speedtest-cli 403 forbidden error

gstlouis

Hello

Every once in a while I get this error when trying to do a speed test. Any reason why this is happening? It goes away if I try it later or tomorrow...

[2.7.0-RELEASE][root@pfSense.home]/root: speedtest-cli
Retrieving speedtest.net configuration...
Cannot retrieve speedtest configuration
ERROR: HTTP Error 403: Forbidden

johnpoz

@gstlouis That seems like an error from where it talks to get info about the different servers it could talk to for a test.

403 is a specific permissions denied error that a server can send back.. Most likely an issue on their end.

fireodo

@gstlouis said in speedtest-cli 403 forbidden error:

speedtest-cli

Try: speedtest-cli --secure

johnpoz

@gstlouis I just got around to testing and not seeing any problem talking to them.

[23.05.1-RELEASE][admin@sg4860.local.lan]/root: speedtest-cli
Retrieving speedtest.net configuration...
Testing from RCN (209.122.x.x)...
Retrieving speedtest.net server list...
Selecting best server based on ping...
Hosted by Urban Communications (Oak Forest, IL) [962.14 km]: 17.316 ms
Testing download speed................................................................................
Download: 536.68 Mbit/s
Testing upload speed......................................................................................................
Upload: 41.11 Mbit/s
[23.05.1-RELEASE][admin@sg4860.local.lan]/root:

Not exactly sure what --secure option does. But just to see if you can talk to their servers I would use the --list option, my guess to secure would be it talks to their server via ssl vs just 80?

[23.05.1-RELEASE][admin@sg4860.local.lan]/root: speedtest-cli --list
Retrieving speedtest.net configuration...
47532) Urban Communications (Oak Forest, IL, United States) [962.14 km]
47744) AT&T (Cicero, IL, United States) [972.30 km]
55506) Deft (Chicago, IL, United States) [977.12 km]
 7193) Sharktech Inc. (Chicago, IL, United States) [977.12 km]
34707) Hivelocity (Chicago, IL, United States) [977.12 km]
48338) DialConnection, LLC (Chicago, IL, United States) [977.12 km]
51366) Jasper County REMC (Rensselaer, IN, United States) [982.81 km]
50463) KamaTera, Inc. (Chicago, IL, United States) [983.15 km]
48528) Kosciusko Connect (Warsaw, IN, United States) [1096.63 km]
 2036) Bloomingdale Communications (Bloomingdale, MI, United States) [1131.87 km]
[23.05.1-RELEASE][admin@sg4860.local.lan]/root:

edit: on a side note, wonder how the cli figures out distance, because those for sure are no where near correct ;) The web site or app shows better distance info... That actually makes sense

stephenw10

Yup works fine in either mode for me too.

fireodo

@johnpoz said in speedtest-cli 403 forbidden error:

Not exactly sure what --secure option does.

speedtest-cli --help

and you'll find out what it does :-)

  --secure              Use HTTPS instead of HTTP when communicating with speedtest.net operated
                        servers

Nice weekend,
fireodo