if your just interested in bandwidth, you can download a decent sized file (couple MBs) with wget and save the output to a file. "wget -a filename" will append wget's normal output to a file, so when i downloaded firefox, it looked something like this: --18:02:30-- http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/releases/0.10/Firefox%20Setup%201.0PR.exe => `Firefox%20Setup%201.0PR.exe.2' Resolving ftp.mozilla.org... done. Connecting to ftp.mozilla.org[207.200.85.49]:80... connected. HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK Length: 4,742,005 [application/octet-stream] 0K .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... 1% 118.48 KB/s 50K .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... 2% 413.22 KB/s 100K .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... 3% 427.35 KB/s .... 4500K .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... 98% 609.76 KB/s 4550K .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... 99% 561.80 KB/s 4600K .......... .......... .......... 100% 656.69 KB/s 18:02:39 (563.57 KB/s) - `Firefox%20Setup%201.0PR.exe.2' saved [4742005/4742005] That info could easily be parsed and put into a DB or spreadsheet or something else. Jon <>< On Tue, 14 Sep 2004 15:56:58 -0700, JD Austin wrote: > Ed Skinner wrote: > > >I need something that will (via cron, etc.) run a bandwidth test and log the > >results. (Our ISP sucks but we need to document it.) > >I'm thinking something command-line, not GUI. > >Any suggestions? > > > > > > > I wrote one several years ago when I had speed choice (now sprint > 'broadband' direct) for the very same reason. > It did a series of tests including downloading different size files and > pinging machines via cron. > The results including packet loss and other ping statistics were stored > in a mysql database. > The backend was a few perl scripts and the front end was in PHP. > > The PHP front end used GD to create graphs on the fly. > It was very effective in showing how their network sucked and why :) > I was getting packetloss as high as 40% and micro outtages constantly > > I don't think I have it around anymore but I could help you with the design. > > JD > > -- > JD Austin > Twin Geckos Technology Services LLC > email: jd@twingeckos.com > http://www.twingeckos.com > phone/fax: 480.344.2640 > > > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > -- Jon <>< --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss