Command line interface for testing internet bandwidth using speedtest.net 1

Installation

speedtest-cli can be installed with the Pakfire web interface or via the console:

 pakfire install speedtest-cli

Usage

There is no web interface for this Addon. To run this Addon open the client console or terminal and access the IPFire box via SSH.

To obtain a list of possible options:

speedtest -h
[root@ipfire ~]# speedtest -h
usage: speedtest [-h] [--no-download] [--no-upload] [--single] [--bytes]
                 [--share] [--simple] [--csv] [--csv-delimiter CSV_DELIMITER]
                 [--csv-header] [--json] [--list] [--server SERVER]
                 [--exclude EXCLUDE] [--mini MINI] [--source SOURCE]
                 [--timeout TIMEOUT] [--secure] [--no-pre-allocate]
                 [--version]

Command line interface for testing internet bandwidth using speedtest.net.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
https://github.com/sivel/speedtest-cli

optional arguments:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  --no-download         Do not perform download test
. . .

Example

[root@ipfire ~]# speedtest
Retrieving speedtest.net configuration...
Testing from xxxxxxxxx (nnn.nnn.nnn.nnn)...
Retrieving speedtest.net server list...
Selecting best server based on ping...
Hosted by aFastServer (Chicago, IL) [7.48 km]: 17.496 ms
Testing download speed................................................................................
Download: 135.02 Mbit/s
Testing upload speed......................................................................................................
Upload: 9.43 Mbit/s

  1. https://github.com/sivel/speedtest-cli