vi, scroll to the line below in the myspeed.ini file, and modify the domain and IP address to correspond to your MySpeed Server location.

CodebaseDomains=myspeed.visualware.com+205.234.111.147

This is a '+' separated list of domains/IP addresses that are permitted to host the applet. During the trial only one item is permitted in this list. In licensed mode, you can specify as many items as your license permits. If you specify more items than permitted, subsequent items will be ignored, and you will need to upgrade your license to support them. Leave blank or comment out to disable codebasing completely.

STEP 2

Modify the HTML code of the speedtest.html web page copied to your web server in Getting Started Step 1 to add a codebase option in the APPLET tags, as shown below.

<applet name="myspeed" code="myspeed.class" archive="myspeed.jar" width=600 height=400 codebase=http://myspeedserver:port></applet>

In the above HTML, myspeedserver is the domain (such as www.visualware.com) or IP address of your MySpeed Server. If MySpeed Server is using port 80 (recommended, see note below), it is not necessary to indicate the port number.

Once the codebase option is declared in the myspeed.ini and enabled in the web page, you should be able to view the speed test applet on your web server by going to http://<yourserver>/speedtest.html.

IMPORTANT: The codebase URL declared in the myspeed.ini file must always match the IP address and/or domain name used to access the remote we bserver web page, otherwise a ‘not authorized’ error is generated. If the MySpeed Server and the front-end remote web server are on the same computer server then it is advisable to allocate at least 2 IP addresses to that computer server so each web server (IIS/Apache or MySpeed) can both use the default port 80. If you do not do this then one of the server engines will be forced to use a port other than 80 which may cause firewall access issues for users that block the allocated port number.

The speed test is always conducted from the server where the MySpeed applet is served, not from where the web page is served. This is important because using the codebase option allows you to configure the installation so the front-end remote web servers are not responsible for conducting the actual speed tests themselves; instead the codebase redirects the traffic to a designated backend server(s).

Customizing the Speed Test Applet

You can control many aspects of the MySpeed Server display and behaviors through use of:

declared parameters in APPLET HTML tags of the MySpeed web page, and/or

modifying the myspeed.bin file.

Some of the features that can be controlled are listed below. More information.

Modification of display text, including changing the text to another language

Change in the test parameters such as bytes per second, packets per second

Opening animation

Use of an overlay image for custom branding (Professional and NOC Editions)

Automatic start of speed test (Professional and NOC Editions)

Session ID to identify individual speed test results (Professional and NOC Editions)

You can create multiple web pages that utilize the same applet but have different display properties, and/or perform different behaviors using Javascript or myspeed.bin parameters.

Customizing the Speed Test Web Page

You can modify the speedtest.html or other example web pages to include your own branding and messaging. You can also incorporate the MyVoIPSpeed applet into your own web pages by inserting the APPLET tags above into your own pages between the BODY tags.

The Professional and NOC Editions include the ability to add an overlay image, such as your corporate logo, to the MySpeed Server applet display. Details.

Configuring the Web Server

This section references use of the myspeed.ini file. The myspeed.ini file is located in the root install directory and may be edited with a text editor such as vi. The lines beginning with # are comments to help explain use of the various parameters.

To configure the built-in web server simply involves selecting the desired IP address and port plus some additional security options. This is done by editing the myspeed.ini found in the root install directory.

IP Address/Port. In the myspeed.ini go to the section as below:

#-----------------------------------------------------------------------
# Server bind address / port. If you do not specify a ServerAddress,
# any/all available IP addresses will be taken.
#-----------------------------------------------------------------------

ServerAddress=205.234.111.148
ServerPort=80

Simply type the IP address in the 'ServerAddress=' section and type the port number in the 'ServerPort=' section.

Recommend: You should use port 80 for web server HTTP applications, as use of other ports may be blocked by firewalls which prevent the user from accessing the server. If the server has more than one IP address it is always advisable to select one rather than defaulting to any/all.

The section below allows MySpeed Server to automatically allocate a port.

#-----------------------------------------------------------------------
# Server port autosearch feature. If set to 'yes', and the ServerPort
# specified above is unavailable, then the product will automatically
# choose the next available port to bind to. This allows the product to
# work 'out of the box'.
#-----------------------------------------------------------------------

ServerAutoSearchPort=yes

If yes is chosen then MySpeed Server will automatically allocate a port if the port selected is not free.

Recommend: No, otherwise a port other than port 80 may be allocated.

