Measuring network speed

Network speed measurement [SpeedTest] on Linux OS

Here you can clearly learn how to measure network speed on VPS and Dedicated servers running Linux OS in the simplest and most effective way.

For the installation example, Ubuntu 20.04 LTS OS will be used.

First, we need to update the system package lists and repositories, using the command:

sudo apt-get -y update

After a few minutes the process completed, then we need to install the curl utility:

apt-get install -y curl

Now we download the Speedtest software files:

curl -s https://packagecloud.io/install/repositories/ookla/speedtest-cli/script.deb.sh | sudo bash

Files successfully downloaded.

Then we apply this command to unpack and install Speedtest:

sudo apt-get install speedtest

Speedtest is installed.

Now we can use a simple command to check network speed: To Moscow servers:

speedtest --server-id 48192

To European servers:

speedtest --server-id 53738

Enter the command and accept the license.

Then the network speed measurement process begins.

Upon completion, we are provided with complete information about the test result:

By the link you can view the detailed test result.