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      Jarhead @Elrick75
      last edited by

      @elrick75
      That package is extremely old and may not still work with current BSD versions. I haven't tried it so I can't say for sure, but this one from Ookla does work.
      https://www.speedtest.net/apps/cli

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      • fireodoF
        fireodo @Elrick75
        last edited by fireodo

        @elrick75 Try

        speedtest --secure
        

        Kettop Mi4300YL CPU: i5-4300Y @ 1.60GHz RAM: 8GB Ethernet Ports: 4
        SSD: SanDisk pSSD-S2 16GB (ZFS) WiFi: WLE200NX
        pfsense 2.8.0 CE
        Packages: Apcupsd, Cron, Iftop, Iperf, LCDproc, Nmap, pfBlockerNG, RRD_Summary, Shellcmd, Snort, Speedtest, System_Patches.

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          Elrick75 @fireodo
          last edited by

          @fireodo said in Speedtest CLI. Run speedtest on pfSense box:

          speedtest --secure

          Same result :

          Retrieving speedtest.net configuration...
          Testing from Free SAS (82.xx.xx.xx)...
          Retrieving speedtest.net server list...
          Selecting best server based on ping...
          ERROR: Unable to connect to servers to test latency.
          
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          • fireodoF
            fireodo @Elrick75
            last edited by

            @elrick75 said in Speedtest CLI. Run speedtest on pfSense box:

            @fireodo said in Speedtest CLI. Run speedtest on pfSense box:

            speedtest --secure

            Same result :

            Retrieving speedtest.net configuration...
            Testing from Free SAS (82.xx.xx.xx)...
            Retrieving speedtest.net server list...
            Selecting best server based on ping...
            ERROR: Unable to connect to servers to test latency.
            

            Can you reach speedtest.net in a browser? Perhaps something in your system is blocking the access to that server.

            Kettop Mi4300YL CPU: i5-4300Y @ 1.60GHz RAM: 8GB Ethernet Ports: 4
            SSD: SanDisk pSSD-S2 16GB (ZFS) WiFi: WLE200NX
            pfsense 2.8.0 CE
            Packages: Apcupsd, Cron, Iftop, Iperf, LCDproc, Nmap, pfBlockerNG, RRD_Summary, Shellcmd, Snort, Speedtest, System_Patches.

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              Elrick75 @fireodo
              last edited by Elrick75

              @fireodo said in Speedtest CLI. Run speedtest on pfSense box:

              speedtest.net

              I reach it... https://www.speedtest.net/ works fine

              @jarhead
              How to install it ?

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              • fireodoF
                fireodo @Elrick75
                last edited by

                @elrick75 said in Speedtest CLI. Run speedtest on pfSense box:

                @fireodo said in Speedtest CLI. Run speedtest on pfSense box:

                speedtest.net

                I reach it... https://www.speedtest.net/ works fine

                Hmmm ...

                Kettop Mi4300YL CPU: i5-4300Y @ 1.60GHz RAM: 8GB Ethernet Ports: 4
                SSD: SanDisk pSSD-S2 16GB (ZFS) WiFi: WLE200NX
                pfsense 2.8.0 CE
                Packages: Apcupsd, Cron, Iftop, Iperf, LCDproc, Nmap, pfBlockerNG, RRD_Summary, Shellcmd, Snort, Speedtest, System_Patches.

