Overview
Network throttling is the intentional regulation of internet service by an Internet Service Provider (ISP). This can be used by an ISP to regulate network traffic and minimize bandwidth congestion.
Catchpoint allows users to implement network throttling to simulate various network conditions. This feature is only available for Web, HTML, and Transaction tests if the Chrome monitor is used.
Catchpoint supports the following network throttling options:
- GPRS (500ms, 50kb/s, 20kb/s)
- Regular (300ms, 250kb/s, 50kb/s)
- Good 2G (150ms, 450kb/s, 150kb/s)
- Regular 3G (100ms, 750kb/s 250kb/s)
- Good 3G (40ms, 1.5Mb/s, 750kb/s)
- Regular 4G (20ms, 4.0Mb/s, 3.0Mb/s)
- DSL (5ms, 2.0Mb/s, 1.0Mb/s)
- WiFi (2ms, 30Mb/s, 15Mb/s)
How to enable network throttling:
To turn on network throttling, edit the properties of a test, go to Advanced Settings, and select Bandwidth Throttling for Chrome.
You can then choose the desired bandwidth from the list as shown below:
