Re: Internet Connection Speed Test

[Mike McCarty <mike.mccarty@sbcglobal.net>]

Nathan Zabaldo wrote:
> Is there a package or a way to test upstream and downstream speeds of an
> Internet connection from a terminal in Debian Woody?
>
>  
>
> e.g. www.speakeasy.net/speedtest/ , but I need to test from a terminal as I
> do not have a browser.

I went to that site, and I don't see how it allows one to check
his speed.

My DSL modem however does report what it thinks is going on.

Mike
--
p="p=%c%s%c;main(){printf(p,34,p,34);}";main(){printf(p,34,p,34);}
This message made from 100% recycled bits.
You have found the bank of Larn.
I can explain it for you, but I can't understand it for you.
I speak only for myself, and I am unanimous in that!