Log my download speeds when using Firefox

Support & Help Requests
1

Is there a way to log my download speeds when using Firefox?

I know about speedtest-cli.

I would like a log of my download speeds when I am using Firefox. Firefox shows the download speed as a file is downloaded but does not keep a log of it.

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Have a look at vnstat, to see if that meets your needs:

Example from that page (reproduced):

$ vnstat -5

 eth0  /  5 minute

         time        rx      |     tx      |    total    |   avg. rate
     ------------------------+-------------+-------------+---------------
     2018-10-21
         18:15     237.54 KB |   960.80 KB |     1.17 MB |   32.72 kbit/s
         18:20     248.26 KB |     1.03 MB |     1.27 MB |   35.61 kbit/s
         18:25     178.42 KB |   940.01 KB |     1.09 MB |   30.54 kbit/s
         18:30     201.54 KB |     0.98 MB |     1.18 MB |   32.87 kbit/s
         18:35     188.62 KB |   926.50 KB |     1.09 MB |   30.45 kbit/s
         18:40     191.09 KB |   946.02 KB |     1.11 MB |   31.05 kbit/s
         18:45     173.85 KB |   862.77 KB |     1.01 MB |   28.31 kbit/s
         18:50     182.20 KB |   930.16 KB |     1.09 MB |   30.37 kbit/s
         18:55     194.74 KB |   944.66 KB |     1.11 MB |   31.11 kbit/s
         19:00     192.85 KB |   901.06 KB |     1.07 MB |   29.87 kbit/s
         19:05     180.64 KB |   878.76 KB |     1.03 MB |   28.93 kbit/s
         19:10     206.94 KB |     1.01 MB |     1.21 MB |   33.94 kbit/s
         19:15     198.73 KB |   961.37 KB |     1.13 MB |   31.68 kbit/s
         19:20     195.19 KB |   909.28 KB |     1.08 MB |   30.16 kbit/s
         19:25     204.65 KB |     1.18 MB |     1.38 MB |   38.56 kbit/s
         19:30     207.78 KB |     1.04 MB |     1.24 MB |   34.62 kbit/s
         19:35     200.50 KB |   970.48 KB |     1.14 MB |   31.98 kbit/s
         19:40     214.45 KB |     1.46 MB |     1.67 MB |   46.77 kbit/s
         19:45     193.93 KB |     1.11 MB |     1.30 MB |   36.26 kbit/s
         19:50     190.28 KB |   908.45 KB |     1.07 MB |   30.00 kbit/s
         19:55     199.20 KB |     1.12 MB |     1.31 MB |   36.74 kbit/s
         20:00       8.43 MB |     1.35 MB |     9.78 MB |  273.50 kbit/s
         20:05     364.31 KB |     1.12 MB |     1.48 MB |   41.34 kbit/s
         20:10     153.84 KB |   870.70 KB |     1.00 MB |   27.98 kbit/s
     ------------------------+-------------+-------------+---------------

Other options possible. :slight_smile:

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