Is it possible to automate Speedtest.net?

FunkyT

FunkyT

FunkyT

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I'd like to be able to automate something like Speedtest.net over a period of a week or so.

Is there an easy way of doing this please?

Thanks in advance.
 
depends what you consider easy, but one way is to do it from your windows task scheduler. Something along the lines of this should work.

wget http://testserver.com/1000kb.bin | find "saved" >> log.txt
del 1000kb.bin

This should log your downloads..
22:37:59 (4.52 MB/s) - `1000kb.bin' saved [100000000/100000000]
22:45:59 (4.52 MB/s) - `1000kb.bin' saved [100000000/100000000]
...
 
Wicksta said:
Sounds like speedtest.net is one of only two worth using then.
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Yeah, just thought it might be of interest to people using speedtesters to diagnose their problems.

Tbh, I've found both speedtest and adslguide/thinkbroadband to be a bit slow on my connection (23.5mbit).
 
For me, the accuracy of Speedtest depends on which server I use. It picks out Duesseldorf as being the closest server to me, but on this Uni connection it never shows over 6Mbps. When I choose Frankfurt I get the full ~25Mbps.
 
Mattus said:
For me, the accuracy of Speedtest depends on which server I use. It picks out Duesseldorf as being the closest server to me, but on this Uni connection it never shows over 6Mbps. When I choose Frankfurt I get the full ~25Mbps.
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Same here, London gives a better speed than the recommended Maidstone server most of the time, so it might be best to try and get it to run the test on two servers in quick succession whenever it runs.
 
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