Throttle Delay: In the myspeed.ini go to the section as below:

#-----------------------------------------------------------------------
# Server delay system - allows throttling of requests. Specify the
# minimun number of milliseconds permitted between subsequent connection
# tests. Set ServerDelayEnabled to 'yes' to enable this feature.
# connection tests you are willing to acce
#-----------------------------------------------------------------------

ServerDelayEnabled=yes
ServerDelay=2000

Setting the throttle delay to Yes enables an automated resource management process that ensures MySpeed maintains a comfortable workload.

Recommend: The average test time can vary but is normally around 20 seconds. Decide on how many concurrent speed tests you require and set the delay value to (average test time/concurrent tests)x1000.

Set up Reporting / Admin Accounts: In the myspeed.ini go to the section below:

#-----------------------------------------------------------------------
# Web accounts - used to set username / password for access to
# /MySpeedServer/ objects. Should be of the form username:password.
# ReportAccount has access to /MySpeedServer/report and
# /MySpeedServer/search, which provide log file view/search facilities.
# AdminAccount also has access to /MySpeedServer/admin which provides
# administrative tools such as performance metrics and server settings.
# To enable the ReportAccount, set ReportAccountEnabled=yes.
# To enable the AdminAccount, set AdminAccountEnabled=yes.
#
# IMPORTANT:
# If you do not specify a password, or comment out the *Account line,
# then the account will be enabled BUT REQUIRE NO PASSWORD.
# Therefore, in most cases you should NEVER set AdminAccountEnabled=yes
# without first setting AdminAccount=xxxx:yyyyy - this would be a
# security risk.
#-----------------------------------------------------------------------

ReportAccountEnabled=yes
ReportAccount=

AdminAccountEnabled=yes
AdminAccount=xxxxx:yyyyy

It is advisable to set an access username and password for both reporting and admin users. This is done by editiing the options shown above.

To enable the ReportAccount, set ReportAccountEnabled=yes.
To enable the AdminAccount, set AdminAccountEnabled=yes.

If you do not specify a password, or comment out the *Account line, then the account will be enabled BUT REQUIRE NO PASSWORD. Therefore, in most cases you should NEVER set AdminAccountEnabled=yes without first setting AdminAccount=xxxx:yyyyy - this would be a security risk. xxxxx = username and yyyyy = password.

ReportAccountEnabled.

Recommend: Yes, otherwise test reporting is disabled and no database reports are available.

ReportAccount: Enter the desired username and password or leave blank

Recommend: Leave blank if you want any and all users to have access to the MySpeed reports. Enter a value if you want users to enter a usercode/password to review reports.

AdminAccountEnabled. You must type yes in the Enable Admin string to enable Admin reporting which includes resource reports and usage reports to better manage MySpeed as well as test reporting.

Recommend: Yes, otherwise Admin reporting is disabled and no usage reports are available.

Username and Password: Enter the desired username and password or leave blank.

Recommend: Enter a value if you want to restrict server admin reports to a limited number of users.

Speed Test Options - Socket connection configuration: Professional and NOC Edition ONLY - in the myspeed.ini go to the section as below:

#-----------------------------------------------------------------------
# Socket servers - this is for more accurate measuring of upload /
# download speeds for those clients whose networks allow it.
# Uploads use a separate port to downloads. The IP that will be used is
# the one specified in ServerAddress. The port you specify is TCP.
# To disable the upload/download socket servers, put
# SocketServerEnabled=no.
#-----------------------------------------------------------------------

SocketServerEnabled=yes
SocketServerUploadPort=20001
SocketServerDownloadPort=20000

MySpeed Server can run speed tests in two distinct modes: socket and HTTP. Socket mode is available in the Professional and NOC Editions. Socket mode allows MySpeed Server to operate a test at the fastest possible speed the hardware/software can support using a raw socket-to-socket connection. This is the most accurate method for measuring the maximum speed a connection can handle.

Set SocketServerEnabled to yes to enable accurate socket speed testing and select the TCP port number to use for both upload and download. If the port is unavailable for a specific test because of firewall or other similar restrictions, then MySpeed Server will automatically fail-over to an HTTP speed test. Assuming Port 80 is being used for HTTP this is highly unlikely to fail.

Recommend: Check box and leave default port number setting of 20000 and 20001 respectively.

NOC Edition Password

The NOC Edition includes Remote Test Agents (RTAs), sophisticated testing agents that continually measure the performance and quality of one or more Internet/Intranet connections from predefined locations. The NOC Edition password should be set prior to testing or deploying RTAs.

Set up NOC RTA password: In the myspeed.ini go to the section as below:

#-----------------------------------------------------------------------
# ***** THIS FEATURE APPLIES ONLY TO THE NOC EDITION ***********
# Allows you to set the password required by the NOC RTA agents.
# If this line is removed, the password will default to 'hello'.
#-----------------------------------------------------------------------

NOCRTAPass=msspassword

This allows you to set the password required by the NOC RTA agents. If this line is removed then the password will default to hello.

