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Throttle download speed
aria2c --max-download-limit=100K file.metalink
Throttle upload speed
aria2c --max-upload-limit=100K file.torrent
Axel
--max-speed=x, -s x
You can specify a speed (bytes per second) here and Axel will
try to keep the average speed around this speed. Useful if you
don?t want the program to suck up all of your bandwidth.
Use 'ctrl-@' to set a mark. See the first comment for a better explanation.
Super fast way to ftp/telnet/netcat/ssh/ping your loopback address for testing. The default route 0.0.0.0 is simply reduced to 0.
Sends the "USR1" signal every 1 second (-n 1) to a process called exactly "dd".
The signal in some systems can be INFO or SIGINFO ...
look at the signals list in: man kill
On the machine acting like a server, run:
iperf -s
On the machine acting like a client, run:
iperf -c ip.add.re.ss
where ip.add.re.ss is the ip or hostname of the server.
On the another machine write this command.
pv -r /dev/zero | nc 192.168.1.1 7777
It will show live throughput between two machine.The destination machine ip is at our example 192.168.1.1
You must multiply by 8 for the network calculation.
You must install pv and netcat commands for this commands usage.
kerim@bayner.com
Change your drive letter as you wish.
Using pv command for speed detect.First of all you must install pv command for usage.
kerim@bayner.com
every 1sec sends DD the USR1 signal which causes DD to print its progress.
Trickle is a voluntary, cooperative bandwidth shaper. it works entirely in userland and is very easy to use.
The most simple application is to limit the bandwidth usage of programs.
This will log your internet download speed.
You can run
gnuplot -persist <(echo "plot 'bps' with lines")
to get a graph of it.