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netperf and iperf are utilities for measuring network throughput: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iperf

It's possible to approximate the https://dslreports.com/speedtest using the flent CLI or QT GUI (which calls e.g. fping and netperf) and isolate out ISP variance by running a netperf server on a decent router and/or a workstation with a sufficient NIC (at least 1Gbps). https://flent.org/tests.html

`dslreports_8dn`: https://github.com/tohojo/flent/blob/master/flent/tests/dslr...

From https://flent.org/ :

> RRUL: Create the standard graphic image used by the Bufferbloat project to show the down/upload speeds plus latency in three separate charts:

> `flent rrul -p all_scaled -l 60 -H address-of-netserver -t text-to-be-included-in-plot -o filename.png`

In 2021, most routers - even with OpenWRT and hardware-offloading - cannot actually push 1 Gigabit over wired Ethernet, though the port spec does say 1000 Mbps.



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