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                • stephenw10S
                  stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                  last edited by

                  The speedtest pkg in out repo works fine here:

                  [22.05-RELEASE][admin@fw1.stevew.lan]/root: pkg-static install py38-speedtest-cli
                  Updating pfSense-core repository catalogue...
                  pfSense-core repository is up to date.
                  Updating pfSense repository catalogue...
                  pfSense repository is up to date.
                  All repositories are up to date.
                  The following 1 package(s) will be affected (of 0 checked):
                  
                  New packages to be INSTALLED:
                  	py38-speedtest-cli: 2.1.3 [pfSense]
                  
                  Number of packages to be installed: 1
                  
                  38 KiB to be downloaded.
                  
                  Proceed with this action? [y/N]: y
                  [1/1] Fetching py38-speedtest-cli-2.1.3.pkg: 100%   38 KiB  39.0kB/s    00:01    
                  Checking integrity... done (0 conflicting)
                  [1/1] Installing py38-speedtest-cli-2.1.3...
                  [1/1] Extracting py38-speedtest-cli-2.1.3: 100%
                  [22.05-RELEASE][admin@fw1.stevew.lan]/root: rehash
                  [22.05-RELEASE][admin@fw1.stevew.lan]/root: speedtest-cli
                  Retrieving speedtest.net configuration...
                  Testing from Plusnet (X.X.X.X)...
                  Retrieving speedtest.net server list...
                  Selecting best server based on ping...
                  Hosted by Jump Networks Ltd (London) [9.58 km]: 9.422 ms
                  Testing download speed................................................................................
                  Download: 61.69 Mbit/s
                  Testing upload speed......................................................................................................
                  Upload: 18.83 Mbit/s
                  

                  Steve

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                  • Sergei_ShablovskyS
                    Sergei_Shablovsky @jimp
                    last edited by Sergei_Shablovsky

                    @jimp said in Speedtest CLI. Run speedtest on pfSense box:

                    That looks nice, though it's usually better to test bandwidth through the firewall and not from the firewall itself. pfSense has been optimized to work in a routing role, so sometimes you might see reduced numbers when pfSense itself is acting like the client.

                    Dear John!

                    With all my honor and appreciate to You.

                    As we had discuss some time before, there are two points of view on TESTING link parameters:

                    1. From border firewall to outside (in our case pfSense);
                    2. Through border firewall to outside (mean nearest ISP fiber splitter/switch/router)

                    I have a thought that approximately 85-90% of this pfSense users forum mean “WHAT IS EXACTLY MY UPLINK BANDWIDTH” when thinking about link bandwidth testing services like speedtest/fast/librespeed.

                    And only we “squeeze” as much as possible from ISP uplink (this mean cabling, good connectors, may be spending hours on ISP hotline to resolve some issue on ISP hardware You connected up...), we must doing next step to “WHAT IS PING/BANDWIDTH FROM MY PC TO IP/ADDRESS OUTSIDE AND BACK”.

                    This mean we quickly goes to “rabbit hole” for newbies “WHATS GOING ON INSIDE PFSENSE SERVER” (this mean adjustments of Settings, tune limits, etc...).

                    So logically looks like BOTH OF THIS TESTING ARE NEEDED.

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                    • johnpozJ
                      johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator @Sergei_Shablovsky
                      last edited by johnpoz

                      @sergei_shablovsky said in Speedtest CLI. Run speedtest on pfSense box:

                      BOTH OF THIS TESTING ARE NEEDED.

                      And that could often confuse them even more.. When they test from their router and do not see the speed they expect..

                      There is a huge difference between a router, and a server/client when it comes to processing power needed and what it is optimized to do.

                      There is big difference in requirements in hardware to move a packet from one interface to another and change its source IP and port, etc. ie nat.. and processing all things needed to test speed..

                      Just because a "router" can process packets and get speed X, doesn't mean that the "router" can do that when acting as the client.. If your internet speed is low, your prob fine - of your router is beefy enough, etc. But when you start talking high speeds like gig, and low resource hardware used in "routers" that can quite easy route/firewall traffic at gig.. Doesn't always mean that it can be a client at those speeds.

                      I get why that might be confusing for the new user - not saying testing from the router can not be of some use in some cases, but I sure would not use a test from router to troubleshoot not seeing speed X from isp, unless you have tested before from that router and seen the speeds, etc.

                      If you had tested from router before and seen speed X, and then test it another day and only see something much lower than X - then sure that is an indication that something is wrong.

