Date: Wed, 25 Jan 2006 10:07:29 +0100 From: Marcin Jessa <lists@yazzy.org> To: James Ryan <james@infinityprosports.com> Cc: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: php app to test bandwidth speeds ... Message-ID: <20060125100729.36ea3c66.lists@yazzy.org> In-Reply-To: <43D6A7CC.6070005@infinityprosports.com> References: <20060124180341.O1017@ganymede.hub.org> <43D6A7CC.6070005@infinityprosports.com>
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On Tue, 24 Jan 2006 16:18:52 -0600 James Ryan <james@infinityprosports.com> wrote: > Marc G. Fournier wrote: > > > > Something like: > > > > http://www.testmy.net > > > > That I can run on my own server(s) ... > > Are you wanting to test the bandwidth of clients accessing your web > site(s)? > > If so, what I have done in the past is generate a ~100-500k graphic > in ImageMagick/Photoshop/GIMP/etc with lots of added colored noise > (so it cannot be compressed well). You can either use JavaScript or > PHP to track the timestamps of when the graphic is first requested > and when it is downloaded. So long as you load the image inside a > non-visible tag, the client won't see it... > > Not saying this is the best way, but its the easiest and it has > worked for me. This is the most common way of meassuring visitor's link speed. We've a couple of sites in Norway offering such tests for free: One is with Java and one without: http://www.dinside.no/php/art.php?id=94158 ('Nedlasting' is downloading, 'opplasting' is uploading) Another one: http://www.itavisen.no/services/speedometer/index.php Click on "TRYKK HER FOR Å STARTE TESTEN!" "Nedlastingshastighet:" shows you your download speed. The smart thing is you can include a sponsored image in your test. Those meassurements are of course innacurate but work pretty ok for most of the time. Cheers, Marcin.home | help
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