HOW TO CHECK YOUR  TRANSFER RATE

STEP 1 : 

a) Click Start button on the PC and select Run

b) Type ftp ftp.ren.nic.in in the window.

Connected to ftp.ren.nic.in.
220 ftp.ren.nic.in FTP server (Version wu-2.6.0(1) Mon Feb 28 10:30:36 EST 2000)
ready.
User (ftp.ren.nic.in:(none)): cic
331 Guest login ok, type 24cic90k as password.
Password:                                               
230 user cic logged in

In case the message "cic Login OK" does not appear due to some spelling mistake in user name or password for eg. in case spelling of cic or the password is typed incorrectly and you get a message "Login incorrect" or "Login failed"  type bye against ftp> prompt and repeat steps a) and b) to connect again.

ftp> cd minerva
250 CWD command successful.
ftp> pwd
257 "/nicftp/home/cic/minerva" is current directory.
ftp> get iplugin.zip
200 Type set to A.
150 Opening ASCII mode data connection for minerva.zip ( 5956773 bytes).
226 Transfer complete.
ftp: 5979448 bytes received in 0.94 Seconds 6734.68 Kbytes/sec.
ftp>bye

Please note down the rate of transfer as shown after transfer is complete . 

This is your Rate of  transfer for FTP.

In the above case the Rate of Transfer for FTP is 6734.68 Kbytes/sec

STEP 2 :

1.Open your browser window and type http://www.download.com

2. Click on Web Developer>HTML Editors

3. Download the  software HTML Password Pro 3.1 Pro appearing under this link (File Size = 1.17 MB)
4. Specify the path on your local system where this file will be downloaded.

5. When the download starts a new window will open showing the progress of transfer and rate of transfer.

6. Please note down the  rate of transfer which appears at the end of the transfer  in Kbytes/sec .

This is your Rate of Transfer for Download.

STEP 3 :

1. Please go to URL  http://cicserver.nic.in 
2. Click on the link " Entry of Transfer Rate Information"
3. Login with your User Name and Password.
4. Select the link "Entry of Transfer Rate  Information"  and enter the information in the table  given   there (cicserver)  by clicking on the "Submit" button.
The following table will appear there.