Very Simple Test Download via a Proxy Howto
This simple howto explains howto to check your download rate through a ft proxyprivate Proxy
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If it's a private proxy, first create a tunnel to this proxy with ::
ssh -l
Next, configure your proxy::
export ftp_proxy=localhost:3128
Finally, test your dl with wget::
wget --verbose --proxy=on \\
ftp://ftp.free.fr/mirrors/ftp.ubuntu.com/releases/7.10/ubuntu-7.10-desktop-i386.iso
You can check if your traffic uses the proxy with iftop, example::
iftop -i eth0
public or internal Proxy
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You just set your proxy host/port and launch wget::
export ftp_proxy=localhost:3128
wget --verbose --proxy=on \\
ftp://ftp.free.fr/mirrors/ftp.ubuntu.com/releases/7.10/ubuntu-7.10-desktop-i386.iso