Speedometer:
Measure and display the rate of data across a network connection or data being stored in a file. Download the tarball and extract to run.
Reference Site: http://excess.org/speedometer
Example Use:
speedometer -s -rx eth0 speedometer -s -tx eth0 speedometer -s -rx eth0 -tx eth0
Speedtest-Cli:
Command line interface for testing internet bandwidth using speedtest.net
Reference site: https://github.com/sivel/speedtest-cli
Example Install and Use:
Install Git:
$ sudo apt-get install git-core
Clone the Repository from GitHub:
$ git clone https://github.com/sivel/speedtest-cli.git
Sample Usage and Output:
$ ./speedtest-cli
Retrieving speedtest.net configuration…
Retrieving speedtest.net server list…
Testing from Comcast Cable (x.x.x.x)…
Selecting best server based on ping…
Hosted by FiberCloud, Inc (Seattle, WA) [12.03 km]: 44.028 ms
Testing download speed………………………………….
Download: 32.29 Mbit/s
Testing upload speed…………………………………………..
Upload: 5.18 Mbit/s