Comment Re:Cmon people... (Score 2, Informative) 517
A good way to test your network connection is with netcat and pv. Both are packaged by all major Linux distos.
Another network speed test that is cool, although not included with a distro, is netio. It's cross-platform, with versions for Linux and for Windows in the archive. I just wish I could find a version for my MacBook (or, knew enough to get it to compile under fink).
