[afnog] Freeware for testing dsl speed

[Emmanuel A Kwarteng]

Thanks Jan

I am trying it out.

kwarteng



On Thu, 13 Apr 2006 22:51:17 +0200, Geert Jan de Groot wrote
> 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


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