Speedtest: new package to measure network performance

on 9 Jan 2020 brianjmurrel wrote:

The default netperf.bufferbloat.net server was offline because it was being hammered by people who run a speed test every 5 minutes, 24 x 7.

I have a script that scans the log files and black holes the IP addresses, but some months there's a huge tidal wave of traffic that uses up my (4 TBytes) of traffic and the server gets shut off. This month was one instance - 90% of my limit was used up by 6 Jan, so I shut off the netperf server.

It's turned back on now, but you can also use:

Or stand up your own VPS, install netperf, and you can run your own tests...

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