commands to test internet connection
 

Hi guys!!

well, that is my question
a console programs to test my internet connection, such microcuts, isp performance etc,

thanx a lot!!

bye

Hello

Although meant to set parameters, ifconfig and iwconfig can give a lot of information.

Bye

Koen

am not sure.. but it wouldn't harm to try dhclient command.. :)

ping, wget, traceroute, ftp....

just to add some extras; pathping, nmap, tcpdump, and some other sites that can give some performance stuff would be (though they are not from the command line but are good to have) speedtest.net, http://speakeasy.net/speedtest/

mmm for example

to detect micro-cuts from my isp?

True, but about how the interfaces are set up, rather than how well they are performing.

ping...you've just got to use ping, but the question is what you do with it...do you sample very frequently and grab masses of data very quickly and take a more sedate approach and then do you filter the results to just show up the 'bad' responses, however you have decided to define that.

you also need to check that name look ups work sensibly and for that you need dig (repeatedly) to check whether the look ups work quickly first time/subsequent times.

i love to test link speed by
wget http://mirrors.kernel.org/gnu/gcc/gc...c-4.4.2.tar.gz
and general link by ping gnu.org and also curl checkip.dyndns.org