Command-line speed test?

[Schiz0]

On Tue, Jul 8, 2008 at 12:37 PM, Robert Dailey <rcdailey at gmail.com> wrote:
> Well, I can't use lynx to run a speed test, since I can't find any
> reliable html-only speed test websites. Most of them are in flash or
> java, which is annoying.
>
> I can't use SCP since all of the computers I have access to (other
> than my server) have a very much slower bandwidth, so I wouldn't be
> able to truly stress test the bandwidth of my server.
>
> I can't use iperf since that requires a server (faster than mine)
> running an iperf server.
>
> I am still pretty stuck on this. Can anyone provide more guidance?
> Thanks for the help so far guys.
>

Install a bittorrent client (rTorrent is very good). Get a popular
linux ISO torrent, or a OpenOffice torrent or something. Open that in
the client, then see what the download speed maxes out to.

Or just wget a large iso, like a Debian DVD or something. But I think
bittorrent would be better because you're not relying on one single
pipe to test your bandwidth (like a ftp/http transfer would use),
you're using many connections.