Broadband testing on linux

sometimes we want to know the maximum speed bandwidth from our internet providers, to know the maximum speed bandwidth, we need a software that is used for such measurements, one of them is tptest.  

Tptest can be used in windows or linux OS, in this articel, i will share my experience, tptest installation on my slackware server


first download source here


extract downloaded file
# tar xzvf tptest-xxxxx.tar.gz


go to tptest folder
# cd tptest-xxxxx

go to
# cd apps/unix/client/

install program
# make

Done!!!

test the program

# ./tptestclient -v 10 -m tcp-auto tptest.bredband.net 1640

the output is :


Server: 195.54.122.216:1640  Test:4  Time:0  Maxtime:60  Bytes: 51200
Received 51200/51200 bytes in 0.71 seconds.
Server: 195.54.122.216:1640  Test:4  Time:0  Maxtime:60  Bytes: 92160
Received 32914/92160 bytes in 0.71 seconds.
Server: 195.54.122.216:1640  Test:4  Time:0  Maxtime:60  Bytes: 165888
Received 143352/165888 bytes in 1.17 seconds.
Server: 195.54.122.216:1640  Test:4  Time:0  Maxtime:60  Bytes: 829440
Received 540104/829440 bytes in 1.67 seconds.
Server: 195.54.122.216:1640  Test:4  Time:0  Maxtime:60  Bytes: 4147200
Received 2875728/4147200 bytes in 2.38 seconds.
Server: 195.54.122.216:1640  Test:4  Time:0  Maxtime:60  Bytes: 20736000
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TCP Send: 67054334 bps (67.05 Mbit/s)
TCP Recv: 26964936 bps (26.96 Mbit/s)


source:  http://myubuntutech.blogspot.com/2009/05/tptest-for-linux.html