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maybe it's not as accurate, but on a lot of systems where wget is already installed one can do with a lot less hassle: wget -O /dev/null http://speedtest-ams2.
by simon_acca 7y ago
maybe it's not as accurate, but on a lot of systems where wget is already installed one can do with a lot less hassle:
wget -O /dev/null http://speedtest-ams2.digitalocean.com/100mb.test http://speedtest-ams2.digitalocean.com/100mb.test
Nota bene:
- change the datacenter to a closer one when appropriate.
- Unit is MB/s, rather than Mb/s, which is more common for this kind of test
- qplex 7y agoI've been using the wget method for a long time also. I think the only downside is that you need to know what you're fetching and from where. Edit: And for latency, there is /bin/ping
- afraca 7y agoTo get a list of all the other locations go to the DO page (strip the filename): http://speedtest-ams2.digitalocean.com/ http://speedtest-ams2.digitalocean.com/ It's not https, for performance? ... (My download|upload: 33Mb/s | 8Mb/s)