This application is nice if you want to monitor your broadband connection from the CLI. This makes it ideal for headless servers.
Many of you might have tried the web page: http://beta.speedtest.net/ It should give you the same result.
Installation
Simply install it by typing:
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# apt-get install speedtest-cli
Using it
We can now launch the application from the CLI by typing, as regular user:
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$ speedtest-cli
Speedtest will select the server with the lowest ping and give you the results, like this:
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hallvor@debian-hp:~$ speedtest-cli
Retrieving speedtest.net configuration...
Testing from HomeNet (XX.XX.XX.XX)...
Retrieving speedtest.net server list...
Selecting best server based on ping...
Hosted by Telenor A/S (Aalborg) [168.97 km]: 50.952 ms
Testing download speed................................................................................
Download: 20.07 Mbit/s
Testing upload speed....................................................................................................
Upload: 17.97 Mbit/s
hallvor@debian-hp:~$
Not very impressive...
