Speed test from Windows Powershell

Modified on Sun, 10 Dec, 2023 at 2:53 PM

Overview: for admins who want to run a speed test from command line on MIcrosoft Windows, here's how.

Launch Powershell, then type in the following commands:

New-Item -Path "c:\" -Name "speedtestcli" -ItemType "directory"

Invoke-WebRequest https://install.speedtest.net/app/cli/ookla-speedtest-1.2.0-win64.zip -OutFile c:\speedtestcli\speedtestcli.zip

Expand-Archive -Path "c:\speedtestcli\speedtestcli.zip" -DestinationPath "c:\speedtestcli"

cd c:\speedtestcli

.\speedtest.exe

More info: https://www.speedtest.net/apps/cli

(Also available for Mac & Linux)

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