A500 Internet Speed Test Website/Tool?

Starglider 2 · 07 May 2016, 00:12

Hi all, just for fun this: My A500+ is on the net, and I can browse a rudimentary web using AWeb.

Are there any speed test tools that would work on A500? Just curious what speeds I'm actually getting!

Or a way to calculate it based on ping results perhaps?

SkulleateR · 07 May 2016, 14:31

I don´t think any of the modern dsl speedtests will work in any of the ancient browsers we have ....

Best guess would be downloading a bigger file with tools like wget or something like that and compare the download time with PC ....

zipper · 07 May 2016, 14:42

100 meg test file:
wget -O /dev/null ftp://ftp.funet.fi/dev/100Mnull > /dev/null

1gig test file:
wget -O /dev/null ftp://ftp.funet.fi/dev/1GBnull > /dev/null

there is also 10 MB file.

Starglider 2 · 08 May 2016, 06:05

Quote:

Originally Posted by zipper

100 meg test file:
wget -O /dev/null ftp://ftp.funet.fi/dev/100Mnull > /dev/null

1gig test file:
wget -O /dev/null ftp://ftp.funet.fi/dev/1GBnull > /dev/null

there is also 10 MB file.

Thanks. I can't seem to find an A500 version of wget. Any pointers?

SkulleateR · 08 May 2016, 22:16

http://aminet.net/package/dev/gg/wget-1.11.4-bin

idrougge · 09 May 2016, 17:08

http://aminet.net/package/comm/tcp/TcpSpeed

SkulleateR · 11 May 2016, 20:25

isn't tcpspeed ment to measure your internal net speed in your LAN ???

Starglider 2 · 13 May 2016, 00:46

Quote:

Originally Posted by zipper

100 meg test file:
wget -O /dev/null ftp://ftp.funet.fi/dev/100Mnull > /dev/null

1gig test file:
wget -O /dev/null ftp://ftp.funet.fi/dev/1GBnull > /dev/null

there is also 10 MB file.

I keep getting "unable to resolve host address" with this and any other file URL even Aminet working links. Any ideas why?

idrougge · 13 May 2016, 10:53

Quote:

Originally Posted by SkulleateR

isn't tcpspeed ment to measure your internal net speed in your LAN ???

Exactly.

Starglider 2 · 09 June 2016, 22:42

I was able to test the Internet speed by downloading a file emailed to myself (as I finally got YAM working on the A500.) Looks like the Plipbox is giving me about 28.8kbps speeds! I'm on fire!

Just for fun, if anyone wants to receive an email from an Amiga 500, you can reach it and me on this machine specific addy:

1984 (at) chrisimpsonlineTEETH.com

Remove TEETH before emailing.

(Why 1984? Partly a dystopian Orwellian reference, partly when Amiga was first made public.)

kgc210 · 11 June 2016, 18:36

In case you didn't know most Amiga software report speed as CPS (Characters per Second)

You can use this converter here, first highlight the tick box on the left for Character Second.
http://convertxy.com/index.php/datatransfers/

You can then put in your numbers that are displayed on the download section of AWeb.

It gets abit anoying with downloads generaly in Kb/s but HD transfer in KB/s etc

The guy who made the Plipbox has an interesting Blog update. At the min on his hardware it maxes out at 235KB/s in theory it should be able to go to around 700KB/s!
http://lallafa.de/blog/2015/09/amiga...st-can-you-go/

Starglider 2 · 11 June 2016, 19:07

Interesting, thank you.

kgc210 · 13 June 2016, 10:35

You have mail!

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07 May 2016, 14:31	#2
SkulleateR Registered User Join Date: Jan 2016 Location: Germany Posts: 325	I don´t think any of the modern dsl speedtests will work in any of the ancient browsers we have .... Best guess would be downloading a bigger file with tools like wget or something like that and compare the download time with PC ....

07 May 2016, 14:42	#3
zipper Registered User Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: finland Posts: 1,837	100 meg test file: wget -O /dev/null ftp://ftp.funet.fi/dev/100Mnull > /dev/null 1gig test file: wget -O /dev/null ftp://ftp.funet.fi/dev/1GBnull > /dev/null there is also 10 MB file.

08 May 2016, 22:16	#5
SkulleateR Registered User Join Date: Jan 2016 Location: Germany Posts: 325	http://aminet.net/package/dev/gg/wget-1.11.4-bin

09 May 2016, 17:08	#6
idrougge Registered User Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Stockholm Posts: 4,332	http://aminet.net/package/comm/tcp/TcpSpeed

11 May 2016, 20:25	#7
SkulleateR Registered User Join Date: Jan 2016 Location: Germany Posts: 325	isn't tcpspeed ment to measure your internal net speed in your LAN ???

09 June 2016, 22:42	#10
Starglider 2 Registered User Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: California Posts: 1,146	I was able to test the Internet speed by downloading a file emailed to myself (as I finally got YAM working on the A500.) Looks like the Plipbox is giving me about 28.8kbps speeds! I'm on fire! Just for fun, if anyone wants to receive an email from an Amiga 500, you can reach it and me on this machine specific addy: 1984 (at) chrisimpsonlineTEETH.com Remove TEETH before emailing. (Why 1984? Partly a dystopian Orwellian reference, partly when Amiga was first made public.)

11 June 2016, 18:36	#11
kgc210 Registered User Join Date: Jun 2016 Location: Stoke-On-Trent, England Posts: 450	In case you didn't know most Amiga software report speed as CPS (Characters per Second) You can use this converter here, first highlight the tick box on the left for Character Second. http://convertxy.com/index.php/datatransfers/ You can then put in your numbers that are displayed on the download section of AWeb. It gets abit anoying with downloads generaly in Kb/s but HD transfer in KB/s etc The guy who made the Plipbox has an interesting Blog update. At the min on his hardware it maxes out at 235KB/s in theory it should be able to go to around 700KB/s! http://lallafa.de/blog/2015/09/amiga...st-can-you-go/

11 June 2016, 19:07	#12
Starglider 2 Registered User Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: California Posts: 1,146	Interesting, thank you.

13 June 2016, 10:35	#13
kgc210 Registered User Join Date: Jun 2016 Location: Stoke-On-Trent, England Posts: 450	You have mail!

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