As an FYI on this, I ran iperf3 as a server on one of my hosted Astlinux boxes. Seemed to work fine:
/usr/bin/iperf3 -s -p 5200 -D >/dev/null 2>&1 Open up firewall for UDP/TCP to port 5200 Regards Michael Knill On 30/3/18, 2:05 am, "Lonnie Abelbeck" <li...@lonnie.abelbeck.com> wrote: On Mar 29, 2018, at 4:39 AM, Michael Keuter <li...@mksolutions.info> wrote: > >> Am 29.03.2018 um 07:28 schrieb Michael Knill <michael.kn...@ipcsolutions.com.au>: >> >> Is there any way to perform a speed test on Astlinux? >> >> This would be really nice: >> https://github.com/sivel/speedtest-cli >> >> Needs Python though. >> >> Regards >> Michael Knill > > Hi Michael, > > I use this one: > https://github.com/blackdotsh/curl-speedtest/blob/master/speedtest.sh > > There are separate links for geographic versions inside as well. > > Additionally I use public iperf 3 servers to test with: > https://iperf.fr/iperf-servers.php > > Michael +1 for iperf3 TCP upload speed, 2 parallel streams -- $ iperf3 -c iperf.he.net -P 2 Connecting to host iperf.he.net, port 5201 ... [ ID] Interval Transfer Bandwidth Retr [SUM] 0.00-10.00 sec 13.9 MBytes 11.7 Mbits/sec 22 sender [SUM] 0.00-10.00 sec 11.2 MBytes 9.38 Mbits/sec receiver -- TCP download speed, 2 parallel streams -- $ iperf3 -c iperf.he.net -P 2 -R Connecting to host iperf.he.net, port 5201 Reverse mode, remote host iperf.he.net is sending ... [ ID] Interval Transfer Bandwidth Retr [SUM] 0.00-10.00 sec 71.2 MBytes 59.7 Mbits/sec 3309 sender [SUM] 0.00-10.00 sec 61.5 MBytes 51.6 Mbits/sec receiver -- Particularly useful for SIP VoIP is UDP and a bandwidth argument ... UDP upload test, test-bandwidth is 1000 kbps (approx. 10 ulaw simultaneous calls) -- $ iperf3 -c iperf.he.net -u -b 1000k Connecting to host iperf.he.net, port 5201 --- [ ID] Interval Transfer Bandwidth Jitter Lost/Total Datagrams [ 4] 0.00-10.00 sec 1.19 MBytes 996 Kbits/sec 3.005 ms 0/152 (0%) [ 4] Sent 152 datagrams -- The extra benefit here is the jitter and packet loss measurements. UDP download test, test-bandwidth is 1000 kbps (approx. 10 ulaw simultaneous calls) -- $ iperf3 -c iperf.he.net -u -b 1000k -R Reverse mode, remote host iperf.he.net is sending ... [ ID] Interval Transfer Bandwidth Jitter Lost/Total Datagrams [ 4] 0.00-10.00 sec 1.21 MBytes 1.02 Mbits/sec 0.000 ms 0/0 (-nan%) [ 4] Sent 0 datagrams -- For you in Australia, finding a mainland public iperf3 server would be best, but give iperf.he.net a try ... possibly talk your ISP into implementing an iperf3 server. Lonnie ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ Astlinux-users mailing list Astlinux-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/astlinux-users Donations to support AstLinux are graciously accepted via PayPal to pay...@krisk.org. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ Astlinux-users mailing list Astlinux-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/astlinux-users Donations to support AstLinux are graciously accepted via PayPal to pay...@krisk.org.