Following command allows testing upload and download speed on the Linux, without need of installing any packages.
Sample output:wget -O speedtest-cli https://raw.githubusercontent.com/sivel/speedtest-cli/master/speedtest.py;chmod +x speedtest-cli;python3 speedtest-cli;rm -f speedtest-cli
If you need to monitor realtime bandwidth, you can try iftop or nloadRetrieving speedtest.net configuration...
Retrieving speedtest.net server list...
Testing from IPOwnerName (ServerIPHere)...
Selecting best server based on latency...
Hosted by United Networks (Jacksonville, FL) [29.40 km]: 6.362 ms
Testing download speed........................................
Download: 182.10 Mbit/s
Testing upload speed............................................. .....
Upload: 1.28 Mbit/s
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