From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Jun 2 14:49: 9 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from ns2.jjsoft.com (fig2.figdav.com [208.152.114.19]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CCA9737B818 for ; Fri, 2 Jun 2000 14:49:04 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jahanur@jjsoft.com) Received: from ns2.jjsoft.com (ns2.jjsoft.com [208.152.114.19]) by ns2.jjsoft.com (8.9.0/8.9.0) with SMTP id QAA19393; Fri, 2 Jun 2000 16:39:57 -0500 (CDT) Date: Fri, 2 Jun 2000 16:39:57 -0500 (CDT) From: Jahanur R Subedar To: BWS - Offwhite Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: dsl speed test In-Reply-To: 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 There is a port called Bing, read the COMMENT file it may be what you are looking for. It is going to be under /usr/ports/net/bing I need to ask you for help with Natd and ipfw. I have been trying make it work for a while now. It just that I am using cable modem. I dont think it should matter because cable modem is connected to My 2.2.5 FreeBSD box with rj45 cable. And cable company has provided me with a static IP. What are the steps. Please help. On Fri, 2 Jun 2000, BWS - Offwhite wrote: > 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 > Jahanur R Subedar WWW.JJSOFT.COM To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message