The Remote Testing Agent (RTA) provides the means to support automated speed testing from unattended remote locations (see RTA manual). The RTA password is needed by the RTA for secure authentication when connecting to the MySpeed Server. If authentication fails no speed test is accepted by the server.

Recommend: To prevent non-authorized RTA agents testing against your server it is important that you change the default password of hello to a stronger password. It is recommended that you use 8 or more alphanumeric characters although MySpeed Server does not enforce this rule

Entering a License Key

A license key is not required during the trial evaluation. Once a license key has been purchase, use the steps below to apply the key on a Unix/Linux machine:

1. Download the speedkey.zip file from the download link sent after specifying your domain to Visualware.

2. Once downloaded, unzip it and place the speedkey.bin into the /www folder in the root install directory.

3. The next time the MySpeed Server is viewed it will show as registered (note the page may need refreshing first).

Running MySpeed Server on a remote web server

Best Practices

MySpeed Server is a self contained web server which negates the need to use a commercial remote web server. However it is expected that well established web sites will have the mandatory requirement to serve MySpeed from existing remote web servers. In other words the MySpeed web pages are served directly from a remote web server and not from the MySpeed server.

The MySpeed Sever supports the indirect deployment model where the remote web server is responsible for serving the MyVoIPSpeed to the requesting user at the front end and MySpeed Server is responsible for the application at the backend. To conform to the security model that governs applications running on a desktop in this way the MySpeed applet must use the standard HTML codebase options on the remote web server. For security reasons MySpeed Server has to be configured to allow front-end servers permission to access and serve the MySpeed applet. If permission is not granted MySpeed Server will decline the request and the applet will not function.

Once you have setup and deployed the web pages you want to serve MySpeed on you must then add the necessary codebase options the applet definitions on any and all pages hosted by the remote web server.

Now set the codebase on the applet

Hosting MySpeed Applet (Standalone)

MySpeed Standard Edition only supports running in the client browser and does not use the MySpeed Server. In Standard mode the MySpeed applet is restricted to initiating HTTP tests only as there is no server component available to manage the socket connection. This is test provides more of an application level speed test than a socket level speed test and is accurate only up to 10mb. Please review speed test results FAQ. Note, when running MySpeed without the support of the MySpeed Server the following files need to be copied from the installed MySpeed Server www directory to the web server directory where the web page is hosted:

- data.bin
- speedkey.bin
- upload.bin
- <webpage title>.html
- myspeed.bin
- myspeed.jar

MySpeed Professional and MySpeed NOC editions also support this model if desired and allow the MySpeed applet to be deployed as documented above.

Best Practice

MySpeed Professional and NOC Editions support the additional ability to invoke an HTTP test while still using the MySpeed Server. This provides the added advantage of recording the test results into the MySpeed Server database which allows the data to be compared with other MySpeed test results including socket versus HTTP.

Setup Applet Codebase Options

For security reasons, if the MySpeed applet is being served from another web server or servers then you have to authorize these front-end server access to MySpeed. This is necessary to prevent the MySpeed Server being used by unauthorized web servers on the Internet.

The first step in this process is to add the IP address or domain name used to access the front end server. For example if the URL is speedtest.mydomain.com then you would need to add 'speedtest.mydomain.com' as a permitted site.

Scroll down to the codebase section in the myspeed.ini (step 1)

#-----------------------------------------------------------------------
# Server codebase domains. This is a '+' separated list of domains/IP
# addresses that are permitted to host the applet. During the trial only
# one item is permitted in this list. In licensed mode, you can specify
# as many items as your license permits.
# If you specify more items than permitted, subsequent items will be
# ignored, and you will need to upgrade your license to support them.
# Leave blank or comment out to disable codebasing completely.
#-----------------------------------------------------------------------

CodebaseDomains=myspeed.visualware.com+205.234.111.147

For security reasons, if the MySpeed applet is being served from another web server or servers then you have to authorize these front-end server access to MySpeed. This is necessary to prevent the MySpeed Server being used by unauthorized web servers on the Internet.

This is a '+' separated list of domains/IP addresses that are permitted to host the applet. During the trial only one item is permitted in this list. In licensed mode, you can specify as many items as your license permits. If you specify more items than permitted, subsequent items will be ignored, and you will need to upgrade your license to support them. Leave blank or comment out to disable codebasing completely.

