> I need a tool to check the internet browsing speed(both upload & download)

Well, the "time" command measures the duration of any comamnd line action. It would be easy enough to combine it with something like wget.

most command line ftp clients display the elapsed time after a file transfer is completed.

and www.adslguide.org has a speed measuring widget on there somewhere

I've used: http://www.ixiacom.com/products/performanc…skey=pa_q_check http://dast.nlanr.net/Projects/Iperf/ (cool!)

but not: http://dsd.lbl.gov/NCS/netest/

Robert E A Harvey