{"id":1384,"date":"2021-12-16T13:01:16","date_gmt":"2021-12-16T10:01:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/files2.tojikon.net\/files-cloud\/2021\/08\/14\/how-to-check-your-internet-network-speed-on-ubuntu\/https:\/\/files2.tojikon.net\/files-cloud\/2021\/08\/14\/how-to-check-your-internet-network-speed-on-ubuntu\/"},"modified":"2021-12-16T13:01:16","modified_gmt":"2021-12-16T10:01:16","slug":"how-to-check-your-internet-network-speed-on-ubuntu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tojikon.net\/en\/1384-how-to-check-your-internet-network-speed-on-ubuntu\/","title":{"rendered":"How to check your internet network speed on Ubuntu"},"content":{"rendered":"
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If you\u2019re an Ubuntu user and you\u2019re concerned if your network speed is slow, you\u2019ll need to test its performance. There are many ways you can check your network speed on Ubuntu. In this guide, we\u2019ll show you how to do it.<\/p>\n

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Method 1 \u2013 Speedtest-cli<\/h2>\n

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Perhaps the quickest and easiest way to check your network speed on Ubuntu is by running the \u201cSpeedtest-cli\u201d tool. What is \u201cSpeedtest-cli\u201d? It is a terminal program that does the same thing that Speedtest.net does: it checks your internet speeds.<\/p>\n

Sadly, the \u201cSpeedtest-cli\u201d application isn\u2019t pre-installed on Ubuntu or any operating system based on Ubuntu. So, before you can use it to check your internet speed, you must install the program.<\/p>\n

To install the app, open up a terminal window on the Linux desktop. To open up a terminal window, press Ctrl + Alt + T<\/strong> on the keyboard. After that, use the apt install<\/strong> command down below to get the program set up.<\/p>\n

\nsudo apt install speedtest-cli\n<\/pre>\n
Once the program is installed on your Ubuntu Linux PC, you can use it to check your network speed. For a simple test, run the speedtest-cli<\/strong> command.<\/p>\n
\nspeedtest-cli\n<\/pre>\n
After running the command above, you\u2019ll see your internet speed printed out in the terminal. If you\u2019d like to save this output to a text file for later reading on Ubuntu, you can pipe it into a text file.<\/p>\n
\nspeedtest-cli > ~\/my-network-speed.txt\n<\/pre>\n
To view the output text file on your Ubuntu PC, click on the \u201cmy-network-speed.txt\u201d file in your home directory, or run cat ~\/my-network-speed.txt<\/strong>.<\/p>\n
Method 2 \u2013 LibreSpeed<\/h2>\n
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LibreSpeed is another way you can check your network speed on Ubuntu. It is an open-source alternative to SpeedTest and requires no Java or Flash to run.<\/p>\n
To check your network speed in LibreSpeed on Ubuntu, do the following. First, open up a new tab in your favorite web browser. Once it is open, head over to the LibreSpeed website.<\/p>\n
Once you\u2019ve loaded up the website, find the \u201cServer\u201d drop-down menu, and click on it with the mouse. After that, choose the server that is closest to you to test your speed against.<\/p>\n
Note: if you are in North America, select the NY server. If you are in Europe or elsewhere, choose the server closest to your home country.<\/p>\n
After making your server choice, find the \u201cStart\u201d button at the top of the page and click on it with the mouse. Selecting this button will test your download, upload, as well as ping.<\/p>\n
Method 3 \u2013 Ping command<\/h2>\n
A great way to test your network speed on Ubuntu is with the Ping tool. This tool takes what is done with LibreSpeed, or SpeedTest-Cli, and puts you in the driver\u2019s seat. You can test your ping (speed between two computers) against your router or any server on the internet.<\/p>\n
Thankfully, Ping is one of the most used command-line tools on Linux and doesn\u2019t require users to install it beforehand. To test your ping between any computer and your own, do the following.<\/p>\n
First, open up a terminal window. Once it is open, you can use the ping<\/strong> command against any IP address or URL. For example, to test the latency between a local IP, you could run the command below.<\/p>\n
Note: change the local IP below to reflect the actual IP you plan to ping. The address below is an example.<\/p>\n
\nping 192.168.1.1\n<\/pre>\n
Alternatively, you can test your network speed against a website. A good benchmark for ping is Google.com. Why? Google is always up, is always fast, and easy to remember. To ping Google, enter the command below.<\/p>\n
\nping google.com\n<\/pre>\n
Want to only ping a website or IP address a few times instead of having a constant stream of pings? You can easily do this by using the -c<\/strong> command-line switch and specify the number of pings you\u2019d like.<\/p>\n
For example, to ping Google, precisely five times, run the following command below.<\/p>\n
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\nping -c5 google.com\n<\/pre>\n
Lastly, if you\u2019d like to save your pings to a text file, you can pipe them to a text file like so.<\/p>\n
\nping my-website.com > ~\/ping.txt\n<\/pre>\n
Method 4 \u2013 Fast.com<\/h2>\n
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Fast.com is another place you can test your network speed on Ubuntu. However, unlike SpeedTest-Cli or LibreSpeed, Fast.com caters to users unfamiliar with how network speed testing works.<\/p>\n
If you\u2019re on Ubuntu and these other tools we\u2019ve covered are a bit confusing, Fast.com is for you. Here\u2019s how to use it. First, open up Fast.com. Once it is open, you\u2019ll instantly get a speed test, shown in megabytes per second.<\/p>\n
For more information on the speed test results from Fast.com, click on the \u201cShow more info\u201d button. You\u2019ll see information like \u201clatency,\u201d \u201cupload,\u201d etc.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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