Testing upload bandwidth from the command line

fakie_flip · 09-06-2012, 11:20 PM

For download bandwidth, I can do

wget --output-document=/dev/null http://speedtest.wdc01.softlayer.com...ds/test500.zip

or the curl equivalent

curl -o /dev/null http://speedtest.wdc01.softlayer.com...ds/test500.zip

But I have a virtual private server vps running on a cloud, no gui installed nor do I want one. So I'm more interested in the up-bandwidth. How can I do that?

Ygrex · 09-06-2012, 11:28 PM

if you have bash installed:

Code:

time for i in $(seq 1000) ; do cat out ; done >/dev/udp/1.1.1.1/1

fakie_flip · 09-07-2012, 11:49 AM

Where is the out file supposed to come from?

Ygrex · 09-07-2012, 07:50 PM

let it be 100Mib file:

Code:

dd count=204800 of=out if=/dev/zero >out

fakie_flip · 11-21-2012, 02:32 PM

This will send a 105 mb file 1000 times to (i don't know where)?

Habitual · 11-21-2012, 04:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by fakie_flip

...(i don't know where)?

.out

fakie_flip · 11-21-2012, 07:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Habitual

.out

No, it's:

/dev/udp/1.1.1.1/1

Not sure what that is

I left this for loop running for hours, and it's just hung. I know my connection on the VPS is not that slow.