[wplug] checking a network connection

[Brandon Kuczenski]

> Having just installed a new DSL connection, I would like to verify that
> its bandwidth is at least somewhere near what was advertised (in each
> direction).
> 
> I don't need to be very rigourous about this and it's not worth a lot of
> effort to me so I'm not about to learn a network monitoring package. I'm
> not going to analyse it, just glance over it somewhat.
> 
> But I would like to be able to say to the customer, in handwaving sort
> of way, that they're getting what they paid for. Any ideas on a simple
> way to do this?

I routinely check my download bandwidth by downloading large files (say, 
self-extracting executables for windows) from major distribution sites, 
and I check my upload bandwidth by scp'ing files from my routerserver to 
my laptop over a known-high-bandwidth connection (say, from here at CMU).

Is trhis for you, or one of your customers?  It's not so clear from your 
post.

-Brandon