How to check internet speed from command line using Speedtest CLI tool
To check internet speed from command line using Speedtest CLI tool
In this article we will discuss how to check internet speed from command line using Speedtest CLI tool. Speedtest-cli tool is a script developed in Python programming language which measures the bandwidth speed bidirectionally.
To install speedtest-cli Using Python Script
Example
[user1@linuxhelp Desktop]$ wget https://github.com/sivel/speedtest-cli/archive/master.zip --2016-03-05 02:41:08-- https://github.com/sivel/speedtest-cli/archive/master.zip Resolving github.com... 192.30.252.131 Connecting to github.com|192.30.252.131|:443... connected.. ... ... Saving to: “ master.zip” 100%[======================================> ] 17,653 65.9K/s in 0.3s 2016-03-05 02:41:10 (65.9 KB/s) - “ master.zip” saved [17653/17653] [user1@linuxhelp Desktop]$ unzip master.zip Archive: master.zip 7b09d8759fcbbda8a71aa49a4eaa825581b07439 creating: speedtest-cli-master/ inflating: speedtest-cli-master/.gitignore inflating: speedtest-cli-master/.travis.yml inflating: speedtest-cli-master/CONTRIBUTING.md ... ... inflating: speedtest-cli-master/speedtest_cli.py inflating: speedtest-cli-master/tox.ini
To make the script file executable
Example
[root@linuxhelp Desktop]# cd speedtest-cli-master/
[root@linuxhelp speedtest-cli-master]# chmod 755 speedtest_cli.py
To move the executable to /usr/bin folder
Example
[root@linuxhelp speedtest-cli-master]# mv speedtest_cli.py /usr/bin/
To test the speed of your internet connection
Run the following speedtest-cli command without any argument as shown below.
Syntax
speedtest_cli.py
Example
[user1@linuxhelp Desktop]$ speedtest_cli.py
Retrieving speedtest.net configuration...
Retrieving speedtest.net server list...
Testing from Bharti Airtel (125.17.109.94)...
Selecting best server based on latency...
Hosted by Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd (Mumbai) [1.15 km]: 48.827 ms
Testing download speed........................................
Download: 5.14 Mbit/s
Testing upload speed..................................................
Upload: 5.46 Mbit/s
To check the speed result in bytes
Syntax
speedtest_cli.py --bytes
Example
[user1@linuxhelp Desktop]$ speedtest_cli.py --bytes
Retrieving speedtest.net configuration...
Retrieving speedtest.net server list...
Testing from Bharti Airtel (125.17.109.94)...
Selecting best server based on latency...
Hosted by Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd (Mumbai) [1.15 km]: 38.251 ms
Testing download speed........................................
Download: 0.67 Mbyte/s
Testing upload speed..................................................
Upload: 0.68 Mbyte/s
To share your bandwidth speed with others
Example
[user1@linuxhelp Desktop]$ speedtest_cli.py --share
Retrieving speedtest.net configuration...
Retrieving speedtest.net server list...
Testing from Bharti Airtel (125.17.109.94)...
Selecting best server based on latency...
Hosted by Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd (Mumbai) [1.15 km]: 42.625 ms Testing download speed........................................
Download: 4.78 Mbit/s
Testing upload speed..................................................
Upload: 5.38 Mbit/s
Share results: http://www.speedtest.net/result/5140591446.png
For information about Download and upload
Example
[user1@linuxhelp Desktop]$ speedtest_cli.py --simple
Ping: 41.498 ms
Download: 5.34 Mbit/s
Upload: 5.42 Mbit/s
To list the speedtest.net server based upon physical distance
Example
[user1@linuxhelp Desktop]$ speedtest_cli.py --list
Retrieving speedtest.net configuration...
Retrieving speedtest.net server list...
