Re: speedtest ok from site, fails on command line
On Fri, May 9, 2025 at 11:57 AM Roger Price wrote:
>
> If I visit speedtest.net and click on "Go", I get 356Mbps download, and 19Mbps
> upload with multiconnection via Starlink and a server in Paris. But when I load
> Debian 12 package speedtest-cli I get
>
> rprice@maria ~ speedtest
> Retrieving speedtest.net configuration...
> Testing from Starlink (216.128.23.xxx)...
> Retrieving speedtest.net server list...
> Selecting best server based on ping...
> ERROR: Unable to connect to servers to test latency.
>
> I get this same error result all day and from Debian 11 and 12. Has anyone got
> speedtest-cli to work?
It works fine for me. But I have a ping time under 15ms to the servers.
If you know python, the source code is in
/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/speedtest.py
Add some diagnostic output to figure out why it says it can't connect
to servers & fix whatever.
If you don't know python.. well.. as with most all open source code,
you're SOL unless someone takes pity on you
Synaptic says the homepage for speedtest-cli is
https://github.com/sivel/speedtest-cli
where.. again.. you're screwed. There is no "issues" link where one
would be able to create a "does not work for me" issue requesting
help.
& I don't know python, so I can't help either :(
Regards
Lee
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