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How to determine the client connection type
- Thread starter ccddmm
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Connection type? Is it a common usage? In ie-proprietary agent, you have clientcaps behavior which exposes a connectionType. If that's not what you need, cannot help.
[tt]
<html>
<head>
<script language="javascript">
function doit() {
var oelem=document.getElementById("x");
oelem.style.behavior="url(#default#clientCaps)";
oelem.innerHTML+=oelem.connectionType;
}
window.onload=doit;
</script>
</head>
<body>
<span id="x">ConnectionType: </span>
</body>
</html>
[/tt]
[tt]
<html>
<head>
<script language="javascript">
function doit() {
var oelem=document.getElementById("x");
oelem.style.behavior="url(#default#clientCaps)";
oelem.innerHTML+=oelem.connectionType;
}
window.onload=doit;
</script>
</head>
<body>
<span id="x">ConnectionType: </span>
</body>
</html>
[/tt]
Maybe you refer to the speed of the connection to the internet? As in modem, Cable, ADSL etc?
You can kind-of do this using javascript, but it's not reliable at all. Basically you would request a large image (say) of a known number of bytes. Then time how long it takes to load and work out the transfer speed. That doesn't take into consideration other people also using your connection (if shared).
As I said, it's not reliable.
Cheers,
Jeff
[tt]Jeff's Page @ Code Couch
[/tt]
What is Javascript? FAQ216-6094
You can kind-of do this using javascript, but it's not reliable at all. Basically you would request a large image (say) of a known number of bytes. Then time how long it takes to load and work out the transfer speed. That doesn't take into consideration other people also using your connection (if shared).
As I said, it's not reliable.
Cheers,
Jeff
[tt]Jeff's Page @ Code Couch
[/tt]
What is Javascript? FAQ216-6094
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