From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Jun 2 13:40: 6 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from home.offwhite.net (home.offwhite.net [156.46.35.30]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9DF7437B6A6 for ; Fri, 2 Jun 2000 13:39:59 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from brennan@offwhite.net) Received: from localhost (brennan@localhost) by home.offwhite.net (8.9.1/8.9.3) with ESMTP id PAA29406 for ; Fri, 2 Jun 2000 15:39:58 -0500 (CDT) Date: Fri, 2 Jun 2000 15:39:58 -0500 (CDT) From: BWS - Offwhite To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: dsl speed test Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Is there any way I can do an accurate test to determine the speed of my dsl line using FreeBSD? I am currently leasing a dsl line and feed my home network through a FreeBSD box (3.4S) running natd and ipfw. That all works fine, but I am wondering if I am getting the full speed possible out of the dsl or if I am actually getting the line speed I am "told" that I am getting. When I first got the dsl I was getting 100k+ downloads, and that seems to have dropped to 60k+ and hardly going over 70k. If I can determine if I am getting a slower rate than the 768k that I am told I have, I would like to offer proof on my end. My current ideas are to use lwp-download to see how fast a large file be pulled down. I am not sure how accurate that will be though. I would like to have a more raw number, not based on the speed of a web server on the other end. Any ideas or suggestions are appreciated. Brennan Stehling - web developer and sys admin projects: www.greasydaemon.com | www.onmilwaukee.com | www.sncalumni.com Microsoft: Will you get a macro virus today? http://www.greasydaemon.com/noms/ <- Why avoid MS? To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message