Share your Pi Speedtests! [Script]

General Discussion
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Hey folks. Share your Pi Speedtests! Let’s see who has the Pi with the fastest internet connection :wink:

Remember to remove your public IP address!

Run this command from a terminal :slight_smile: Source here! It’s 100% safe.

curl -s https://raw.githubusercontent.com/sivel/speedtest-cli/master/speedtest.py | python -

Home Connection (100/100 connection)

Retrieving speedtest.net configuration...
Testing from ******** (130.***.***.5)...
Retrieving speedtest.net server list...
Selecting best server based on ping...
Hosted by ******** [68.38 km]: 20.971 ms
Testing download speed...........................................................
Download: 82.20 Mbit/s
Testing upload speed..............................................................
Upload: 92.61 Mbit/s

With my VPN connected via Wireguard:

Retrieving speedtest.net configuration...
Testing from ******** (185.***.***.160)...
Retrieving speedtest.net server list...
Selecting best server based on ping...
Hosted by ******** [0.23 km]: 23.456 ms
Testing download speed..................................................................
Download: 82.09 Mbit/s
Testing upload speed.....................................................................
Upload: 82.16 Mbit/s

This is why I love Wireguard. Almost no loss of speed when using it what-so-ever. I’ll edit this post later with tests using openvpn to show the difference. In the past openvpn has been much slower.

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ghettopi
Nice idea, especially to compare VPN speeds.

Note (for others) that Python is required to run this script. It is Python 3 compatible, which I would then recommend:
apt install python3

3

Wow, thank you… very nice script :slight_smile:

Here is my results:

root@DietPi:~# python3 ./speedtest.py
Retrieving speedtest.net configuration...
Testing from CentroNet a.s. (217.***.174.***)...
Retrieving speedtest.net server list...
Selecting best server based on ping...
Hosted by JM-Net z.s. (Prague) [7.08 km]: 5.201 ms
Testing download speed................................................................................
Download: 86.03 Mbit/s
Testing upload speed......................................................................................................
Upload: 94.93 Mbit/s

Please, can I use and modify Your script to periodically measure internet speed and save it to table or DB? Thx :wink:

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There are a couple of cool Grafana dashboards arevailable. Maybe you like to have a look to this one https://github.com/psilvaazevedo/TICK-Speedtest-Grafana

Grafana + InfluxDB are available via DietPi software

5

Thanks for the script, it’s real useful.

But by God does it feel bad:

Retrieving speedtest.net configuration...
Testing from ********** Private Limited (103.**.***.62)...
Retrieving speedtest.net server list...
Selecting best server based on ping...
Hosted by ******** Pvt. Ltd. (******) [17.20 km]: 114.497 ms
Testing download speed................................................................................
Download: 9.21 Mbit/s
Testing upload speed................................................................................................
Upload: 10.09 Mbit/s

Perhaps one day I’ll get the same speeds as the ones I read here :smiley:

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ON ATT Residential Fiber 1000/1000
RPi4 plugged into a mesh satellite. I’ll have to move it to the router and test it!

Retrieving speedtest.net configuration…
Testing from AT&T U-verse (xxxx)…
Retrieving speedtest.net server list…
Selecting best server based on ping…
Hosted by XXX [8.22 km]: 12.714 ms
Testing download speed…
Download: 415.94 Mbit/s
Testing upload speed…
Upload: 236.04 Mbit/s

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I’ll share mine. Twisted pair goes to the next ISP’s node. The node itself is connected by fiber. All network is approximately 10 years old.
11$ or 9€ per month including IP TV. ISP offers 500 Mb/s down. Real speed varies from 350 to 600 Mb/s.

Hosted by () [0.39 km]: 4.443 ms
Testing download speed................................................................................
Download: 612.03 Mbit/s
Testing upload speed......................................................................................................
Upload: 168.21 Mbit/s

VPN connection cuts a lot (node is located in different country).

Hosted by () [1.14 km]: 72.914 ms
Testing download speed................................................................................
Download: 137.07 Mbit/s
Testing upload speed......................................................................................................
Upload: 125.05 Mbit/s
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puh I’m living on one of Europe’s capital cities but my internet connection feels like stone age with a 4 times higher price tag :cry:

9

Hi guys, I’m noob, how can I create this script to automatically run on dietpi in 1 in 1 hour? thanks

10

Best to follow installation instructions of the script owner https://www.speedtest.net/de/apps/cli

11

I’m on a cable plan with ISP modem and OpenWRT router… I thought it was normal for upload speeds that low.

dietpi@rpi4:~ $ curl -s https://raw.githubusercontent.com/sivel/speedtest-cli/master/speedtest.py | python3 -
Retrieving speedtest.net configuration...
Testing from Spectrum (xxxx)...
Retrieving speedtest.net server list...
Selecting best server based on ping...
Hosted by XXXX [17.66 km]: 26.086 ms
Testing download speed................................................................................
Download: 147.49 Mbit/s
Testing upload speed......................................................................................................
Upload: 9.10 Mbit/s
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PING ms
15
DOWNLOAD Mbps
463.18
UPLOAD Mbps
8.40
XFINITY
Kingwood, TX

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I’m not sure that the script is a good choice to measure internet speed. I’m getting quite some different values if I compare speedtest.net Python script with their own WebSite.

Both test targeted the same test server

root@DietPiProd:~# curl -s https://raw.githubusercontent.com/sivel/speedtest-cli/master/speedtest.py | python3 -
Retrieving speedtest.net configuration...
Testing from xxx (x.x.x.x)...
Retrieving speedtest.net server list...
Selecting best server based on ping...
Hosted by xxx (xxx) [93.14 km]: 558.364 ms
Testing download speed................................................................................
Download: 5.60 Mbit/s
Testing upload speed......................................................................................................
Upload: 10.87 Mbit/s
root@DietPiProd:~#

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Same here - the py script gives very inconsistent results. If I use the CLI Speedtest app directly, I get what I’m expecting to see:

dietpi@DevPi:~ $ /mnt/dietpi_nfs/speedtest/ARM/speedtest

Speedtest by Ookla

Server: Community Fibre Limited - London (id = 30690)
ISP:
Latency: 5.20 ms (0.03 ms jitter)
Download: 917.18 Mbps (data used: 552.6 MB)
Upload: 935.13 Mbps (data used: 677.9 MB)
Packet Loss: Not available.

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I’m getting the following:

Testing from Clouvider Limited (1**.1**.2***.9*)…
Retrieving speedtest.net server list…
Selecting best server based on ping…
Hosted by Internet Central Limited (Keele) [223.28 km]: 19.414 ms
Testing download speed…
Download: 70.91 Mbit/s
Testing upload speed…
Upload: 25.23 Mbit/s

Bit disappointed as I have a full fibre 300Mps connection. Am going over Nord VPN, but get way way higher than that on my Mac

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the python script is not a real good tool to measure your internet speed as you can see above on the discussion. Quite some difference on speed
detection.

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Just revisiting some old posts of mine…

Did a speedtest via the Speedtest website via the Firefox browser. My 300Mbps full fibre connection was getting 91Mbps on the Pi. I am connecting via Nord, but when I do the same test on my Mac (via Nord) I get 125Mbps - 25% reduction

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speedtest is not a reliable tool. It depends on your SBC device as well as on the speedtest server used.