Hi Aaron, I've used this software (linked below) before which should do what you require, it's a proxy which is designed to simulate a slow connection. Unfortunately it's written in Java which may or may not turn you away from it.
http://www.dallaway.com/sloppy/ Cheers, Zane Ashby http://www.demonastery.org On Wed, 13 Apr 2011 15:37:55 -0700 (PDT) AaronC <[email protected]> wrote: > I have a need for a rather strange tool or method if it exists. > > I have a rather heavy internal-only RIA and the customer is reporting > that a dropdown, which is filtered depending on which record they open > in the application, is not selecting the element that the saved data > is set to. The RIA is web based (PHP, MySQL and QooxDoo Javascirpt), > runs on it's own VPS, and has a finite number of users (10). > > A little hard to explain the exact issue in writing, but we simply > cannot duplicate the issue here, where they can duplicate it daily. > Environments are similar. Browser and version are precisely > controlled. The problem is reported by all remote users, not just a > subset. > > The only noticible global variable is internet connection. While we > enjoy 10-12 Mbs here, the customer is on more like 1-2 Mbs and have > told me that sometimes their general internet is not the fastest > depending on the time of day. > > In the hope of duplicating the issue and narrowing down a resolution, > is anyone aware of a peice of software or procedure on a Windows XP > machine that will intentionally choke a connection speed? > > Aaron > > -- > NZ PHP Users Group: http://groups.google.com/group/nzphpug > To post, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe, send email to > [email protected] -- NZ PHP Users Group: http://groups.google.com/group/nzphpug To post, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected]
