bing yourexternalIP IPofotherendofPPPlink That will roughly estimate the effective bandwidth of your link.
On Tue, 2002-05-21 at 15:11, Michael wrote: > 'ello gurus, > > I'm using an external 56k d-link modem. pppd asks wvdial to hook into the > internet when permitted traffic comes along. However, the connection seems > really slow, perhaps 0.7K, although I'm not sure how to measure that on the > linux box itself (which is a network gateway). > > Am I missing something obvious? Perhaps a modem AT command in wvdial, any > suggestions where to look? How do I check the connection speed (non-GUI > redhat). > > Regards, > Michael.
