There are multiple tools available to convert a Socks proxy to a HTTP/HTTPS proxy. The work by convertting HTTP requests into socks requests and send them to the socks proxy. Be aware that this might not be necessary as many tools accepting HTTP/HTTPS proxies also accept socks proxies …

Comparison of Network Drives (Remote File System)

1. NFS is very fast but not secure and it is for Unix/Linux only. It is a good choice for local network sharing.

2. Samba is fast, secure and cross-platform. it is good for general purpose sharing and popular in companies.

3. SSHFS is slow …

You can setup proxy in a terminal by export environment variables http_proxy and `https_proxy'.

export http_proxy='proxy_server:port'
export https_proxy='proxy_server:port'

However, you might find the exported environment variables are not visible to sudo. This can be resovled by simplying adding the -E (preserve environment) option to sudo.

sudo …

SpeedTest - OOKLA can help you test the speed of your internet connection. Mobile apps and a command-line tool are also available. This page explains how to use the command-line tool to test the speed of your internet connection.

1. Using a Web Service.

   1. Open http://wpad/wpad.dat.

   2. Figure the proxy out from the contents it returns.

2. Use the command netstat. This is a universal way and is especially helpful when http://wpad/wpad.dat is not available.

   1. Inspect the output of netstat -an | egrep "EST|Proto" ("EST" is …