The second step is to amend the applet declaration in the web page or pages to add the codebase option to point to the installed MySpeed Server. This requires the addition of the codebase=domain syntax for example codebase=http://www.yourdomain.com. A typical web page serving MySpeed would therefore have an applet tag that would look like:

<applet MAYSCRIPT archive="myspeed.jar" code="myspeed.class" width=600 height=400 codebase="http://www.visualware.com" >

With the codebase option present in the web page being served the browser will request the applet from the MySpeed Server. If the authorisation has been correctly configured (step 1 above) the request will be approved and the applet will be served.

MyVoIPSpeed Server Control Panel

Control Panel View

The MySpeed Server Main Menu Control Panel is provided only as an example page to provide ideas on how you can configure and present the MySpeed service to your users.

Main Menu
The Main Menu provides access to the three core components namely 'New speed test', 'Database reporting' and 'administration reporting' these are documented below.

New Speed Test - Serves the MySpeed applet and allows the user to initiate a speed test
Database Reporting - Serves the Report Selection page and allows the user to search and report on previously conducted speed tests. Some predefined reports are provided.
Administration - Serves the MySpeed administrators menu to report on resource and resource usage.
Last Hour - Reports a list of speed tests performed in the last hour
Last Day - Reports a list of speed tests performed in the last day
Last 30 days - Reports a list of speed tests performed in the last 30 days
Advanced Log Search- Take you to the database reporting view where you can specify your own criteria for a search.
Perform new test - Takes you to the MySpeed Applet page so the user can perform a test
Administration - Take you to the Server Administration Menu (requires admin username and password if configured)

Perform New Test

A number of example configurations for MySpeed server are provided in the default example page. Furthermore MySpeed Server provides a number of powerful JavaScript features that allow the user to have considerable control over how the applet performs and interacts when doing a test.

Perform a new test

The options below (1 thru 6) are different types of test you can do. To perform one of these tests click the link in the server windows, as seen in the image above.

Continuous - Professional version only. Selecting this option will initiate a continuous test. The test will restart 10 seconds after the current test has finished and keep doing so until 5 tests have been completed. The results of the 5 tests are display as a table on the web page and all data is recorded to the reporting database and can be viewed in the reporting section.
Email Results - Selecting this option will display an 'email results' link on the web page. This provides the means email the results of the test to your service provider or system administrator depending on the reasons for doing the test. Clicking the 'email results' link will initiate the default email client and open a new email message window. At this point you can add and extra wording as explanation to the result information.
Session ID - Professional version only. Selecting this example option allows the user to enter a session ID (a name or something unique to identify the test). The test when complete will be tagged with this session ID. When you view the reports this session ID will appear to easily identify specific groups of tests. The session ID can also be used as a search parameter.

NOTE: The session ID feature can be used to set a session ID that the user cannot change. This is useful when the session ID is allocated by a user log-on process and works well with the Auto Start (see below) option to automate testing without user interaction but still being able to record the user identification.
Branding - Professional version only. Selecting this option shows an example of how the MySpeed applet can be customized and branded to provide an new look and feel.
Scripting - Selecting this option will demonstrate the use of the JavaScript feature. The
demonstration uses the JavaScript call to display the results of the test in an HTML table on the web page for the user to read. This is a very powerful feature which allows the user to interact with the results to derive value beyond the simple test numbers. For example you can calculate the time it would take to transfer a file and describe that in a language that makes sense to the user.
Auto Start - Professional version only. Selecting this option demonstrates the ability to make the MySpeed test start automatically, i.e. does not require the user to click a 'start test' button.

Connection Test

MySpeed Server accomplishes the test process as one distinct phase. This phase undertakes a bandwidth throughput speed test for both upload and download so this can be measured and compared with service providers to underwrite service level performance and quality of that performance.

Phase 1

Click the start button to begin the test. When you start a test you will get a screen like the one below, when it has finished it will move onto the advanced tab automatically.

Speed Test

This tab shows you the upload and download speed for your current connection. It is displayed on a sloping graph as you can see in the image above, and once again the green to red shading indicated good to bad speed.

Results

The next tab is the advance tab (only available in MySpeed Server Professional)

Advanced tab

This tab just gives you a run down of all your results, like download/upload speed, QoS. It also gives you the Server ID # for your test.

