Speed Test and/or Graph
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@stephenw10 True, but is that one still maintained? Thought it hasn't been updated in years.
Plus, this one is right from Ookla and made for FreeBSD. -
It still works OK as far as I can see. Tests from the firewall itself are always a compromise anyway.
Steve
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Tried it -- I got this:
Do you know of any way to get something on the dashboard for SpeedTest? It would be nice if it was there with a record or history - but something which required a manual update.
I know the ORBI I have has a speed test and there is the ANALITI I have on my phone (which I love).
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You have to run that at the CLI not in the gui command prompt:
[2.7.0-DEVELOPMENT][admin@t70.stevew.lan]/root: rehash [2.7.0-DEVELOPMENT][admin@t70.stevew.lan]/root:You could code a widget to do it. It would be quite involved since speedtest-cli doesn't exist as a package already. Really though you should test from a client behind the firewall. Testing from the firewall itself often gives a worse result because it uses CPU cycles to run the test and pfSense is optimised as a router and not a TCP endpoint.
Steve
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@bearhntr said in Speed Test and/or Graph:
Tried it -- I got this:
Do you know of any way to get something on the dashboard for SpeedTest? It would be nice if it was there with a record or history - but something which required a manual update.
I know the ORBI I have has a speed test and there is the ANALITI I have on my phone (which I love).
You don't need to run that since speedtest has already worked for you. Guessing you did a reboot after install. It was one or the other, reboot or run rehash.
If you search this forum, there was a widget made for the other speedtest package (speedtest-cli) but it was abandoned long ago and probably won't work but you may be able to update it if you want.
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Yup, there are a few user efforts in this thread: https://forum.netgate.com/topic/64735/speedtest-cli-run-speedtest-on-pfsense-box
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This works if you just want to be able to run the test from the gui.
No test logging / history there.
Of course it's 3rd party code so you should read and understand it etc.
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Here's a post from the Before Times and what I did.
But this was 5 years ago and it was never a bolt-on.https://forum.netgate.com/topic/64735/speedtest-cli-run-speedtest-on-pfsense-box/25?_=1663246103246
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Yeah, that would be a pretty nice diagnostic tool. With the various caveats discussed in that thread. Tools are only as good as the user!
Steve
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Is this still working for you? Do you have the instructions 'consolidated' some place?
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@bearhntr Still works, but I'm afraid you'll need to muddle around like I did. Too much to list and not terribly helpful anyway, more of a "wonder if I can do this" exercise.