                      What I wouldn't assume is isp says I should see 900mbps, and then never seeing 900mbps from some cli running on my router and only seeing 700mbps for example that isp is problem, etc. Or that there is anything wrong or needing adjustment on the router.

                      example:

                      test.jpg

                      I see my speed from client that I pay for 500mbps, but from pfsense I do not - there is nothing wrong.. I wouldn't expect to see full speed from my router. What I expect is my router to be be able to route at my isp speed.

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                        Elrick75 @stephenw10
                        last edited by

                        @stephenw10 I see but it doesn't explain to me why not on my side. How to troubleshoot it?

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                        • provelsP
                          provels
                          last edited by

                          FWIW, my server that runs the Python CL version of Speedtest started failing to provide data. After some searching I found I needed to add the ' --secure ' switch to my batch file. YMMV.

                          This is the line I use to retrieve the list of servers:

                          C:\Python27\python.exe C:\Python27\Lib\site-packages\speedtest.py --list --secure > serverlist.txt
                          
                          

                          Peder

                          MAIN - pfSense+ 24.11-RELEASE - Adlink MXE-5401, i7, 16 GB RAM, 64 GB SSD. 500 GB HDD for SyslogNG
                          BACKUP - pfSense+ 23.01-RELEASE - Hyper-V Virtual Machine, Gen 1, 2 v-CPUs, 3 GB RAM, 8GB VHDX (Dynamic)

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                          • stephenw10S
                            stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                            last edited by

                            Yes I would try --list and see if that fails with or without --secure.

                            I assume you can ping other targets?

                            Steve

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                              Elrick75 @stephenw10
                              last edited by

                              @stephenw10

                              # speedtest --secure
                              Retrieving speedtest.net configuration...
                              Testing from Free SAS (82.XXX.XXX.XXX)...
                              Retrieving speedtest.net server list...
                              Selecting best server based on ping...
                              ERROR: Unable to connect to servers to test latency.
                              
                              # speedtest --list
                              Retrieving speedtest.net configuration...
                              

                              From my computer :

                              c:\>ping speedtest.net
                              
                              Envoi d’une requête 'ping' sur speedtest.net [151.101.2.219] avec 32 octets de données :
                              Réponse de 151.101.2.219 : octets=32 temps=3 ms TTL=59
                              Réponse de 151.101.2.219 : octets=32 temps=3 ms TTL=59
                              Réponse de 151.101.2.219 : octets=32 temps=3 ms TTL=59
                              Réponse de 151.101.2.219 : octets=32 temps=3 ms TTL=59
                              
                              Statistiques Ping pour 151.101.2.219:
                                  Paquets : envoyés = 4, reçus = 4, perdus = 0 (perte 0%),
                              Durée approximative des boucles en millisecondes :
                                  Minimum = 3ms, Maximum = 3ms, Moyenne = 3ms
                              
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                              • provelsP
                                provels
                                last edited by

                                That version seems to work fine for me from the FW even w/o --secure. Maybe check out your FW logs. Maybe you're blocking yourself.

                                [22.05-RELEASE][root@fw.workgroup]/root: pkg-static install py38-speedtest-cli
                                Updating pfSense-core repository catalogue...
                                pfSense-core repository is up to date.
                                Updating pfSense repository catalogue...
                                pfSense repository is up to date.
                                All repositories are up to date.
                                pkg-static: warning: database version 36 is newer than libpkg(3) version 35, but still compatible
                                The following 1 package(s) will be affected (of 0 checked):
                                
                                New packages to be INSTALLED:
                                        py38-speedtest-cli: 2.1.3 [pfSense]
                                
