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Test Connection Speed
#!/bin/bash
echo "Network speed testing..."
cachefly=$( wget -O /dev/null http://cachefly.cachefly.net/100mb.test 2>&1 | awk '/\/dev\/null/ {if ($4=="-") speed=$2 $3; else speed=$3 $4;} END {gsub(/\(|\)/,"",speed); print speed}' )
echo "Download speed from CacheFly: $cachefly "
linodeatl=$( wget -O /dev/null http://atlanta1.linode.com/100MB-atlanta.bin 2>&1 | awk '/\/dev\/null/ {if ($4=="-") speed=$2 $3; else speed=$3 $4;} END {gsub(/\(|\)/,"",speed); print speed}' )
echo "Download speed from Linode, Atlanta GA: $linodeatl "
linodedltx=$( wget -O /dev/null http://dallas1.linode.com/100MB-dallas.bin 2>&1 | awk '/\/dev\/null/ {if ($4=="-") speed=$2 $3; else speed=$3 $4;} END {gsub(/\(|\)/,"",speed); print speed}' )
echo "Download speed from Linode, Dallas, TX: $linodedltx "
linodejp=$( wget -O /dev/null http://tokyo1.linode.com/100MB-tokyo.bin 2>&1 | awk '/\/dev\/null/ {if ($4=="-") speed=$2 $3; else speed=$3 $4;} END {gsub(/\(|\)/,"",speed); print speed}' )
echo "Download speed from Linode, Tokyo, JP: $linodejp "
linodeuk=$( wget -O /dev/null http://london1.linode.com/100MB-london.bin 2>&1 | awk '/\/dev\/null/ {if ($4=="-") speed=$2 $3; else speed=$3 $4;} END {gsub(/\(|\)/,"",speed); print speed}' )
echo "Download speed from Linode, London, UK: $linodeuk "
#leaseweb=$( wget -O /dev/null http://mirror.leaseweb.com/speedtest/100mb.bin 2>&1 | awk '/\/dev\/null/ {if ($4=="-") speed=$2 $3; else speed=$3 $4;} END {gsub(/\(|\)/,"",speed); print speed}' )
#echo "Download speed from Leaseweb, Haarlem, NL: $leaseweb "
slsg=$( wget -O /dev/null http://speedtest.sng01.softlayer.com/downloads/test100.zip 2>&1 | awk '/\/dev\/null/ {if ($4=="-") speed=$2 $3; else speed=$3 $4;} END {gsub(/\(|\)/,"",speed); print speed}' )
echo "Download speed from Softlayer, Singapore: $slsg "
slwa=$( wget -O /dev/null http://speedtest.sea01.softlayer.com/downloads/test100.zip 2>&1 | awk '/\/dev\/null/ {if ($4=="-") speed=$2 $3; else speed=$3 $4;} END {gsub(/\(|\)/,"",speed); print speed}' )
echo "Download speed from Softlayer, Seattle, WA: $slwa "
slsjc=$( wget -O /dev/null http://speedtest.sjc01.softlayer.com/downloads/test100.zip 2>&1 | awk '/\/dev\/null/ {if ($4=="-") speed=$2 $3; else speed=$3 $4;} END {gsub(/\(|\)/,"",speed); print speed}' )
echo "Download speed from Softlayer, San Jose, CA: $slsjc "
slwdc=$( wget -O /dev/null http://speedtest.wdc01.softlayer.com/downloads/test100.zip 2>&1 | awk '/\/dev\/null/ {if ($4=="-") speed=$2 $3; else speed=$3 $4;} END {gsub(/\(|\)/,"",speed); print speed}' )
echo "Download speed from Softlayer, Washington, DC: $slwdc "
ovhgr=$( wget -O /dev/null http://130.255.184.98/100mb.bin 2>&1 | awk '/\/dev\/null/ {if ($4=="-") speed=$2 $3; else speed=$3 $4;} END {gsub(/\(|\)/,"",speed); print speed}' )
echo "Download speed from Germany: $ovhgr "
vnhn=$( wget -O /dev/null http://123.30.129.231/100mb.bin 2>&1 | awk '/\/dev\/null/ {if ($4=="-") speed=$2 $3; else speed=$3 $4;} END {gsub(/\(|\)/,"",speed); print speed}' )
echo "Download speed from Vinahost, Hanoi, VN: $vnhn "
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alghanmi commented Jul 5, 2012

Comprehensive Speed Test

I was given this script by a user in the #FranTech IRC channel. I don't remember the user and could not recover the URL.

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tek-aevl commented Dec 1, 2013

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