how to test internet on linux using speedtest cli mode

How to test internet on linux using speedtest cli mode

 

In this modern era,we cannot live without this internet even for 1 minute and if the internet stops for a while, then our breath seems stuck.. hahhahhhaa!!! but in this way, different units or software have been created to measure everything. To measure the downloading spped of your internet, you must be visiting any live websites or using GUI software, application or using some kind of things. So, the best way to figure is to measure the internet speed first. To check Internet speed on Linux we will be using third party tool speedtest_cli. It is a simple command-line client based on python for measuring internet bandwidth using speedtest.net infrastructure.

Test Download/Upload speed in Linux: you can use this command to test the downloading speed and uploading speed from the linux command line interface without installing, that's why it is one time usage command. How to test internet on linux using speedtest cli mode

wget -O - https://raw.githubusercontent.com/sivel/speedtest-cli/master/speedtest.py | python       

Install Speedtest_cli: The above command was a one-time use command, so every time you want to check you need to put a long command in. So don't worry you can Install the speedtest_cli in your system using these commands.

1) wget https://raw.github.com/sivel/speedtest-cli/master/speedtest.py
 

2) chmod a+rx speedtest.py
 

3) sudo mv speedtest.py /usr/local/bin/speedtest
 

4) sudo chown root:root /usr/local/bin/speedtest

NOTE :- sudo is compulsory

Once the installation is complete you can simply type “speedtest in the terminal and your results will be there :-)

 

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