From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jan 11 19:05:45 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BCFBA1065679 for ; Mon, 11 Jan 2010 19:05:45 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from apseudoutopia@gmail.com) Received: from mail-ew0-f213.google.com (mail-ew0-f213.google.com [209.85.219.213]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 52DFA8FC15 for ; Mon, 11 Jan 2010 19:05:44 +0000 (UTC) Received: by ewy5 with SMTP id 5so10927487ewy.14 for ; Mon, 11 Jan 2010 11:05:40 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :from:date:message-id:subject:to:cc:content-type; bh=qPcAl0dcEFaG/Gq7XeclRYMjw2i6HA1A9R26CVFNd00=; b=C/sA/GCA8NyDitg33gvvqP+Uq49mi4JkwNw2nPcgzM5kzdp7C5xmRmivmPMmgLcGgu P4c1XlIt1JVwALQeRC9GdZRDm1xA6/O6OkYjotEPmOGIr1EKHJiaHSFiJkFPWbNjXrDb VzkyGJI1mEMTfomVmNHMVUSKsoOb9/yFFCjDo= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc:content-type; b=F1jU/SmzvTLrcZ5bdHrjbZvMQSmFUBa/rT3tK1rTeNX6H8onGHifV0pIztSgyIVTiU lHZQcZAme4ONJCOJUQIPpxvBRhn2ghUxa7JmNLXvjeXYVnAP29o8hDscNVXrHuDqzKGb psZq342H2w+yF0b0hkF1brypu7ABIevEDJGHQ= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.216.89.129 with SMTP id c1mr1288247wef.35.1263235402095; Mon, 11 Jan 2010 10:43:22 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <20100111174520.GA51360@skytracker.ca> References: <20100111174520.GA51360@skytracker.ca> From: APseudoUtopia Date: Mon, 11 Jan 2010 13:43:02 -0500 Message-ID: <27ade5281001111043g32b6a97gdd13c1b327ba480d@mail.gmail.com> To: David Banning Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: speed test in ports? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 11 Jan 2010 19:05:45 -0000 On Mon, Jan 11, 2010 at 12:45 PM, David Banning wrote: > I wonder if there is something in the ports that tests my DSL speed. > I am guessing that if I installed firefox3 and then installed flash > or Java then I could go to speedtest.net, but I wonder if there is > a simpler solution. > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > You don't need ports for that....Just use fetch(1) and grab an ISO of a DVD (or even a CD) from somewhere. Eg, a debian DVD image or freebsd image or whatever. A lot of ISPs boost the first x MB of a transfer to give the illusion that you can download faster when doing speed tests (since speed tests only transfer a small amount of data). Comcast's "PowerBoost" is a perfect example of this. So if you get something bigger, you can monitor the speed of the download and get your speed test that way. If you really want to be accurate, you can do the test several times using mirrors in various geographical areas as well to get a better overall idea of your available bandwidth.