This simple howto explains howto to check your download rate through a ft proxy <br /> <br /> private Proxy <br /> ============= <br /> <br /> If it's a private proxy, first create a tunnel to this proxy with :: <br /> <br /> &nbsp; &nbsp; ssh -l <user> -L 3128:localhost:3128 <host proxy> <br /> <br /> Next, configure your proxy:: <br /> <br /> &nbsp; &nbsp; export ftp_proxy=localhost:3128 <proxy_host> <br /> <br /> Finally, test your dl with wget:: <br /> <br /> &nbsp; &nbsp; wget&nbsp; --verbose --proxy=on \\ <br /> &nbsp; &nbsp; ftp://ftp.free.fr/mirrors/ftp.ubuntu.com/releases/7.10/ubuntu-7.10-desktop-i386.iso <br /> <br /> You can check if your traffic uses the proxy with iftop, example:: <br /> <br /> &nbsp; &nbsp; iftop -i eth0 <br /> <br /> public or internal Proxy <br /> ======================== <br /> <br /> You just set your proxy host/port and launch wget:: <br /> <br /> &nbsp; &nbsp; export ftp_proxy=localhost:3128 <br /> &nbsp; &nbsp; wget&nbsp; --verbose --proxy=on \\ <br /> ftp://ftp.free.fr/mirrors/ftp.ubuntu.com/releases/7.10/ubuntu-7.10-desktop-i386.iso http://home.zyrianes.net/blog/Articles/159/