How to check internet speed

[tech291083]

Hi,

I am on Fedora 7 32 bit, but can any one tell me the command that can be typed in a terminal in order to check the speed of the internet connection?

Thanks...

[EnglandA]

Maybe try installing a bandwidth monitor:

yum install bwm-ng

Or a gui (gnome) one:

yum install gnome-applet-netspeed

But neither of these will tell you your actual internet connection speed..... maybe long into your router and check there??

[tech291083]

Thanks mate,

I do not have a router just simple dial up modem. So I need to know, if there is a command that can be used to detect the speed?

[pwca]

Go here: http://www.speedtest.net/

[tech291083]

Thanks guys but I have been told by someone in the past there must be command of some sort that can do the trick so I am trying to find one...Something like eth0.....

[sideways]

Install wget and download a file of known size from somewhere where you know the bandwidth should be unlimited.

eg

yum install wget
wget http://cachefly.cachefly.net/1mb.test

10mb.test etc

[stevea]

If it's a dialup there is a modem serial device and you can get the data rate as:
stty < /dev/ttyS0
or maybe
stty < /dev/modem

Sorry - but no clue what device is used - I haven't used dialup this millenium.
This is just the modulation rate - not the throughput rate.