Network speed test to a computer you have ssh access to

bwtest.sh

#!/usr/bin/env bash
if [ -z "$1" ]; then
	echo "$0 <ssh args e.g. host>"
	exit 
fi

FN="/tmp/$(uuidgen)"
TESTSIZE=314572800

echo generate
cat /dev/urandom | head -c $TESTSIZE  > $FN
md5sum $FN

echo upload
cat $FN | pv -pabt | ssh $1 "tee $FN | md5sum"

echo

echo download
ssh $1 "cat $FN" | pv -pabt | md5sum


ssh $1 "rm $FN"
rm $FN