On Wed, Oct 3, 2012 at 11:35 PM, Arun Venkataswamy <[email protected]> wrote: >> > UPDATE: > > I got a Huawei E173 USB modem + BSNL 3G connection. > Works with Ubuntu 12.04 64bit Server after modifying modeswitch rules for > minor device ID. >
Thanks for sharing your progress. It is very helpful. > Getting consistent download speeds of 400 kilo bytes / second. > Upload speed test with wput is showing only 26 kilo bytes / second. But I > suspect it is higher with other apps. Will post after checking this. To the best of my knowledge the network stack will take up all the b/w that is available, I do not think it is app dependent. > Any better way of testing upload speeds from the command line? The weakest "link" is between the IP you get and the ISP gateway. The best alternative is a "speed test" page hosted by your ISP. A quick search for "BSNL speed test" throws up the following: <http://bsnlspeedtest.in/> but it does only download speed. You can hookup up the 3G dongle to a laptop (assuming your browser support java/flash etc.) and get an idea about the speed between "you" and the BSNL end. Speedtest.net (with the closest server to your location) is a fairly accurate picture for both download and upload speeds but the utility is flash based. HTH -- Arun Khan _______________________________________________ ILUGC Mailing List: http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
