[HN Gopher] Flent: The FLExible Network Tester
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Flent: The FLExible Network Tester
Author : wallflower
Score : 44 points
Date : 2024-01-27 15:37 UTC (1 days ago)
(HTM) web link (flent.org)
(TXT) w3m dump (flent.org)
| orojackson wrote:
| Dave Taht's bufferbloat project could have gotten way more actual
| non-technical user data had Flent supported Windows. At least
| fast.com and Waveform's bufferbloat test [1] exist now.
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| [1]: https://www.waveform.com/tools/bufferbloat
| dtaht wrote:
| yes, had we found a way to support windows, we could have (and
| could still do) better. Regrettably we never did find a way -
| or funding - to drive tests through windows (wsl works). I
| still (as do many other folk in the Bufferbloat world) rely on
| flent to drive all kinds of tests. _nothing_ compares to flent
| 's ability to compare multiple network tests in so many ways.
|
| https://blog.cerowrt.org/post/flaws_in_flent/
| dtaht wrote:
| I have been steering folk at this new test - called crusader -
| as it captures the essence of the baseline rrul flent test
| testing both up + down and latency at the same time - and as it
| is written in rust, runs on everything.
| https://github.com/Zoxc/crusader/releases/tag/v0.0.10-testin...
| aftbit wrote:
| It is not in the same league as Flent, but I really like
| https://speed.cloudflare.com as an in-browser internet speed
| test. It's backed by a very densely deployed CDN, it tests both
| loaded and unloaded latency, and it reports jitter and draws
| candlestick plots.
| binkHN wrote:
| > https://speed.cloudflare.com
|
| Love this for super quick no brainer data. I used to use
| speedtest.net, by Ookla, back in the day, but this is so much
| better in so many ways and provides so much more data.
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