[afnog] Freeware for testing dsl speed

[Geert Jan de Groot]

On Thu, 13 Apr 2006 18:54:41 +0000  "Emmanuel A Kwarteng" wrote:
> Can someone please direct me to a freeware site, where I can download and 
> install a bandwidth/speed tester on my freebsd server. This is to enable my 
> clients to test the speed of their links from this server.

My ADSL provider has on ftp://ftp.xs4all.nl/pub/test:
ftp> dir
229 Entering Extended Passive Mode (|||3292|)
150 Opening ASCII mode data connection for file list
-rw-r--r--   1 root     daemon   104857600 Mar 16  2005 100mb.bin
-rw-r--r--   1 root     wheel    104857600 Sep  8  2005 100mb.nul
-rw-r--r--   1 root     daemon   10485760 Nov 13  1999 10mb.bin
-rw-r--r--   1 root     wheel    10485760 Sep  8  2005 10mb.nul
-rw-r--r--   1 root     daemon        323 Oct 10  2005 README
226 Transfer complete.
ftp> get README -
remote: README
229 Entering Extended Passive Mode (|||3423|)
150 Opening BINARY mode data connection for README (323 bytes)
This directory contains the following files:

10mb.bin        - 10 Megabytes of random uncompressable junk
10mb.nul        - 10 Megabytes of highly compressable 00 bytes
100mb.bin       - 100 Megabytes of random uncompressable junk
100mb.nul       - 100 Megabytes of highly compressable 00 bytes

You can use these to measure your connection speed.
226 Transfer complete.
323 bytes received in 00:00 (22.92 KB/s)


Keep in mind that especially with consumer customers,
people will complain no matter what.
They might not be knowledgable (in fact, often they aren't)
but they complain anyway. 
Grow a thick skin.

Geert Jan