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So the trick is to always be running a speed-test in the background?

• medstrom 4y ago
  A simple Bash loop could suffice, if it's enough to ping the site: while : do ping speedcheck.org ; sleep 10 ; done Fast internet forever!
  • Jamie9912 4y ago
    an ICMP ping is not a "connection"..
    • medstrom 4y ago
      True, edited.
• RachelF 4y ago
  They now have a CLI speedtest app: https://www.speedtest.net/apps/cli https://www.speedtest.net/apps/cli
• lostlogin 4y ago
  I nearly did this, but because I was having connection issues. I got it to post to Slack every 15 mins and to post to an alert channel if speed was less than a certain value (something like 3Mbps, crazy low). I would log the fault from work and it would be fixed by the time I got home. However I have fibre now, and it’s glorious. No crap scripts required (though it still runs!).
  • withinboredom 4y ago
    Sounds like the speed tests are filling your buffers, allowing your router to do proper QOS and prioritize your packets correctly. Do you have QOS turned on? You might want to turn it off since it sounds misconfigured. You can check here: https://www.dslreports.com/speedtest https://www.dslreports.com/speedtest
    • lostlogin 4y ago
      Oh it’s great now. The fibre is fantastic. The old copper required some ISP work which required a person to go up the pole at least once a month and often once a week. It was absolutely terrible. The guy who came told me there was water in the cable, but the details of what that means are beyond my understanding.