Subj : Re: need a tool to check the internet browsing speed(both upload & download)
To   : comp.os.ms-windows,comp.os.ms-windows.misc,comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.admin
From : robertharvey
Date : Wed Jun 16 2004 03:53 pm

thegreatkarthik@yahoo.co.in (karthikeyan) wrote 
> Can i measure the internet speed with any command in windows or linux
> command to find the internet speed

Well, the "time" command measures the duration of any comamnd line
action.
It would be easy enough to combine it with something like wget.

most command line ftp clients display the elapsed time after a file
transfer is completed.

and www.adslguide.org has a speed measuring widget on there somewhere 


I've used:
http://www.ixiacom.com/products/performance_applications/pa_display.php?skey=pa_q_check
http://dast.nlanr.net/Projects/Iperf/ (cool!)
but not:
http://dsd.lbl.gov/NCS/netest/

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