After getting familiar with the terminal for a while, you may prefer not to switch to the GUI for other tasks. You can now gauge your internet connection with ease by executing this simple command in your console.
You'll just need to install fast-cli using this command and you're set to go. First, install npm, npm serves as the package manager for Node.js and the JavaScript programming language. It's installable on a Linux operating system, enabling you to employ it via the command line to fetch and install JavaScript packages along with their necessary dependencies.
Fast is a command line tool designed to assess your network's download speeds. It is based on Fast.com website created by Netflix and conducts a battery of tests using Netflix's own production servers.
Then run the below command to check your download speeds. Add the flag -u to the command to check both the download and upload speeds.
