Speedtest CLI. Run speedtest on pfSense box

patrick.pesegodinski

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

myAPI="<your api="" key="" goes="" here,="" in="" the="" quotes="">"
baseURL = 'https://api.thingspeak.com/update?api_key=%s' % myAPI
print baseURL</your>

The command "your' doens't work

provels

@patrick-pesegodinski said in Speedtest CLI. Run speedtest on pfSense box:

myAPI="<your api="" key="" goes="" here,="" in="" the="" quotes="">"

myAPI="put_key_here"

PS - That post was the only one that user ever made, and besides it was about 6 years ago.

patrick.pesegodinski

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

@patrick-pesegodinski said in Speedtest CLI. Run speedtest on pfSense box:

myAPI="<your api="" key="" goes="" here,="" in="" the="" quotes="">"

myAPI="put_key_here"

PS - That post was the only one that user ever made, and besides it was about 6 years ago.

I think the command for python 3.8 was changed. I connect with this command:

import urllib.request

baseURL = 'https://api.thingspeak.com/update?api_key=MY_KEY=0'

Gertjan

@patrick-pesegodinski said in Speedtest CLI. Run speedtest on pfSense box:

how you import the "urllib2" in the pfsense?

Here :
/usr/local/lib/python3.9/urllib
/usr/local/lib/python3.11/urllib

It's already there.
If it isn't, mention your pfSense version.
Then I'll tell you to upgrade ;)

Install FreeBSD packages (not from Netgate) yourself on pfSense : that's not a good idea.

chrcoluk

For modern pfSense, I just did this. (new download link also)

fetch -o speedtest-cli https://raw.githubusercontent.com/sivel/speedtest-cli/master/speedtest.py
chmod +x speedtest-cli

Then edit first line of speedtest-cli to the following.

#!/usr/bin/env python3.8

Should run at this point, no need to install extra dependency packages.

As Jim said, it might be slower than from a fast client device as pfSense is optimised for routing.

I got about 600 down on the cli, but then immediately did a test on my PC which got 954mbit down (gigabit connection). But I think having this as an option to help diagnose issues can be useful hence I installed it.

Gertjan

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

For modern pfSense

Not for my 23.01 then, as it doesn't have python3.8

asulwer

with some minor changes this worked for me on version 24.03-release

pkg search speedtest
py311-speedtest-cli-2.1.3      Command line interface for testing internet bandwidth

use this command to install

pkg update ; pkg install -y py311-speedtest-cli && curl -o /usr/local/www/widgets/widgets/speedtest.widget.php https://raw.githubusercontent.com/aln-1/pfsense-speedtest-widget/master/speedtest.widget.php