speed of my internet connection ??? pls help?

Question

i have fedora core 5 linux. i have internet connection in my linux. i want to know the actual speed of my internet connection. i know there are some website where they give the internet speed of my connection. but im looking for something which shows up in the taskbar of my linux pc, and shows the speed of the internet connection. is there any software like that for my linux ?

Answer 1

chekout the following

http://www.bandwidthplace.com/speedtest/

http://reviews.cnet.com/7004-7254_7-0.html

http://us.mcafee.com/root/speedometer/default.asp

http://www.bplspeedtest.com/broadband-speed-test.php

Answer 2

www.speakeasy.net/speedtest

http://www.ookla.com/speedtest/


http://speed.touchtelindia.net/