Command-line speed test?

[Robert Dailey]

On Tue, Jul 8, 2008 at 11:42 AM, Schiz0 <schiz0phrenic21 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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.
>
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This covers the download bandwidth test, but I'm interested in testing
upstream as well. I haven't heard any decent solutions to testing
upstream bandwidth.