[afnog] Freeware for testing dsl speed

[Emmanuel A Kwarteng]

Hello Jan,

I have checked it out, and it looks like it's testing the download speed from 
that remote server to the client just like sites like http://www.dslreports.
com/stest?loc=2 and http://www.numion.com/YourSpeed3/Run.php.

I really want something like that, but installed on my server so that it can 
be close to my subscribers. I want to be able to get an idea of the speed 
between my subscribers and my gateway.

Is there any freeware that can help me?

Thanks

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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