Test de velocidad con CLI (Linux) speedtest-cli

Que es speedtest-cli

Speedtest-cli es una aplicación hecha en python que nos permite realizar un test de velocidad desde una consola de comandos (CLI). Útil cuando no tenemos un navegador, o simplemente no tenemos instalada la interfaz gráfica.

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Como instalarlo:

1.- Instalar speedtest-cli usando pip :

$ sudo apt-get install python-pip

$ sudo pip install speedtest-cli

2.- Instalar speedtest-cli (sistema manual):

$ sudo wget https://raw.github.com/sivel/speedtest-cli/master/speedtest_cli.py

$ sudo chmod a+rx speedtest_cli.py

$ sudo mv speedtest_cli.py /usr/bin/speedtest-cli

Test Connection Speed Speedtest-cli:

$ speedtest-cli

Automáticamente encuentra el servidor mas cercano para la prueba de velocidad.

$ speedtest-cli 
Retrieving speedtest.net configuration...
Testing from Masmovil (94.73.32.4)...
Retrieving speedtest.net server list...
Selecting best server based on ping...
Hosted by Anxanet (Vilanova i la Geltrú) [464.67 km]: 37.927 ms
Testing download speed................................................................................
Download: 20.71 Mbit/s
Testing upload speed......................................................................................................
Upload: 11.41 Mbit/s

Puedes listar los servidores de speedtest.net disponibles en el mundo utilizando la opción «–list». Se muestra una lista ordenada segun cercanía geográfica.

$ speedtest-cli --list

Retrieving speedtest.net configuration...
20416) Anxanet (Vilanova i la Geltrú, Spain) [464.67 km]
21318) everyWAN (Manresa, Spain) [485.16 km]
46918) Xarxa de Nova Generacio de Navas Sl (Navàs, Spain) [494.66 km]
2254) CSUC (Barcelona, Spain) [504.33 km]
49934) eTelecom (Barcelona, Spain) [504.33 km]
15199) Meswifi (Barcelona, Spain) [504.33 km]
11015) apfutura (Centelles, Spain) [518.75 km]
5075) Aeris Navigo (Girona, Spain) [572.07 km]
37419) Inforcelra S.L.U. (Celrà, Spain) [577.96 km]
23766) GhoFi (Sant Antoni de Calonge, Spain) [590.51 km]

En la lista de servidores, cada servidor muestra un ID asociado. Este ID se puede utilizar para especificar contra que servidor quieres realizar la prueba.

$ speedtest-cli --server 20416

Tiene algunas opciones mas, puedes consultarlas con:

$ speedtest-cli --help


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
--no-download Do not perform download test
--no-upload Do not perform upload test
--single Only use a single connection instead of multiple. This simulates a typical file transfer.
--bytes Display values in bytes instead of bits. Does not affect the image generated by --share, nor output from --json or
--csv
--share Generate and provide a URL to the speedtest.net share results image, not displayed with --csv
--simple Suppress verbose output, only show basic information
--csv Suppress verbose output, only show basic information in CSV format. Speeds listed in bit/s and not affected by
--bytes
--csv-delimiter CSV_DELIMITER
Single character delimiter to use in CSV output. Default ","
--csv-header Print CSV headers
--json Suppress verbose output, only show basic information in JSON format. Speeds listed in bit/s and not affected by
--bytes
--list Display a list of speedtest.net servers sorted by distance
--server SERVER Specify a server ID to test against. Can be supplied multiple times
--exclude EXCLUDE Exclude a server from selection. Can be supplied multiple times
--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
--no-pre-allocate Do not pre allocate upload data. Pre allocation is enabled by default to improve upload performance. To support
systems with insufficient memory, use this option to avoid a MemoryError
--version Show the version number and exit


$ man speedtest-cli  (ver página man)

OPTIONS
Usage: speedtest-cli [OPTION...]

Help Options

-h, --help
Displays usage for the tool.

Options

--no-download
Do not perform download test

--no-upload
Do not perform upload test

--single
Only use a single connection instead of multiple. This simulates a typical file transfer.

--bytes
Display values in bytes instead of bits. Does not affect the image generated by --share, nor output from --json or --csv

--share
Generate and provide a URL to the speedtest.net share results image, not displayed with --csv

--simple
Suppress verbose output, only show basic information

--csv
Suppress verbose output, only show basic information in CSV format. Speeds listed in bit/s and not affected by --bytes

--csv-delimiter CSV_DELIMITER
Single character delimiter to use in CSV output. Default ","

--csv-header
Print CSV headers

--json
Suppress verbose output, only show basic information in JSON format. Speeds listed in bit/s and not affected by --bytes

--list
Display a list of speedtest.net servers sorted by distance

--server SERVER
Specify a server ID to test against. Can be supplied multiple times

--exclude EXCLUDE
Exclude a server from selection. Can be supplied multiple times

--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

--no-pre-allocate
Do not pre allocate upload data. Pre allocation is enabled by default to improve upload performance. To support systems
with insufficient memory, use this option to avoid a MemoryError

--version
Show the version number and exit

EXAMPLES
Automatically find closest server and start testing
speedtest-cli

Specify testing against server 1491
speedtest-cli --server 1491

Testing against Speedtest Mini
speedtest-cli --mini 172.18.66.1

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