Internet Speedtest via Terminal

[Dronecatcher]

Great tip here how to use the popular Speedtest web benchmark via Terminal:

http://www.g5center.net/index.php?post=speedtest-your-internet-connection

 

[NathanJHill]

Thanks for sharing the link.

I don't have a Tiger machine at the moment, so I am curious if it works without a hitch on Tiger as easily as it does on Leopard. Can anyone confirm?

 

[Dronecatcher]

Thanks for sharing the link.

I don't have a Tiger machine at the moment, so I am curious if it works without a hitch on Tiger as easily as it does on Leopard. Can anyone confirm?

Unfortunately "command not found" for Tiger.

 

[pochopsp]

So nice! just tested it on Leopard, works well

 

[NathanJHill]

Unfortunately "command not found" for Tiger.

I need to revert my Mac Mini G4 to Tiger so I can do some more testing.

The other suggested command is: sudo pip install speedtest-cli

To be more clear, Tiger users probably need to upgrade Python via this package (although I have seen that there are newer versions available via home-brew): https://www.python.org/downloads/release/python-278/

The speedtest-cli script supposedly only works with Python 2.4+. See more here: https://github.com/sivel/speedtest-cli

 

[Imixmuan]

Great tip here how to use the popular Speedtest web benchmark via Terminal:

http://www.g5center.net/index.php?post=speedtest-your-internet-connection

Works in Linux too, 16.04 LTS Lubuntu at least. Just change the command to:

sudo apt-get install speedtest-cli

then run

speedtest-cli at the prompt

Much nicer than the stupid website version.