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    • fireodoF
      fireodo @egeekial
      last edited by fireodo

      @egeekial said in speedtest CLI dying out:

      The new Ookla FreeBSD version works fine.

      Hi,
      Is this Version also working with the Speedtest Widget?
      Thanks
      fireodo

      Kettop Mi4300YL CPU: i5-4300Y @ 1.60GHz RAM: 8GB Ethernet Ports: 4
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      Packages: Apcupsd, Cron, Iftop, Iperf, LCDproc, Nmap, pfBlockerNG, RRD_Summary, Shellcmd, Snort, Speedtest, System_Patches.

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      • SebMS
        SebM
        last edited by

        This method is pretty bulletproof for me:

        As per this page How To Install Speedtest-cli On a FreeBSD To Check Internet Speed, I simply ran these two commands in the GUI at Diagnostics / Command Prompt / Execute Shell Command:

        pkg search speedtest
        

        This returned the following:
        py38-speedtest-cli-2.1.3
        Command line interface for testing internet bandwidth

        so I ran this command:

        pkg install -y py38-speedtest-cli-2.1.3
        

        Then from there I simply run speedtest

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          KevinRice @SebM
          last edited by

          @sebm That method works because the issue has been fixed. Previously, it was broken.

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          • SebMS
            SebM @KevinRice
            last edited by

            @kevinrice Great, so now that it's been fixed and I wrote down a simple step-by-step, anybody who comes here in the future knows what to do... I love it when a plan comes together!

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              KevinRice @SebM
              last edited by

              @sebm Until it breaks next revision! ;)

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              • SebMS
                SebM @KevinRice
                last edited by

                @kevinrice Then one can browse to Ookla's Speedtest, run:

                sudo pkg add "https://install.speedtest.net/app/cli/ookla-speedtest-1.0.0-freebsd.pkg"
                

                Then when this is fixed, they can run:

                pkg remove --y speedtest
                

                And rinse and repeat steps from there:
                @sebm said in speedtest CLI dying out:

                Simple. Unintrusive. I likes 😊

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                  KevinRice @SebM
                  last edited by

                  @sebm Until Ookla revises... Never ending battle.

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                  • SebMS
                    SebM @KevinRice
                    last edited by

                    @kevinrice I'd like to thank you for having published a workaround (option #3).

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                      KevinRice @SebM
                      last edited by

                      @sebm And, thank you for providing the current solution! I'm actually going to use it right now.

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                        KevinRice @SebM
                        last edited by

                        @sebm Yup. Works great! Thx.

                        Testing download speed................................................................................
                        Download: 875.58 Mbit/s
                        Testing upload speed......................................................................................................
                        Upload: 776.59 Mbit/s
                        
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                        • SebMS
                          SebM @KevinRice
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                          @kevinrice wowza, that upload speed 😵

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                            KevinRice @SebM
                            last edited by

                            @sebm GPON fiber. Race Communications home service. $60/mo. 👍

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                            • SebMS
                              SebM @KevinRice
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                              @kevinrice I was paying $45 for 100/5 and just upgraded to 400/10 for $70... Something to keep in mind if I relocate.

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                                KevinRice @SebM
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                                @sebm Yeah, coax doesn't give much upload. At least the ISPs don't.

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                                • SebMS
                                  SebM @KevinRice
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                                  @kevinrice Do you have a Netgate appliance? If yes which one?

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                                    KevinRice @SebM
                                    last edited by

                                    @sebm 5100

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