How to run Speed Test?

Performing speed test on servers is a quick way to find out how fast your internet is. It measures ping, and download and upload speeds of your server.
Here are few simple steps to perform speedtest on your LINUX servers :

Step 1 : Download speedtest file in your server by using given command :

# wget https://raw.github.com/sivel/speedtest-cli/master/speedtest.py


Step 2 : Change permission of file by use this command

# chmod a+rx speedtest.py


Step 3 : Move speedtest file :

# mv speedtest.py /usr/local/bin/speedtest


Step 4 : Change ownership of file :

# chown root:root /usr/local/bin/speedtest


Step 5 : Run speed test command :

# speedtest

sppedtest result

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