And how do you interpret the results? Rill On 1/22/2014 12:51 PM, Mobeen Iqbal wrote: > GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR! > On 22/01/2014 18:35, Mike Ray wrote: >> Hello, >> >> Here's a little utility I knocked up to test the speed of my connection. >> >> First you need to install iperf: >> >> (on Raspbian): >> sudo apt-get install iperf >> >> (on Arch): >> sudo pacman -S iperf >> >> And here's the script: >> >> -- snip -- >> #!/bin/bash >> # Test the speed of our internet connection. >> # Results displayed in megabits/second >> >> echo "Testing speed of internet connection..." >> SPEED=$(iperf -f m -c iperf.scottlinux.com | grep 'Mbits' | sed -r >> 's:.*Bytes\s+([0-9]+\.[0-9]+)\s+Mbits/sec:\1:') >> echo "${SPEED} Megabits per second" >> -- snip -- >> >> I did this because tomorrow I am getting BT Infinity fibre-optic (did I >> mention that Mo?). >> >> This evening my speed is around 0.48 Mbits/sec, pathetic. Wet string >> would be faster. >> >> Mike >> >> >> >> > =========================================================== > The raspberry-vi mailing list > Archives: //www.freelists.org/archives/raspberry-vi > Administrative contact: <mike.ray@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > ----------------------------------------------------------- > Raspberry Pi and the Raspberry Pi logo are trademarks of the Raspberry Pi > Foundation. > > This list is not affiliated to the Raspberry Pi Foundation and the views and > attitudes expressed by the subscribers to this list do not reflect those of > the Foundation. > > Mike Ray, list creator, January 2013 > =========================================================== The raspberry-vi mailing list Archives: //www.freelists.org/archives/raspberry-vi Administrative contact: <mike.ray@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> ----------------------------------------------------------- Raspberry Pi and the Raspberry Pi logo are trademarks of the Raspberry Pi Foundation. This list is not affiliated to the Raspberry Pi Foundation and the views and attitudes expressed by the subscribers to this list do not reflect those of the Foundation. Mike Ray, list creator, January 2013