Re: Internet Connection Speed Test

[Jude DaShiell <jdashiel@shellworld.net>]

You can do apt-get lynx -r <enter> as root then try: lynx 
http://www.speedtest.net/ <enter>.  The statistics you need should then 
appear on the screen for you to examine.On Sun, 17 Apr 2011, Wayne Topa 
wrote:

> On 04/17/2011 01:29 AM, sahaya wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > 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.
> 
> Install the iftop package
> 
> Description: displays bandwidth usage information on an network interface
>  iftop does for network usage what top(1) does for CPU usage. It listens to
>  network traffic on a named interface and displays a table of current 
> bandwidth
>  usage by pairs of hosts. Handy for answering the question "Why is my Internet
>  link so slow?".
> 
> HTH
> WT
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