1827) Vodafone India (New Delhi, India) [3.13 km]
4156) MTS india (New Delhi, India) [3.13 km]
5727) Excitel (New Delhi, India) [3.13 km]
2608) Bharti Airtel Ltd (New Delhi, India) [3.13 km]
2812) Aircel (New Delhi, India) [3.13 km]
7847) Citycom Networks Pvt Ltd (New Delhi, India) [3.13 km]
7859) Ten to Ten (New Delhi, India) [3.13 km]
7382) Star Broadband Services (I) Pvt Ltd (New Delhi, India) [3.13 km]
6937) VeriVoz Communication Private Limited (New Delhi, India) [3.13 km]
8016) Spectranet (New Delhi, India) [3.13 km]
8031) Zapbytes Technologies Pvt. Ltd. (New Delhi, India) [3.13 km]
6588) YPT Entertainment House P. LTd. (New Delhi, India) [3.13 km]
7075) FusionNet (Noida, India) [12.18 km]
5369) Reliance Communication Limited (Gurgaon, India) [22.02 km]
6431) YOU Broadband India Pvt Ltd. (Gurgaon, India) [22.02 km]
4183) Tripleplay Broadband Pvt Ltd (Gurgaon, India) [22.02 km]
3377) Nextra Teleservices Pvt. Ltd. (Gurgaon, India) [22.02 km]
6936) RailTel (Gurgaon, India) [22.02 km]
7569) IriisNet Communication Pvt. Ltd. (Faridabad, India) [22.51 km]
5715) True Broadband Service (Ghaziabad, India) [22.84 km]
To get desired output
To see the speedtest.net server located in Mumbai, run the following command
Example
[user1@linuxhelp Desktop]$ speedtest_cli.py --list | grep -i Mumbai
1718) Vodafone India (Mumbai, India) [1159.84 km]
5060) Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd (Mumbai, India) [1159.84 km]
2938) Reliance Communications (Mumbai, India) [1159.84 km]
6403) YOU Broadband India Pvt Ltd., Mumbai (Mumbai, India) [1159.84 km]
6454) YOU Broadband India Pvt Ltd. (Mumbai, India) [1159.84 km]
2827) Bharti Airtel Ltd (Mumbai, India) [1159.84 km]
4641) Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd (Mumbai, India) [1159.84 km]
7950) SoftCall Coc Pvt Ltd (Mumbai, India) [1159.84 km]
7605) Idea Cellular Ltd. (Mumbai, India) [1159.84 km]
5965) HOME NET (Mumbai, India) [1159.84 km]
7838) Intech Online Pvt Ltd (Mumbai, India) [1159.84 km]
4883) Wan & Lan Internet Pvt. Ltd. (Mumbai, India) [1159.84 km]
6746) SevenStar pvt ltd. (Mumbai, India) [1159.84 km]
7002) BSNL (Mumbai, India) [1159.84 km]
6675) Vovinet Broadband Pvt. Ltd. (Mumbai, India) [1159.84 km]
To test connection speed against a specific server
Example
[user1@linuxhelp Desktop]$ speedtest_cli.py --server 7631
Retrieving speedtest.net configuration...
Retrieving speedtest.net server list...
Testing from Bharti Airtel (125.17.109.94)...
Hosted by WOM Chile (Santiago) [16917.19 km]: 650.931 ms
Testing download speed........................................
Download: 3.14 Mbit/s
Testing upload speed..................................................
Upload: 3.85 Mbit/s
To check help and the version number of speedtest-cli tool
speedtest_cli.py --version
Example
[user1@linuxhelp Desktop]$ speedtest_cli.py --version 0.3.4 5140591446 speedtest_cli.py --help [user1@linuxhelp Desktop]$ speedtest_cli.py --help usage: speedtest_cli.py [-h] [--bytes] [--share] [--simple] [--list] [--server SERVER] [--mini MINI] [--source SOURCE] [--timeout TIMEOUT] [--secure] [--version] Command line interface for testing internet bandwidth using speedtest.net. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- https://github.com/sivel/speedtest-cli optional arguments: -h, --help show this help message and exit --bytes Display values in bytes instead of bits. Does not affect the image generated by --share --share Generate and provide a URL to the speedtest.net share results image --simple Suppress verbose output, only show basic information --list Display a list of speedtest.net servers sorted by distance --server SERVER Specify a server ID to test against --mini MINI URL of the Speedtest Mini server --source SOURCE Source IP address to bind to --timeout TIMEOUT HTTP timeout in seconds. Default 10 --secure Use HTTPS instead of HTTP when communicating with speedtest.net operated servers
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