[afnog] Freeware for testing dsl speed

[Emmanuel A Kwarteng]

Thanks Brian.

I think it is clear now. I will copy the files onto my ftp server and try it.

kwarteng



On Fri, 14 Apr 2006 13:33:22 +0100, Brian Candler wrote
> On Fri, Apr 14, 2006 at 10:40:07AM +0000, Emmanuel A Kwarteng wrote:
> > 
> > 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.
> 
> I think Geert Jan is saying, just copy those files to an FTP server which
> you run. Then your clients can transfer them from your FTP server, 
> and measure the download speed.
> 
> If your clients aren't intelligent enough to do that, then they're probably
> not intelligent enough to interpret the output of some PHP-based tester...
> nor to install the Java VM which you need for the first URL given above.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Brian.


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