Internet speed test

[Bozo]

Interesting site for testing internet/network speed.

 

[LunarMist]

It does not work. :bsmurf:

 

[CougTek]

It worked fine for me. Do you have problems with your java plugin?

 

[LunarMist]

Yeah, my computer is screwed. :frusty:

 

[Stereodude]

It worked for me also.

 

[LunarMist]

I tried three computers and there is nothing but a gray square. :x

 

[Stereodude]

That's because you don't have Java installed.

 

[timwhit]

It's not hard to install: http://www.java.com/en/download/manual.jsp

 

[Santilli]

Unless you have linux;-)

 

[BingBangBop]

Isn't this thread an effective duplicate of Internet Bandwidth Testing thread in the tools forum?

They are both ndt servers, just different servers.

 

[timwhit]

Unless you have linux;-)

That's not true, the jvm is available for Linux.

 

[Striker]

That's not true, the jvm is available for Linux.

I think he was referring to the not hard part. Meaning he feels lots of things about Linux are hard.

 

[timwhit]

I think he was referring to the not hard part. Meaning he feels lots of things about Linux are hard.

In which case I would type yum install open-jdk java-1.6.0-openjdk.x86_64 and hit enter. Real fucking hard.

 

[Handruin]

You're right, installing it isn't hard as long as you know about yum or package management including the correct package name to install.

 

[LunarMist]

It's not hard to install: http://www.java.com/en/download/manual.jsp

OK, I installed it. But really, why should that be necessary just to test the internet speed? Does the newer Windows or latest Mac OS X have that pre-installed?

 

[timwhit]

OK, I installed it. But really, why should that be necessary just to test the internet speed?

Most or all internet speed tests require some type of binary executable to run. There are several ways you can run these in a browser: Flash, Java Applet, Silverlight, ActiveX, or JavaFX. Flash and Java are the most ubiquitous plugins that people have installed, so that is why you need to install it.

Does the newer Windows or latest Mac OS X have that pre-installed?

No. Windows has not come with a Java Virtual Machine since 2001. See Sun Vs. Microsoft for more information.

I don't believe that OS X comes with a JVM either, but I could be wrong.