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Category: Miscellaneous

  • Easy WAN-LAN speed test over cli

    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