Replace speedtest-cli with speedtest++ For Better Accuracy

Add-Ons
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I would say probably other priorities… Security come first.

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No, its not a high priority, but that’s what I was just asking for was an escalation to get that added to the to do list. I’m not sure who handles adding those type of things.

Eric

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Information about adding bugs can be found here: wiki.ipfire.org - Bugzilla

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In reply 8 in this thread, Michael ran a speedtest on a computer setup in Ireland and got an upload of over 900Mbits/s. This would suggest that the program is not the limiter but something else. I think we need to understand the reason for this difference before removing one add-on and installing another.

I have also run both speedtest and speedtest++ on my network and got very similar results between the two of them. My upload is limited to around 25Mbits/s currently using a cable connection so doesn’t add much to the data. Glass fibre is being laid in my town currently so in a few months I will have a Gigabit connection for both down and upload so can investigate further then.

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Adolf, did you go allllll the way back to the original post? I am not the only one in the world seeing issues lol

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I have been following this thread since it was started. So, yes I saw the earlier links and read them. Yes I saw there were other people reporting problems but there have also been people reporting no problems. That’s why I believe that there is an interaction between the program and other things influencing the results.

To enable you to get this package as an add-on, an option you have is to build it yourself and install it as a local add-on for your system(s) alone. The wiki has information on how to do this.
https://wiki.ipfire.org/devel/ipfire-2-x/addon-howto

After building and installing it as a local add-on you could also decide to create and submit a patch to the IPFire developer community where, if accepted, it would become part of the distribution.
https://wiki.ipfire.org/devel/submit-patches

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Amazing Adolf,

If I can do this myself, heck yea!.. I would do it in a minute and send up for patchwork.

I appreciate it. I will read up on that.

Eric

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I’m on core 155, installed the latest speedtest via pakfire but get errors when running it …

[root@ipfire ~]# speedtest --version
speedtest-cli 2.1.2
Python 3.8.7 (default, Mar 26 2021, 14:28:13) [GCC 10.2.0]

[root@ipfire ~]# speedtest
    Retrieving speedtest.net configuration...
    Traceback (most recent call last):
      File "/usr/bin/speedtest", line 11, in <module>
        load_entry_point('speedtest-cli==2.1.2', 'console_scripts', 'speedtest')()
      File "/usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/speedtest.py", line 1986, in main
        shell()
      File "/usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/speedtest.py", line 1872, in shell
        speedtest = Speedtest(
      File "/usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/speedtest.py", line 1091, in __init__
        self.get_config()
      File "/usr/lib/python3.8/site-packages/speedtest.py", line 1173, in get_config
        ignore_servers = list(
    ValueError: invalid literal for int() with base 10: ''

[root@ipfire ~]#

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Already fixed with a patch to upgrade to a newer version in Core Update 156

https://bugzilla.ipfire.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12602

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