How to use Speedtest CLI to test your Internet speed

How to use Speedtest CLI to test your network speed, I believe that many inexperienced people do not know what to do, so this article summarizes the causes of the problem and solutions, through this article I hope you can solve this problem.

We will use a command line tool called speedtest-cli to test the speed of the network. It is a tool written in speedtest.net, and the system tests bandwidth by uploading and downloading data to Python websites.

Environment

Centos7

Install speedtest-cli tools

Before installing speedtest-cli, we need to install the python3-pip package manager first, and then install the speedtest-cli tool through pip.

[root@localhost ~] # yum-y install python3-pip

After the installation is successful, we can install speedtest-cli with the pip3 command:

[root@localhost ~] # pip3 install speedtest-cli

Detect the network through speedtest cli

[root@localhost] # speedtest-cli Retrieving speedtest.net configuration...Testing from China Telecom (*. *)... Retrieving speedtest.net server list...Selecting best server based on ping...Hosted by China Telecom JiangSu 5G (Lianyungang) [196.15 km]: 31.424 msTesting download speed. .. Download: 47.64 Mbit/sTesting upload speed.... .. Upload: 94.56 Mbit/s

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