Re: how to measure netork bandwidth

2004-03-29 Thread kenneth
Brian Brazil wrote: On Sun, Mar 28, 2004 at 05:58:26PM -0800, j smith wrote: i have cable modem connection. is there Unix command that can tell actual netork bandwidth? Try 'bing' I find its most accurate with bigger (100,1000) packet sizes. Still has a tendancy to be under the correct nu

Re: how to measure netork bandwidth

2004-03-29 Thread Brian Brazil
On Sun, Mar 28, 2004 at 05:58:26PM -0800, j smith wrote: > i have cable modem connection. is there Unix command > that can tell actual netork bandwidth? Try 'bing' I find its most accurate with bigger (100,1000) packet sizes. Still has a tendancy to be under the correct number though... Brian

Re: how to measure netork bandwidth

2004-03-28 Thread Adam Aube
j smith wrote: > Thanks!!! > however, iftop is not included in Debian 3.0, right? No. You didn't mention which version you were using. I'm using Sarge (the current Testing), which does have it. Again, you could try sites offering free speed tests (Google on that to find some). Adam -- To UN

Re: how to measure netork bandwidth

2004-03-28 Thread j smith
Thanks!!! however, iftop is not included in Debian 3.0, right? --- Adam Aube <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > j smith wrote: > > > i have cable modem connection. is there Unix > command > > that can tell actual netork bandwidth? > > iftop is a tool that will give you per-connection > and total t

Re: how to measure netork bandwidth

2004-03-28 Thread Adam Aube
j smith wrote: > i have cable modem connection. is there Unix command > that can tell actual netork bandwidth? iftop is a tool that will give you per-connection and total throughput stats. You could run this will doing a ping flood (ping -f) against your upstream router. Both iftop and the ping f