Scott - 2005-02-22

I currently use j2ssh in a couple of applications and it rocks!

I've been tasked to provide a "rudimentary" speed test  - to provide a rough bandwidth speed test via one of my pages.  The test is to measure the speed between the web server on which my application is running and another SSH-accessible machine.  Any suggestion on how best to do so?  I thought of transferring a file of known size via sftp and timing bit I then have the overhead of the SSH stuff.  They know it will be only a rough estimation of throughput but will afford the customer the ability to make relative comparisons over time.

Any and all suggestions appreciated.