Using a test file to test network speed.

[ozgurerdogan]

I want to use a wget command to download a file and see network speed test for pve server from a remote pc.

So I added a test.zip file to /usr/share/pve-manager/images and used browsers to see http://s1.hostname.com:8006/pve2/images/test.zip

But getting 501 error.

Is there a better or easier way for this?

 

[Dunuin]

Its way better to use iperf3 for that. It got way more features like doing several connections in parallel and it writes/read to/from RAM so the storage can't be bottlenecking.

 

[ozgurerdogan]

I need to do it like I say for my situation. This is not a for speed test.

 

[Dunuin]

and see network speed test for pve server from a remote pc.

This is not a for speed test.

So whats your goal? Sounded like you want to test the network speed between two hosts where iperf would be best for. And for internet speed you could use speedtest-cli.

 

[ozgurerdogan]

I need to see speed but for a custom location. Not a general network speed test. I need to see status between pve and a client.

 

[bobmc]

probably your best solution would be to use an sftp client like the one built into

https://www.bitvise.com/ssh-client

This would allow you upload and download files to-and-from pve host to client on a local network

 

[ozgurerdogan]

Thank you but my only option is wget. I know other ways. But my need is wget.

 

[_gabriel]

i don't you think you can access 8006 port with wget because need authentification.
You must install a small http server which listen on another port with his own www/root folder

 

[ozgurerdogan]

But pve is also running on a web server. So I thought it would be possible to upload a test file and use wget to get it. But I think it is not. Maybe someone from team can answer.

 

[dcsapak]

your original example should probably work if you use another extension for the file, e.g. 'jpg'
so renaming your test.zip to test.jpg and downloading that should work

but on another note, why do you have to use wget? as others have said, iperf is more suited for that and you can start the server on the pve and the client wherever you want and measure the network speed between client <-> pve
(with wget and a file, you test much more than the raw network speed, since the disk/http-stack/perl/etc. come also into play)

 

[ozgurerdogan]

All I get is HTTP ERROR 501 when trying to download file from browser named lets say *.pdf
I want to use wget because test must be done from any remote computer and no auth. must be used.

 

[_gabriel]

you need wget with httpS support, tested here png & pdf works.

 

[ozgurerdogan]

you need wget with httpS support, tested here png & pdf works.

Why do I get 501 error when trying from browser then?

 

[Dunuin]

The pve proxys webserver only serves https, not http requests. Thats also why you can't access your webUI by using http://s1.hostname.com:8006 but https://s1.hostname.com:8006 will work.

 

[_gabriel]

no error here with https://ip:8006/pve2/images/logo-128.png