[ale] monitoring bandwidth?

[Paul D. Manno]

On Sun, 9 Dec 2001, Thompson Freeman wrote:

> On Sun, 9 Dec 2001, Paul D. Manno wrote:
> 
> > A quick search on google for DSL speed test provides some options.  Site
> > DSLreports.com has a variety of tools available including a Java-based 
> > speed test http://www.dslreports.com/stest for your perusal.  As always 
> > with speed tests, your mileage WILL vary.
> > 
> > In the FWIW department, the Telocity/DirectTV DSL gateway boxes keep such 
> > stats locally for you.
> 
> In the "That's Interesting" Department, off the top of your head, do you
> know how to access that information from Linux?
> 
> Thanks.

Most Linux-based Telocity/DirectTV gateway users are ethernet connected so 
you just point your DSL-connected browser to http://10.5.1.2/statistics 
and view the info.

-- Paul
> > 
> > On Sat, 8 Dec 2001, John Wells wrote:
> > 
> > > Just installed the Bellsouth external DSL modem.
> > > 
> > > Not getting the download times I expected, according
> > > to the test tools at dslreports.com.  It's fast...but
> > > not that fast ;-). 
> > > 
> > > Does anyone know of a good bandwidth monitoring tool,
> > > either for Win98 or Linux (it's a dual boot). 
> > > Something that I can use reliably to test?
> > > 
> > > Also, can I get some average download rates from
> > > Bellsouth DSL users?
> > > 
> > > Thanks,
> > > John
> > > 
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