You can also try www.bandwidthplace.com, www.speedtest.ch, and basically many oogle results on "bandwidth test site". I wouldn't rely on ping to test bandwidth. --Adrian. On Mon, 6 Dec 2004 10:29:21 +0100, Helge Pettersen <tubamann@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Ping is supposed to show the network speed, but I wouldn't rely on it. > Use some http-based service (a java applet that measures the times it > takes to download a specific image, and shows the bandwith). > It's the best to find someone with a huge line, however I don't know > of any in italia. If you dare, try looking around at itavisen.no (a > norwegian crappy it newspaper with a huge bandwith to test that), and > manuovre to "speedometeret" and "trykk her for A ta testen". > > > > On Mon, 6 Dec 2004 10:19:19 +0100, Luca Ferrari <fluca1978@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Hi, > > in my company we installed a new DSL line, supposed to be faster than the > > previous one. And in fact it seems to be, in interactive use, but if I use > > ping to test connectivity against the old line I can see higher times. So my > > questions is: why does ping show high times and then the line goes faster? Is > > ping reliable enough to test network speed, or should I use another tool? (at > > last, a chrono and a file transfer!) > > > > Thanks, > > Luca > > -- > > Luca Ferrari, > > fluca1978@xxxxxxxxxxx > > > > - > > : send the line "unsubscribe linux-admin" in > > the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > > > - > : send the line "unsubscribe linux-admin" in > the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > - : send the line "unsubscribe linux-admin" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
