Is there a Public FTP server to test upload and download?

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What I want to do is measure broadband speed using c#.

To do this, I use NetworkInterface.BytesReceived and BytesSent to get the current amount of bytes sent and received from my network adapter and get the DateTime.

Then I download/upload a file and get the BytesReceived/BytesSent and DateTime again. The download/upload speed is just the the difference between the BytesReceived/BytesSent divided by the time difference.

Now I am wondering if there is a public FTP server where I can download and upload files.

you can use [mmnt.net](https://www.mmnt.net) to find any free server (ftp, etc...) – [Daniel I. Cruz](https://stackoverflow.com/users/6446244/daniel-i-cruz) An useful comment below — Abhi, Sep 01 '20 at 14:03

bpelhos · Answer 1 · 2018-06-07T12:24:56.763

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Tele2 provides ftp://speedtest.tele2.net , you can log in as anonymous and upload anything to test your upload speed. For download testing they provide fixed size files, you can choose which fits best to your test.

You can connect with username of anonymous and any password (e.g. anonymous ). You can upload files to upload folder. You can't create new folder here. Your file is deleted immediately after successful upload.

Found here: http://speedtest.tele2.net/

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answered Mar 17 '15 at 16:23

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Note: The upload folder appears to automatically purge any file that is uploaded. – John M Jul 20 '16 at 16:55
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@John M Of course it would, what else would you expect it to do? – Aaron Franke Sep 27 '16 at 20:28
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Does not allow directory creation. – TarmoPikaro Nov 03 '16 at 19:42
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@John As long as it's not purged immediately after uploading, it's good enough for testing purposes. – Tony_Henrich Jan 13 '17 at 01:09
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How do we connect to this. I am using these credentials. ftp = ftplib.FTP('ftp://speedtest.tele2.net', 'anonymous'). – Harikrishna Jan 19 '18 at 18:30

score 84 · Answer 2 · edited Jul 11 '18 at 05:21

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Try ftp://test.rebex.net/

It is read-only used for testing Rebex components to list directory and download. Allows also to test FTP/SSL and IMAP.

Username is "demo", password is "password"

See https://test.rebex.net/ for more information.

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answered Oct 19 '16 at 15:10

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Either this site is not working anymore; or this is an attempt to promoting a site. I see no ftp pages provided by this site. – user1888243 Mar 06 '17 at 22:29
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It works. You need to the correct protocol instead of HTTP. – tatigo Mar 10 '17 at 19:38
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Example: FTP://test..... – tatigo Mar 10 '17 at 19:38
It asks me for a username and password. – bfontaine Jul 03 '17 at 09:26
click the first link for the username/password – tatigo Jul 05 '17 at 05:33
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username is demo password is password ftp is test.rebex.net – SSpoke Jan 30 '18 at 01:34
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As of October 2018, this allows uploading and downloading. The uploaded files are kept for 30 minutes – Luis Mendo Oct 02 '18 at 11:01

score 61 · Answer 3 · edited Jan 02 '20 at 13:37

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Currently, the link dlptest is working fine.

The files will only be stored for 30 minutes before being deleted.

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Fine to me. Thsnk you. – insign Dec 30 '20 at 17:28
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As of May 13, 2021, works like a charm. Many thanks! – lffloyd May 13 '21 at 19:41
not working anymore :( – Osama Bin Saleem Apr 14 '22 at 08:33
works well in 2023 – Iliya Kuznetsov Feb 01 '23 at 09:44
Kinda works in 2023, from command line FTP not C# – William Walseth Feb 14 '23 at 22:09
For me file is not uploading but can connect from java code base – Fay007 May 08 '23 at 07:45

score 10 · Answer 4 · answered Nov 01 '11 at 15:30

There's lots of FTP sites you can get into with the 'anonymous' account and download, but a 'public' site that allows anonymous uploads would be utterly swamped with pr0n and warez in short order.

It's easy enough to set up your own FTP server for testing uploads. There's plenty of them for most any desktop OS. There's one built into IIS, for instance.

score 3 · Answer 5 · edited Feb 13 '20 at 23:50

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I have found an FTP server and its working. I was successfully able to upload a file to this FTP server and then see file created by hitting same url. Visit here and read properly before use. Good luck...!

Edit: link is now dead, but the FTP server is still up! Connect with the username "anonymous" and an email address as a password: ftp://ftp.swfwmd.state.fl.us

BUT FIRST read this before using it

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answered Sep 22 '16 at 12:50

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Link is dead as of Sept 2017. – Helen Sep 25 '17 at 10:25
The link is live as of Sept 2017 – Sharique Abdullah Oct 25 '17 at 07:55
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Link is dead as of 1519036935. – Baris Demiray Feb 19 '18 at 10:42

Is there a Public FTP server to test upload and download?

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