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speedtest-cli

Unread post by Dr_Chroot » Mon Apr 13, 2015 9:48 pm

Does exactly what you think it will; tests internet bandwidth. A bit simpler than using wget or such to see what you are downloading at and easily shows your upload speeds. It was just brought to my attention Ivan already linked it here, but if you want to grab it from the command line:

It works with Python 2.4-3.4 and I had no dependencies needed. Just a

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wget -O speedtest-cli https://raw.githubusercontent.com/sivel/speedtest-cli/master/speedtest_cli.py
chmod +x speedtest-cli
did the trick quite nicely :)

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

Unread post by machinebacon » Mon Apr 13, 2015 10:06 pm

Thank you, Doccy!

Well, your upload speed is my download speed :D

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user@grill:~$ ./speedtest-cli 
Retrieving speedtest.net configuration...
Retrieving speedtest.net server list...
Testing from China Telecom Guangxi (113.12.147.40)...
Selecting best server based on latency...
Hosted by GX-Unicom (Nanning) [0.00 km]: 24.471 ms
Testing download speed........................................
Download: 3.78 Mbit/s
Testing upload speed..................................................
Upload: 0.59 Mbit/s
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Re: speedtest-cli

Unread post by Dr_Chroot » Tue Apr 14, 2015 1:21 am

^ Well, that's slightly horrifying but also slightly expected considering your location :/

gutterslob is lucky to be where he is, considering he can get a 1Gpbs Download speed for $50 a month 0_o http://myrepublic.com.sg/pricing/
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Re: speedtest-cli

Unread post by rust collector » Tue Apr 14, 2015 4:42 am

That is a neat little thingie.

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kberg@proof32:~$ speedtest-cli 
Retrieving speedtest.net configuration...
Retrieving speedtest.net server list...
Testing from Altibox AS (79.161.250.184)...
Selecting best server based on latency...
Hosted by Infragreen AS (Oslo) [75.39 km]: 5.345 ms
Testing download speed........................................
Download: 76.44 Mbit/s
Testing upload speed..................................................
Upload: 76.78 Mbit/s
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Re: speedtest-cli

Unread post by wuxmedia » Tue Apr 14, 2015 6:49 am

feeling a bit sad now, wrt ^...

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root@gondolin:~# bin/speedtest-cli 
Retrieving speedtest.net configuration...
Retrieving speedtest.net server list...
Testing from The Positive Internet Company (80.87.131.181)...
Selecting best server based on ping...
Hosted by Namesco (London) [0.96 km]: 22.014 ms
Testing download speed........................................
Download: 90.61 Mbits/s
Testing upload speed..................................................
Upload: 66.91 Mbits/s
considering there's a 500Mbit fibre link about 20M away.
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Re: speedtest-cli

Unread post by machinebacon » Tue Apr 14, 2015 6:50 am

@doccy, the fact is that I could have an upgrade up to 20 or 50M, not even that horribly expensive, but 50M not available in this building yet (!), and - that"s the worst thing - it would come in combination with a set top box for the TV (that I don't own). Honestly, for reading some news and articles the 4M is speedy enough (I don't really do anything else on the internet that needs high download speed - they offer 8M and 20M which would cost so much more that I don't see the point), and if I need to upload an ISO, I do it via FTP, go out and have something to eat, and when I am back it's finished uploading :)
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Re: speedtest-cli

Unread post by wuxmedia » Tue Apr 14, 2015 8:40 am

^ Good work on giving out your IP / telco, just nullrouted :

183.0.0.0/10
Hosts/Net: 4194302

which wasn't you... I hope.
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Re: speedtest-cli

Unread post by simgin » Tue Apr 14, 2015 11:34 am

I know that I will start crying when I see the rip-off stats that my ISP provides...
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Re: speedtest-cli

Unread post by GekkoP » Tue Apr 14, 2015 11:36 am

Nice find.
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Re: speedtest-cli

Unread post by kiiroitori » Tue Apr 14, 2015 2:26 pm

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./speedtest-cli 
Retrieving speedtest.net configuration...
Retrieving speedtest.net server list...
Testing from So-net Corporation (110.67.211.174)...
Selecting best server based on latency...
Hosted by Allied Telesis Capital Corporation (Fussa-shi) [67.00 km]: 20.901 ms
Testing download speed........................................
Download: 16.57 Mbit/s
Testing upload speed..................................................
Upload: 17.69 Mbit/s

Mmmh. I am not too sure what to think about this but it was nice to do it!
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Re: speedtest-cli

Unread post by machinebacon » Tue Apr 14, 2015 3:46 pm

This means: upload more :D
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Unread post by Dr_Chroot » Tue Apr 14, 2015 4:00 pm

^ Indeed! 17Mb upload is fantastic, kiiroitori: you don't even need a seedbox! Just toss on a VPN and you can help save humanity by seeding some torrents ;)
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Re: speedtest-cli

Unread post by ivanovnegro » Tue Apr 14, 2015 4:58 pm

I posted this already:

http://linuxbbq.org/bbs/viewtopic.php?f ... est#p19491

But nice to have a dedicated thread.

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david@debian:~$ ~/Scripts/speedtest-cli 
Retrieving speedtest.net configuration...
Retrieving speedtest.net server list...
Testing from Telefonica Germany (217.50.36.129)...
Selecting best server based on ping...
Hosted by Pkern.at (Nuremberg) [63.07 km]: 20.345 ms
Testing download speed........................................
Download: 8.58 Mbit/s
Testing upload speed..................................................
Upload: 0.76 Mbit/s
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Unread post by machinebacon » Tue Apr 14, 2015 6:29 pm

...even our internet is Balkan & Puszta :)
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Unread post by Dr_Chroot » Tue Apr 14, 2015 6:52 pm

^^ Whoops. Edited OP :)
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Re: speedtest-cli

Unread post by ivanovnegro » Tue Apr 14, 2015 7:59 pm

No worries Doc, wasn't necessary. It was buried anyway. ;)
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Re: speedtest-cli

Unread post by kexolino » Wed Apr 15, 2015 6:46 pm

8.5 down, 0.60 up, so same as Ivan's. Still, I can't watch an 1080p stream without it constantly stopping to buffer - glorious Serbian interntetz.
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Unread post by wuxmedia » Thu Apr 16, 2015 7:11 am

at the wuxcave, it's more like 4K down and IDK what up... :)
village is getting fibre, as we are thinking of moving out...
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