[raspberry-vi] Re: Testing your internet connection speed from the command-line
- From: Mike Ray <mike@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: raspberry-vi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2014 19:24:58 +0000
I am trying to find out if BT have an iperf server because it is not a
good idea to test the speed with a third party. But I can find no info.
I got the server I have put in the script from a list of public iperf
servers in Wikipaedia.
On 22/01/2014 18:51, Mobeen Iqbal wrote:
> GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!
> On 22/01/2014 18:35, Mike Ray wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> Here's a little utility I knocked up to test the speed of my connection.
>>
>> First you need to install iperf:
>>
>> (on Raspbian):
>> sudo apt-get install iperf
>>
>> (on Arch):
>> sudo pacman -S iperf
>>
>> And here's the script:
>>
>> -- snip --
>> #!/bin/bash
>> # Test the speed of our internet connection.
>> # Results displayed in megabits/second
>>
>> echo "Testing speed of internet connection..."
>> SPEED=$(iperf -f m -c iperf.scottlinux.com | grep 'Mbits' | sed -r
>> 's:.*Bytes\s+([0-9]+\.[0-9]+)\s+Mbits/sec:\1:')
>> echo "${SPEED} Megabits per second"
>> -- snip --
>>
>> I did this because tomorrow I am getting BT Infinity fibre-optic (did I
>> mention that Mo?).
>>
>> This evening my speed is around 0.48 Mbits/sec, pathetic. Wet string
>> would be faster.
>>
>> Mike
>>
>>
>>
>>
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