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 …

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 …