speed test in ports?

I wonder if there is something in the ports that tests my DSL speed. I am guessing that if I installed firefox3 and then installed flash or Java then I could go to speedtest.net, but I wonder if there is a simpler solution. ___

Re: speed test in ports?

On Jan 11, 2010, at 9:45 AM, David Banning wrote: I wonder if there is something in the ports that tests my DSL speed. I am guessing that if I installed firefox3 and then installed flash or Java then I could go to speedtest.net, but I wonder if there is a simpler solution. You can use ftp

Re: speed test in ports?

On Mon, Jan 11, 2010 at 12:45 PM, David Banning david+dated+1263663921.920...@skytracker.ca wrote: I wonder if there is something in the ports that tests my DSL speed. I am guessing that if I installed firefox3 and then installed flash or Java then I could go to speedtest.net, but I wonder if

Re: speed test in ports?

You don't need ports for thatJust use fetch(1) and grab an ISO of a DVD (or even a CD) from somewhere. Eg, a debian DVD image or freebsd image or whatever. A lot of ISPs boost the first x MB of a transfer to give the illusion that you can download faster when doing speed tests (since speed