https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-linux/how-to-check-the-speed-of-network-interface-in-rhel-as-server/m-p/3900623#M26006 Shalom,<BR /><BR />Two built in tools<BR /><BR />ethtool<BR /><BR />mii-tool<BR /><BR />It will be hard to estimate the time of the file transfer without a file transfer test because no transfer is going to happen at the full rated speed of the connection. There are switches, wires, and other impedence factors which you can not calculate in advance.<BR /><BR />Note also that an scp tranfer is going to be slower because thankfully it encrypts the data prior to transfer.<BR /><BR />SEP Sun, 19 Nov 2006 01:33:49 GMT Steven E. Protter 2006-11-19T01:33:49Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-linux/how-to-check-the-speed-of-network-interface-in-rhel-as-server/m-p/3900622#M26005 Hi,<BR /> <BR />How to check the speed of network interface in RHEL AS server?<BR />For example, I would like to estimate the amount of time it would take for me to send and recieve a file through ftp / scp from an RHEL AS server.<BR /> <BR />Please suggest,<BR />Thanks &amp; Regards <BR /> Sun, 19 Nov 2006 00:07:01 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-linux/how-to-check-the-speed-of-network-interface-in-rhel-as-server/m-p/3900622#M26005 GnanaShekar 2006-11-19T00:07:01Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-linux/how-to-check-the-speed-of-network-interface-in-rhel-as-server/m-p/3900623#M26006 Shalom,<BR /><BR />Two built in tools<BR /><BR />ethtool<BR /><BR />mii-tool<BR /><BR />It will be hard to estimate the time of the file transfer without a file transfer test because no transfer is going to happen at the full rated speed of the connection. There are switches, wires, and other impedence factors which you can not calculate in advance.<BR /><BR />Note also that an scp tranfer is going to be slower because thankfully it encrypts the data prior to transfer.<BR /><BR />SEP Sun, 19 Nov 2006 01:33:49 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-linux/how-to-check-the-speed-of-network-interface-in-rhel-as-server/m-p/3900623#M26006 Steven E. Protter 2006-11-19T01:33:49Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-linux/how-to-check-the-speed-of-network-interface-in-rhel-as-server/m-p/3900624#M26007 Try "iptraf", it is a good no nonsense one. Sun, 19 Nov 2006 03:27:36 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-linux/how-to-check-the-speed-of-network-interface-in-rhel-as-server/m-p/3900624#M26007 Ragu_3 2006-11-19T03:27:36Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-linux/how-to-check-the-speed-of-network-interface-in-rhel-as-server/m-p/3900625#M26008 Hello!<BR /><BR />You can use ad Windows machine:<BR />Install a tool like Filezilla(ftp) or WinSCP3(scp or sftp), all that are free, and transfer a file of 1 ,10 or 100 megabyte into the RedHat Server.<BR />You can see the time into the forms of the tools and can also calculate the speed by time.<BR />I prefer calculate the speed using ftp, because this protocol si specific for file-transfer and can calculate the speed with a good accuracy.<BR />Bye! Mon, 20 Nov 2006 06:45:32 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-linux/how-to-check-the-speed-of-network-interface-in-rhel-as-server/m-p/3900625#M26008 Alpha977 2006-11-20T06:45:32Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-linux/how-to-check-the-speed-of-network-interface-in-rhel-as-server/m-p/3900626#M26009 Hello!<BR /><BR />You can use an Windows machine:<BR />Install a tool like Filezilla(ftp) or WinSCP3(scp or sftp), all that are free, and transfer a file of 1 ,10 or 100 megabyte into the RedHat Server.<BR />You can see the time into the forms of the tools and can also calculate the speed by time.<BR />I prefer calculate the speed using ftp, because this protocol si specific for file-transfer and can calculate the speed with a good accuracy.<BR />Bye! Mon, 20 Nov 2006 06:45:34 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-linux/how-to-check-the-speed-of-network-interface-in-rhel-as-server/m-p/3900626#M26009 Alpha977 2006-11-20T06:45:34Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-linux/how-to-check-the-speed-of-network-interface-in-rhel-as-server/m-p/3900627#M26010 make cat for this file : /etc/sysconfig/networking/profiles/default/ifcfg-eth0<BR /><BR />if the lan card configuration is set you should have something like that<BR />ETHTOOL_OPTS="speed 1000 duplex full autoneg off"<BR /><BR />Regards Thierry Mon, 20 Nov 2006 11:03:40 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/operating-system-linux/how-to-check-the-speed-of-network-interface-in-rhel-as-server/m-p/3900627#M26010 PAVIC Thierry 2006-11-20T11:03:40Z