You can do apt-get lynx -r <enter> as root then try: lynx http://www.speedtest.net/ <enter>. The statistics you need should then appear on the screen for you to examine.On Sun, 17 Apr 2011, Wayne Topa wrote:
> On 04/17/2011 01:29 AM, sahaya wrote: > > > > > > > > Nathan Zabaldo wrote: > > > > > > Is there a package or a way to test upstream and downstream speeds of an > > > Internet connection from a terminal in Debian Woody? > > > > > > > > > > > > e.g. www.speakeasy.net/speedtest/ , but I need to test from a terminal as > > > I > > > do not have a browser. > > Install the iftop package > > Description: displays bandwidth usage information on an network interface > iftop does for network usage what top(1) does for CPU usage. It listens to > network traffic on a named interface and displays a table of current > bandwidth > usage by pairs of hosts. Handy for answering the question "Why is my Internet > link so slow?". > > HTH > WT > > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/alpine.bsf.2.00.1104171435570.8...@freire1.furyyjbeyq.arg