                                Number of packages to be installed: 1
                                
                                38 KiB to be downloaded.
                                
                                Proceed with this action? [y/N]: y
                                [1/1] Fetching py38-speedtest-cli-2.1.3.pkg: 100%   38 KiB  39.0kB/s    00:01
                                Checking integrity... done (0 conflicting)
                                [1/1] Installing py38-speedtest-cli-2.1.3...
                                [1/1] Extracting py38-speedtest-cli-2.1.3: 100%
                                [22.05-RELEASE][root@fw.workgroup]/root: rehash
                                [22.05-RELEASE][root@fw.workgroup]/root: speedtest
                                Retrieving speedtest.net configuration...
                                Testing from Comcast Cable (73.111.129.66)...
                                Retrieving speedtest.net server list...
                                Selecting best server based on ping...
                                Hosted by Windstream (Chicago, IL) [69.50 km]: 14.881 ms
                                Testing download speed...............................................................................
                                .Download: 81.45 Mbit/s
                                Testing upload speed......................................................................................................
                                Upload: 12.02 Mbit/s
                                [22.05-RELEASE][root@fw.workgroup]/root:
                                
                                

                                Peder

                                MAIN - pfSense+ 24.11-RELEASE - Adlink MXE-5401, i7, 16 GB RAM, 64 GB SSD. 500 GB HDD for SyslogNG
                                BACKUP - pfSense+ 23.01-RELEASE - Hyper-V Virtual Machine, Gen 1, 2 v-CPUs, 3 GB RAM, 8GB VHDX (Dynamic)

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                                • stephenw10S
                                  stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                                  last edited by

                                  But can you ping things from pfSense where the script is running?

                                  However if it fails to pull a list of servers it's probably not a ping problem.

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                                    Elrick75 @stephenw10
                                    last edited by

                                    @stephenw10

                                    Ping result from pfSense :

                                    PING speedtest.net (151.101.194.219): 56 data bytes
                                    64 bytes from 151.101.194.219: icmp_seq=0 ttl=60 time=3.154 ms
                                    64 bytes from 151.101.194.219: icmp_seq=1 ttl=60 time=3.471 ms
                                    64 bytes from 151.101.194.219: icmp_seq=2 ttl=60 time=2.920 ms
                                    
                                    --- speedtest.net ping statistics ---
                                    3 packets transmitted, 3 packets received, 0.0% packet loss
                                    round-trip min/avg/max/stddev = 2.920/3.182/3.471/0.226 ms
                                    
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                                    • Sergei_ShablovskyS
                                      Sergei_Shablovsky
                                      last edited by Sergei_Shablovsky

                                      I still STRONGLY NOT RECOMMEND testing uplink speed by speedtest - nowadays MOST ISP creating special ACLs and ruleset for speedtest servers BOTH on aggregate level and on core level to “looks better than counterpart that You compare to”.

                                      By other words, all speedtest results would be looks really great (hi speed, low latency, low jitter..) BUT all Your REAL traffic would be not so good. ;)

                                      And another one important factor: most ISP make a little shaping (frequently on aggregate level than on core) to pay a little less for traffic ;) Depend on state and ISP this may be -7-15% of total uplink bandwidth. As a result You have 85-93% of bandwidth You pay for.

                                      But NO ONE of sysadmins told You this truth... No any conspiracy, just business.

                                      And I RECOMMEND TO CONFIGURE FREEBSD TCP/IP STACK TO USING QUICK ALGORITHM, because most of nowadays ISPs use QUICK on both aggregate and core level.
                                      (Please read posts about QUIC on this forum)

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                                        patrick.pesegodinski @MarcO42
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                                        @marco42

                                        Can You send-me the tutorial to create the speedtest_cli.js?

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                                          MarcO42 @patrick.pesegodinski
                                          last edited by MarcO42

                                          @patrick-pesegodinski
                                          Hi,
                                          that files will be created and is only a property bag that is loaded when the widget is called.
                                          Cheers

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                                            patrick.pesegodinski @MarcO42
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                                            @marco42 I don't understand your respost.

                                            In the .zip no is included the speedtest-cli.js

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