Latest revision as of 17:30, 10 September 2016

1 Overview

The average bxp page size is 11k but this can be affected by the amount of content on the page.

Where multimedia content is used the page size will of course increase significantly.

All images and styles are cached wherever possible which reduces loading times and means that bxp can work at dial up speed (56.6 Kbps) whilst still maintaining a modern style and design.

Where eLearning is involved we have developed a multimedia and text version of the content specifically with users of low bandwidth in mind.

To find out more about the load capacity of bxp Bxp_Infrastructure_Capacity

2 Testing your speed

The first part is to analyse their network connections

2.1 Speedtest

Firstly run speedtest.net to get your network connection speed http://www.speedtest.net

The important bits in the middle are

• Ping: Speed to get to external server
• Download: How fast information will come in from the internet
• Upload: How fast you send information to the internet.

N.B. Please do not use anything else on this page bar the speed test itself.

2.2 tracert

The next part is do a tracert to bxp.

In Windows, open up a DOS window, (hold down the windows key and tap R, to get the Run window and in there type CMD and press return).

In the DOS window type in

tracert ww3.allnone.ie

This gives you all the pieces of equipment between your machine and the bxp servers. Also the time delay in getting to each one. The bigger the number the worse the connection.

2.3 Browser load times

The next part is to analyse their browser load times

You have a tool in modern Microsoft Internet Explorer (IE) browsers which can give you time to load of a page.

Open IE. Press the F12 function key and you'll get something that looks like this

Go to the Performance tab.

Ctrl E and then load a page, then Ctrl E again.

The problem is that even if your browser is doing nothing it records this as time. So you have to be quick using the Ctrl E. So Ctrl E, as quick as possible load the page and then ONLY when the page is completely done, then Ctrl E again.

You know a page is still loading when you see that the logo in the tab is still circling. Just refresh any page you like a few times to see it. instead of

So this is the login page for bxp, it all loads up in under 2 seconds. There are parts of this this however that can be further optimized.

3 Support

In All n One the operations team have extensive knowledge of networks and speed analysis techniques for optimising networks and browser operation. Why not give us a shout and see how we can help you get even more from your network. Please contact us at support@bxpsoftware.com