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Re:Run an Internet Speed Test from the Command Line by dfsegoat on Wednesday November 20, 2019 @08:42AM (#21583776)
Surprised no-one has mentioned `iperf` on linux [1,2] for what that is worth.

It lets you roll your own speed testing infrastructure basically: Run it as a server on one end you want to test, then run it as client against that server IP/hostname on the other end.

It is very handy for measuring throughput between two boxes in a network (or anywhere for that matter).

Several big ISPs have endpoints for testing it as well for a speedtest like experience [1].

[1] - https://iperf.fr/iperf-doc.php

[2] - https://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/bionic/man1/iperf.1.htm...

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Re:Run an Internet Speed Test from the Command Line by jeanl on Wednesday November 20, 2019 @11:39AM (#21585419)
Iperf is really useful to test your own LAN. Didn't know you could use it to test your ISP speed (in some cases)
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Re:Run an Internet Speed Test from the Command Line by KingMachiavelli on Wednesday November 20, 2019 @12:14PM (#21585870)
Well, you need a endpoint outside your LAN to test. But there are some public servers[0] but not that many so it's hard to get good average speed unless you are willing to pay for some EC2 bandwidth.

[0] https://iperf.fr/iperf-servers.php

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