Easy WAN-LAN speed test over cli

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The following two debian tools makes it very easy to accurately measure your internet connection speed as well as in your LAN.

Measuring internet connection speed

sudo apt install speedtest-cli

Run it by typing:

speedtest-cli

Measuring LAN connection speed

sudo apt install iperf3

Run the server in one device which will be listening for the client to establish a connection.

iperf3 -s

In your other network device install iperf3 and run the client against the server:

iperf3 -c [server's ip address]

Results should show up promptly