I see many tools that have been discussed for 'proper' bandwidth monitoring and testing - but I am wondering what people use 'in a pinch'? Particularly on systems that they may not easily have admin privileges on?
I am mainly looking for Internet tests. Speedtest.net works in most cases, but it relies on flash - not something that is always available, particularly when rdc'ing into servers.
Anyone have reliable equivalents that will run very lightly? I know they won't give reliable data like ipcop, ntop, ipaudit, bandwidthD when properly configured, but sometimes we just want to make sure things are connected...