How do I calculate network speed?

Question

Solved:

I'm using WCF to transfer files by streaming. The client calls a method in the service, then the service take the file from the client. On the way, I'm sending back by CallBack the speed.

My problem is that I can't determine which speed am I calculating. When the service takes the file from the client, it uses download speed. However, when the client sends the file it is the upload speed. Which one do I need to calculate, and how?

Not solved yet:

When the client calls the service's method (and gives it the stream with a reference to the file),it takes TOO long (depends on the size of the file) from the time the client calls the method until the service's method starts to activate. Why does this happen? A one Gigabyte file will take forever.

*From the time the service's method starts, the all thing works fine with no problems. So showing the service is a waste of time.

(client)

Stream TheStream = File.OpenRead(@"C:\BigFile.rar");
Service1.GiveAFile(TheStream);

Thanks.

Answer 1

Source : How to calculate network bandwidth speed in c#

CODE:
using System;
using System.Net.NetworkInformation;
using System.Windows.Forms;

namespace InterfaceTrafficWatch
{
    /// <summary>
    /// Network Interface Traffic Watch
    /// by Mohamed Mansour
    /// 
    /// Free to use under GPL open source license!
    /// </summary>
    public partial class MainForm : Form
    {
        /// <summary>
        /// Timer Update (every 1 sec)
        /// </summary>
        private const double timerUpdate = 1000;

        /// <summary>
        /// Interface Storage
        /// </summary>
        private NetworkInterface[] nicArr;

        /// <summary>
        /// Main Timer Object 
        /// (we could use something more efficient such 
        /// as interop calls to HighPerformanceTimers)
        /// </summary>
        private Timer timer;

        /// <summary>
        /// Constructor
        /// </summary>
        public MainForm()
        {
            InitializeComponent();
            InitializeNetworkInterface();
            InitializeTimer();
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Initialize all network interfaces on this computer
        /// </summary>
        private void InitializeNetworkInterface()
        {
            // Grab all local interfaces to this computer
            nicArr = NetworkInterface.GetAllNetworkInterfaces();

            // Add each interface name to the combo box
            for (int i = 0; i < nicArr.Length; i++)
                cmbInterface.Items.Add(nicArr[i].Name);

            // Change the initial selection to the first interface
            cmbInterface.SelectedIndex = 0;
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Initialize the Timer
        /// </summary>
        private void InitializeTimer()
        {
            timer = new Timer();
            timer.Interval = (int)timerUpdate;
            timer.Tick += new EventHandler(timer_Tick);
            timer.Start();
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Update GUI components for the network interfaces
        /// </summary>
        private void UpdateNetworkInterface()
        {
            // Grab NetworkInterface object that describes the current interface
            NetworkInterface nic = nicArr[cmbInterface.SelectedIndex];

            // Grab the stats for that interface
            IPv4InterfaceStatistics interfaceStats = nic.GetIPv4Statistics();

            // Calculate the speed of bytes going in and out
            // NOTE: we could use something faster and more reliable than Windows Forms Tiemr
            //       such as HighPerformanceTimer http://www.m0interactive.com/archives/2006/12/21/high_resolution_timer_in_net_2_0.html
            int bytesSentSpeed = (int)(interfaceStats.BytesSent - double.Parse(lblBytesSent.Text)) / 1024;
            int bytesReceivedSpeed = (int)(interfaceStats.BytesReceived - double.Parse(lblBytesReceived.Text)) / 1024;

            // Update the labels
            lblSpeed.Text = nic.Speed.ToString();
            lblInterfaceType.Text = nic.NetworkInterfaceType.ToString();
            lblSpeed.Text = nic.Speed.ToString();
            lblBytesReceived.Text = interfaceStats.BytesReceived.ToString();
            lblBytesSent.Text = interfaceStats.BytesSent.ToString();
            lblUpload.Text = bytesSentSpeed.ToString() + " KB/s";
            lblDownload.Text = bytesReceivedSpeed.ToString() + " KB/s";

        }

        /// <summary>
        /// The Timer event for each Tick (second) to update the UI
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="sender"></param>
        /// <param name="e"></param>
        void timer_Tick(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            UpdateNetworkInterface();
        }

    }
}

Answer 2

For the second issue:

Most likely your service is loading the entire file into memory before streaming it back to the client.

You might look at the following question to get an idea of how to properly chunk it.

How can I read/stream a file without loading the entire file into memory?