Network Conditions
Network Condition or Network Throttling
1. What's it?
Network Conditions (Network Throttling) v1 allows developers to simulate adverse networking environments. Proxyman provides various preset profiles:
Profile | Description |
100% Lost connection | 100 % lost all connection |
Very Bad Network | Download/Upload: < 1mbps |
Slow Network | Download/Upload: 5-10 mbps |
Medium Network | Download/Upload: 10-20 mbps |
2G (EDGE) | Download: <240kbps, Upload <200kbps |
3G | Download: <780kbps, Upload <300kbps |
4G (LTE) | Download: 30-50mbps, Upload 5-10mbps |
Wi-Fi | Download: 25-40mbps, Upload 15-30mbps |
Wi-Fi 802.11ac | Download: 150-250mbps, Upload 70-100mbps |
2. Benefit?
Various preset profiles: 3G, 4G, Wifi, Bad/Medium Network, etc.
Help developers to simulate various network conditions (Download/Upload Bandwidth, Packets Dropped rate, delay).
Easier to test your app under a particular network condition.
Apply for system-Wide or certain domains.
Network Conditions v1 does not allow you to customize a profile. We will implement it in v2.
To better simulate the real-life, the download/upload bandwidth is not fixed, it might randomize in a given range.
3. How to use it?
You can access the feature by navigating to Tool -> Network Condition (CMD+SHIFT+J) or access from the right-menu context.
4. Alternative
Network Link Conditions for macOS: https://nshipster.com/network-link-conditioner/
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