how to accurately test internet upload & download speed

[CS DBA]

All;

Is there a accurate way of truly testing what upload and download speeds 
i'm getting?

I'm running Fedora 20

Thanks in advance...

[Matthew Miller]

On Thu, Jul 10, 2014 at 09:34:28AM -0600, CS_DBA wrote:
> Is there a accurate way of truly testing what upload and download
> speeds i'm getting?
> I'm running Fedora 20

I've found http://www.speedtest.net/ to be pretty decent. But if you have a
remote server, you can do it yourself pretty easily with the `ttcp` command.

`yum install ttcp`, and then run it with -r for receive mode on one system
and -t for transmit mode on the other end.

[poma]

On 10.07.2014 17:38, Matthew Miller wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 10, 2014 at 09:34:28AM -0600, CS_DBA wrote:
> > Is there a accurate way of truly testing what upload and download
> > speeds i'm getting?
> > I'm running Fedora 20
>
> I've found http://www.speedtest.net/ to be pretty decent. But if you have a
> remote server, you can do it yourself pretty easily with the `ttcp` command.
>
> `yum install ttcp`, and then run it with -r for receive mode on one system
> and -t for transmit mode on the other end.

Last time I used this tool.
And it's all on one page! :)
https://iperf.fr

and

SpeedOf.Me is an HTML5 Internet speed test. No Flash or Java needed! :)
http://speedof.me

poma

[JD]

On Thu, Jul 10, 2014 at 9:38 AM, Matthew Miller 
wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 10, 2014 at 09:34:28AM -0600, CS_DBA wrote:
> > Is there a accurate way of truly testing what upload and download
> > speeds i'm getting?
> > I'm running Fedora 20
>
> I've found http://www.speedtest.net/ to be pretty decent. But if you have

a
> remote server, you can do it yourself pretty easily with the `ttcp`

command.
> `yum install ttcp`, and then run it with -r for receive mode on one system
> and -t for transmit mode on the other end.

Very useful tools, especially while at hotspot cafe's.
Are there any free public servers for ttcp and iperf?

Thanx!

[Tim]

Allegedly, on or about 10 July 2014, CS_DBA sent:
> Is there a accurate way of truly testing what upload and download
> speeds i'm getting?

Download a file, time it, and do the math...  ;-\

On a serious note, some ISPs do give you a speed test that you can do by
downloading a large file from their servers.  That lets you test your
link speed.

[James Hogarth]

On 10 Jul 2014 18:19, "JD"  wrote:
> Very useful tools, especially while at hotspot cafe's.
> Are there any free public servers for ttcp and iperf?

Since the only way to test bandwidth is to fill the connection until you
hit a limit on a serious note please do not do this at hotspots...

You will cause severe performance degradation for every other user during
your testing...

This is not a very nice thing to do ;)

[Joe Zeff]

On 07/11/2014 12:42 PM, James Hogarth wrote:
> Since the only way to test bandwidth is to fill the connection until you
> hit a limit on a serious note please do not do this at hotspots...
>
> You will cause severe performance degradation for every other user
> during your testing...

For that matter, if you're testing your home connection, do it when 
nobody else is using the connection.