Database Reports

Reporting Options

MySpeed Server Professional and NOC Editions support a test results database. This provides the network and customer support groups access to the Speed and Quality results both in summary and detail form. This data is stored in a database and is made available for selection, review and reporting in a number of different ways. Choosing any of the predefined report types presented in the main server view presents the user with the standard report selection page as shown below:

The first section is the Search Parameters combined with the output choices. This panel allows the user to select:

What Data
- is extracted based on a start-time and an end-time
- is selected based on filters namely IP (IP address), DNS (Domain name assigned to IP address) and SID (session ID) recorded for the speed test

What Format
- is used for output of the selected data

What field elements
- are included in the report body

1. What Data

From - Simply choose the date and time range you want to search between (Note this time is time zone neutral)
IP - Enter a particular IP for the report selection (Supports the use of wild carding with the * character). This is the IP address that initiated the test. Note: If the security option to suppress the IP address is used then the IP address is not available for reporting. This security option can defined for Reporting and Administrative users separately.
DNS - Enter the DNS name for report selection (Supports the use of wild carding with the * character). This is the name of the workstation or server that initiated the test.
SID - Enter the particular session ID for the report selection (Supports the use of wild carding with the * character). The session ID is available only in the Professional and NOC editions and provides the means to assign user defined data to the test. For NOC edition this is normally used for identifying the location of the automated Remote Testing Agent (RTA)

2. What format

Table / Graph - Selecting this option will report the results in table or graph format
Spreadsheet / Text - Selecting either Spreadsheet or Text provides the means to export the MySpeed report data for use in an external application such as Microsoft Excel

3. What Field elements
The second section defines what field elements are required to be included in the report, simply check or uncheck and click 'search' to run the report selection. Note these options are not available for the graph selection. This is because the graph legend allows the user to select or deselect what is included in the graph.

Search IP Address Masking

Scroll down to the section below in your myspeed.ini

#-----------------------------------------------------------------------
# Restricting access to IP address lists in searches. These options
# allow you to mask testers' IP addresses from the search lists, to
# either the Report or Admin users.
# To mask IP addresses from the Report user, set ReportShowIPs=no.
# To mask IP addresses from the Admin user, set AdminShowIPs=no.
#-----------------------------------------------------------------------

ReportShowIPs=no
AdminShowIPs=yes

Restricting access to IP address lists in searches. These options allow you to mask testers' IP addresses from the search lists, to either the Report or Admin users.

To mask IP addresses from the Report user, set ReportShowIPs=no.
To mask IP addresses from the Admin user, set AdminShowIPs=no

Database Search Examples

Table Example

Below is an example of a table of results when using the search feature. Note the IP address filter is using the generic '*' to match all IP addresses starting with 192.168. The use of the matching '*' can be used on all the filter options. The table is self explanatory in that it lays all the data out from all the tests that have occurred for the selection the parameters you have used. You can view the detail log for each test by clicking the 'detail' id number link at the end of each row.

Graph Example

Below is an example of a report where the output type has been switched from 'table' to 'graph'. Note that 'Display fields' selection is disabled for selection when you choose the graph output. This is because the graph view allows you to quickly enable or disable the individual graph elements (lines) by clicking the legend colors shown on the right hand side of the graph. In the example below the plotting of 'Round Trip Time' has been disabled.

The vertical red line shown below is the automatic scope tool, this line moves as you scroll the mouse from left to right. The light blue box slightly to the right of the red vertical line display the graph measures for the point where the red line is shown. Clicking the left mouse button allows the plot data time window to be scrolled also. This is useful for graphs that contain a wide range of data over a long period of time. The vertical scope tool can be disabled if not required by clicking the 'hide' option in the lower left corner of the blue legend panel.

Export Example

Selecting either of the output types 'Spreadsheet' or 'Text' provides the means to export selected MySpeed Server data into an external application such as a spreadsheet or report document. Selecting Spreadsheet will allow the selection of 'save' or 'open' depending on whether you want to have a spread sheet view within the MySpeed report as shown below or whether you want to open the Spreadsheet application as a separate window. Selecting the text option provide the data as a simple tab delimited file in an open text window for the user to cut/paste/print as required.

Server Administration

The administration menu provides access to MySpeed server reports that document the running and the resource usage of the MySpeed Server application. If enabled in the preferences security settings only users that know the correct username and password can access the administrative reports.

Clicking the 'Administration' link in the main menu (item 1 above) or the Administration Icon (item 7 above) will open the MySpeed Server Administration Menu

The server administration menu currently provides three server reporting options.

The menu option provided for administrative users is as follows:

System information - displays all the information about the system you are running MySpeed server on. This provides a number of important server statistics that help ensure that MySpeed Server is running efficiently. In the event of problems this information may be requested for support analysis.
Thread Monitor - display all the threads that are being used by MySpeed server and if they are working correctly. This sort of information is not normally needed unless requested by support because of problem issues.
Report Server Usage Information - this option allows you to view how much your server is being used. The usage reports are divided into 5 minute group intervals and documents the mumber of speed tests conducted and the resulting network consumption.

System Information Example