speedtest over CLI

[mdownes]

Just thought I'd share this (apologies if this is already widely known). Ookla's speedtest.net has a small executable that you can download and run over CLI, with a lot of parameters you can play around with. Since you could run it from a batch file and pipe the results to a CSV file, it might be useful for logging connectivity quality over time. The output even includes a unique URL showing your results in the browser, just as if you had used the web version.

 

[Jonathan]

I'd been looking for something like this a while back, but couldn't find anything that worked well, so this is AMAZING, thanks for sharing!!!

 

[putz]

Are you getting accurate results with it? We have tried to script it but noticed the results we get are a lot slower than compared to running it via the website.

 

[mdownes]

Are you getting accurate results with it? We have tried to script it but noticed the results we get are a lot slower than compared to running it via the website.

I haven’t had cause to use it for a while, but I didn’t spot any difference between web and CLI versions...

 

[timeshifter]

Cool. Just tried it out. I'm totally going to use this when customers are watching. It will impress and intimidate them at the same time.