If you have a box en the other side I would recommend your this: http://dast.nlanr.net/Projects/Iperf/
I use this program to measure the bw of my hdlc links.
BR, Matías.
Alexander Economou wrote:
My question would be if the dsl you purchased is from the same ISP.If not then probably your packets are routed through another network that may need more hops to reach the destination network(hypotheticaly speaking).There are many possible reasons for your problem.I would suggest you to try mtr (available on freshmeat)
Indeed, ping tests latency, not bandwidth. "bing" is an equivalent program for testing bandwidth. but the best way to test it is to find some fast sites and simply download something. typically university ftp sites have quite good bandwidth, like ftp.funet.fi, ftp.sunet.se, etc. those two are up here in scandinavia, it might be best to find one near you.
On Mon, Dec 06, 2004 at 11:06:14AM +0100, Marcel Gschwandl wrote:
IMHO ping isn't even meant to be used for bandwidth testing as it only shows roundtrip times which have nothing to do with bandwidth but with latency. So if you want to test your bandwidth you will have to use the already mentioned websites.
hth Marcel
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