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Painfully slow webserver wanted! [modified]

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  • R Rajesh R Subramanian

    Try querying something from the Indian Railways website. You won't get anything slower than that.

    "Real men drive manual transmission" - Rajesh.

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    Henry Minute
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    Except, possibly, the trains.

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      Except, possibly, the trains.

      Henry Minute Do not read medical books! You could die of a misprint. - Mark Twain Girl: (staring) "Why do you need an icy cucumber?" “I want to report a fraud. The government is lying to us all.” I wouldn't let CG touch my Abacus! When you're wrestling a gorilla, you don't stop when you're tired, you stop when the gorilla is.

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      Rajesh R Subramanian
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      Usually, yes. But I won't bet my money on that.

      "Real men drive manual transmission" - Rajesh.

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      • I Iain Clarke Warrior Programmer

        And yes, digital man[^] I have googled. I'm writing some code that will import a file from a given URL - but I want it to be able to handle horrible network conditions gracefully. Failing connections, slow connections etc. So, I'm after some webserver that I can throttle down to abysmal performance, preferably runnable locally. Any ideas? I can't imagine I'm the first one to want this... Iain. ps. I suppose this is a program related question, but it's about testing, not programming, so I'm dodging the laws! Ner! [Modification: I was more after a server I could run myself, and serve given files slowly, than examples of painful servers in the wild - though those will do in a pinch!]

        I am one of "those foreigners coming over here and stealing our jobs". Yay me!

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        realJSOP
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        Why don't you just setup your own web server that you can cripple at will?

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        • realJSOPR realJSOP

          Why don't you just setup your own web server that you can cripple at will?

          ".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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          Iain Clarke Warrior Programmer
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          That was my plan too... But I wanted one that had a "throttle outgoing connections down to some ludicrously slow value", if possible! Iain.

          I am one of "those foreigners coming over here and stealing our jobs". Yay me!

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          • I Iain Clarke Warrior Programmer

            That was my plan too... But I wanted one that had a "throttle outgoing connections down to some ludicrously slow value", if possible! Iain.

            I am one of "those foreigners coming over here and stealing our jobs". Yay me!

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            Jorgen Sigvardsson
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            You could easily write a small proxy in C#/.Net. Clients connect to some port, and the proxy then connects to webserver. The proxy then transfer data back and forth. It would be relatively easy to manipulate the data flow. :)

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            • I Iain Clarke Warrior Programmer

              And yes, digital man[^] I have googled. I'm writing some code that will import a file from a given URL - but I want it to be able to handle horrible network conditions gracefully. Failing connections, slow connections etc. So, I'm after some webserver that I can throttle down to abysmal performance, preferably runnable locally. Any ideas? I can't imagine I'm the first one to want this... Iain. ps. I suppose this is a program related question, but it's about testing, not programming, so I'm dodging the laws! Ner! [Modification: I was more after a server I could run myself, and serve given files slowly, than examples of painful servers in the wild - though those will do in a pinch!]

              I am one of "those foreigners coming over here and stealing our jobs". Yay me!

              modified on Friday, March 11, 2011 4:54 AM

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              I use software like NetLimiter[^]. It's a very flexible tool that allows you to selectively shape bandwidth usage per application, per adapter, or any other number of options I'm sure they've added over the years. So I would: 1) Set up a VM with a any old web server. 2) Installet NetLimiter on either the client or the server to throttle the network to emulate poor connections. If it doesn't do response time delays as well, I'm sure there would be a similar tool that does.

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              • I Iain Clarke Warrior Programmer

                And yes, digital man[^] I have googled. I'm writing some code that will import a file from a given URL - but I want it to be able to handle horrible network conditions gracefully. Failing connections, slow connections etc. So, I'm after some webserver that I can throttle down to abysmal performance, preferably runnable locally. Any ideas? I can't imagine I'm the first one to want this... Iain. ps. I suppose this is a program related question, but it's about testing, not programming, so I'm dodging the laws! Ner! [Modification: I was more after a server I could run myself, and serve given files slowly, than examples of painful servers in the wild - though those will do in a pinch!]

                I am one of "those foreigners coming over here and stealing our jobs". Yay me!

                modified on Friday, March 11, 2011 4:54 AM

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                Luc Pattyn
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                build your own web server, it is pretty simple. Sample HTTP Server Skeleton in C#[^] is a very good starting point. :)

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                • P Phil Martin

                  I use software like NetLimiter[^]. It's a very flexible tool that allows you to selectively shape bandwidth usage per application, per adapter, or any other number of options I'm sure they've added over the years. So I would: 1) Set up a VM with a any old web server. 2) Installet NetLimiter on either the client or the server to throttle the network to emulate poor connections. If it doesn't do response time delays as well, I'm sure there would be a similar tool that does.

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                  Iain Clarke Warrior Programmer
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                  This looks pretty perfect to me! Thanks Phil, Iain.

                  I am one of "those foreigners coming over here and stealing our jobs". Yay me!

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                  • L Luc Pattyn

                    build your own web server, it is pretty simple. Sample HTTP Server Skeleton in C#[^] is a very good starting point. :)

                    Luc Pattyn [Forum Guidelines] [My Articles] Nil Volentibus Arduum

                    Please use <PRE> tags for code snippets, they preserve indentation, improve readability, and make me actually look at the code.

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                    Iain Clarke Warrior Programmer
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                    I think this maaaaaay be a little over the top! I have written a pop3 server a while ago, in C, as a challenge. I think I won't repeat it again! Iain.

                    I am one of "those foreigners coming over here and stealing our jobs". Yay me!

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                    • I Iain Clarke Warrior Programmer

                      And yes, digital man[^] I have googled. I'm writing some code that will import a file from a given URL - but I want it to be able to handle horrible network conditions gracefully. Failing connections, slow connections etc. So, I'm after some webserver that I can throttle down to abysmal performance, preferably runnable locally. Any ideas? I can't imagine I'm the first one to want this... Iain. ps. I suppose this is a program related question, but it's about testing, not programming, so I'm dodging the laws! Ner! [Modification: I was more after a server I could run myself, and serve given files slowly, than examples of painful servers in the wild - though those will do in a pinch!]

                      I am one of "those foreigners coming over here and stealing our jobs". Yay me!

                      modified on Friday, March 11, 2011 4:54 AM

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                      Brady Kelly
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                      Maybe try a null modem serial connection from client to web server. Then you can set the connection speed.

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