speedtest-cli

speedtest-cli is garbage if you have >100Mbps Speeds. The dev refuses to acknowledge this: https://github.com/sivel/speedtest-cli/issues/226 Also not just me: https://github.com/sivel/speedtest-cli/issues/649 https://github.com/sivel/speedtest-cli/issues/648 https://github.com/sivel/speedtest-cli/issues/641 https://github.com/sivel/speedtest-cli/issues/616 https://github.com/sivel/speedtest-cli/issues/601 https://github.com/sivel/speedtest-cli/issues/588 https://github.com/sivel/speedtest-cli/issues/546

there is a standard package available in the debian repository apt install speedtest-cli Description: Command line interface for testing internet bandwidth using speedtest.net Speedtest.net is a webservice that allows you to test your broadband connection by downloading a file from one of many Speedtest.net servers from around the world. . This utility allows you to use the Speedtest.net service from the command line. . Note: This tool accesses speedtest.net over http, while the web-based client uses websockets. This tool has shown to become increasingly inacurate with high-speed connections. For more information, see the readme on: https://github.com/sivel/speedtest-cli

You may have seen this already, but there is a Python utility that works with Speedtest.net called "speedtest-cli". pip install speedtest-cli https://github.com/sivel/speedtest-cli

I just ran speedtest.net on a $5/mo 512MB DigitalOcean droplet in the San Francisco (SFO1) datacenter. ~ speedtest-cli Retrieving speedtest.net configuration... Testing from DigitalOcean (192.241.229.48)... Retrieving speedtest.net server list... Selecting best server based on ping... Hosted by Monkey Brains (San Francisco, CA) [5.93 km]: 2.132 ms Testing download Download: 921.09 Mbit/s Testing upload Upload: 705.31 Mbit/s Can anybody run speedtest-cli[1] on a 512MB LightSail instance to compare network throughput? [1] https://github.com/sivel/speedtest-cli

I did that, works great and with speed test cli it (did it without that at first) it's even better! https://github.com/sivel/speedtest-cli If you are going to setup a cronjob/service for it, I suggest using the --simple flag.

There's also a command-line "client" for speedtest.net, speedtest-cli [0], that just uses Python. I use it because I don't have Flash installed anywhere. It's handy for remote or headless machines too. [0]: https://github.com/sivel/speedtest-cli

Quite similar to https://github.com/sivel/speedtest-cli