Ookla Speedtest cli binary available

[ColinTaylor]

@Ronald Schwerer The download/upload numbers are in bytes per second instead of bits per second.

 

[Ronald Schwerer]

@Ronald Schwerer The download/upload numbers are in bytes per second instead of bits per second.

As the column heading indicates. I tried converting and still didn't get anything close. Maybe I was too tired to see straight. The unknown is the units for "download" and "upload". Assuming its a unit of time = usecs?

 

[ColinTaylor]

As the column heading indicates. I tried converting and still didn't get anything close. Maybe I was too tired to see straight. The unknown is the units for "download" and "upload". Assuming its a unit of time = usecs?

It works for me - bytes per second, so multiply the numbers by 8.

EDIT: Just checked your numbers and they work as well.

 

[Ronald Schwerer]

It works for me - bytes per second, so multiply the numbers by 8.

EDIT: Just checked your numbers and they work as well.

OK, I'm not following you. Just as an example, how do I get 116.05 (download Mbps)

dl_bits = 102,359,208 * 8 = 818,873,664
dl_time = 14,505,861 (units unknown - assumed usec)

Bits_per_second would be dl_bits/time (after converting to seconds)

I'm not seeing anything like 116.05.

 

[JDB]

(14505861*8)/1024/1024 = 110.6709365845


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[ColinTaylor]

(14505861*8)/1024/1024 = 110.6709365845

Use 1000's not 1024's.

14505861 * 8 = 116,046,888 = 116.05 Mbps

 

[Ronald Schwerer]

OK, I was assuming those were raw count and time numbers based on the column headings. So the only useful fields are "download" and "upload". I was making it more complicated. Thanks

 

[Hikari]

I just found it, it runs smooth on my Ubuntu server. I run it from python, take the json output and send it to my Monitor webapp which stores the data on DB so I can have it historical and see charts.

I wanted to run it on my AMD64 OpenWRT router, but am unable to. It doesn't have a native edition, and the x86_64-linux fails with

/ookla-speedtest-1.0.0-x86_64-linux: line 1: syntax error: unexpected ";"

. On Ubuntu it also doesn't work:

bash: ./ookla-speedtest-1.0.0-x86_64-linux: cannot execute binary file: Exec format error

Yea you’re right. Although I suspect the official version was born from the fact so many are using the unofficial.
They share a lot of very similar features, almost like one was copied...

For sure they inspired on it, some parameters are the same and also json output.

But it's sad, parameters and could be identical so that we could replace one for the other, but they aren't so I had to adapt my code. And they also seem to have used the same .py name, which made them incompatible. To install Ookla's I had to uninstall speedtest-cli. At least I see no feature the python version has that Ookla's doesn't.

 

[JTnola]

Is anyone using this these days? Is it worthwhile? (Does it still allow you to select an interface to successfully test?)

If so, what’s the correct install cmd line?
Thank you!!

 

[dave14305]

Is anyone using this these days? Is it worthwhile? (Does it still allow you to select an interface to successfully test?)

If so, what’s the correct install cmd line?
Thank you!!

It’s included in the Asus firmware as part of the Speedtest. You can run via SSH:

ookla -c http://www.speedtest.net/api/embed/vz0azjarf5enop8a/config -f human-readable

 

[JTnola]

It’s included in the Asus firmware as part of the Speedtest. You can run via SSH:

ookla -c http://www.speedtest.net/api/embed/vz0azjarf5enop8a/config -f human-readable

Yeah but you can’t switch interfaces that way any more… thanks!!