Command-line speed test?

[steve]

On Thursday 03 July 2008 14:51:08 Robert Dailey wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm currently using Ubuntu Server and I wish to be able to test 
my
> upload/download internet bandwidth. On windows or any 
other OS with a GUI
> internet browser, I would normally do this by visiting 
www.speedtest.net.
> However, since I am not using a desktop OS, is there a 
command-line
> alternative?
>
> One thought I had was maybe there's some command line 
program I can use to
> send a file to another server, and view the Kbps reading. Not 
sure if this
> would be a true measurement, though. Help is appreciated.

wget would give you an idea of download speed, just find a 
decent size file to test on a site somewhere, get the link for it 
and place  wget in front of it in a terminal.  as it downloads it will 
give you the kbps.

 
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