That's a community cli client https://github.com/sivel/speedtest-cli rather than the official cli client https://www.speedtest.net/apps/cli. Source: 10 months ago
If you read the docs for Speedtest-CLI you will see that the program timeouts after 10 seconds. Try using this for default timeout of 1 minute and also redirect errors to the same file. Speedtest-cli --timeout 60 >> /bin/speedtestoutput.txt 2>&1. Source: over 1 year ago
Already exists https://github.com/sivel/speedtest-cli/, mature, stable, packaged in major distributions. Source: over 1 year ago
I have an open-source software, which can show some stats about your PC/Server. One of those stats is internet speed. I have been using speedtest-cli for now, since it is open-source and runs without having to accept any license agreements. Source: almost 2 years ago
Ah that makes sense then. You could try out https://github.com/sivel/speedtest-cli instead on Ubuntu and see what that comes up with but if it’s still detecting a random, far-away server then you’ll have to use the help options to narrow down your test to your country. Or better yet, try and use the same one that’s fine on your PC 🙏. Source: about 2 years ago
3: Can you try and run this tool on both of the servers https://github.com/sivel/speedtest-cli and select a city close to you and see what it returns. Source: over 2 years ago
When I run the Ookla speedtest CLI on the NAS I consistently get 175Mbps up/down, and when I run the speedtest-cli test I consistently get less than 5Mbps up/down. Source: over 2 years ago
Try a terminal based one like speedtest-cli https://github.com/sivel/speedtest-cli. Source: over 2 years ago
Https://github.com/sivel/speedtest-cli is much more active it seems. Source: almost 3 years ago
There are various ways to check. speedtest.net is an nice and easy way to test from a browser. speedtest-cli is somewhat easy to use from the command line to do the same. Source: almost 3 years ago
Most of those websites don't expose public APIs. Consider https://github.com/sivel/speedtest-cli. Source: almost 3 years ago
The Ookla binary is also called speedtest CLI. The one you have labeled as "speedtest-cli" is the one written in Python, also called speedtest-cli. Might be better to label them speedtest-http and speedtest-socket or something? Source: about 3 years ago
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