Test your internet connection from Terminal
networkQuality, built in since macOS Monterey, measures speed and responsiveness without a website.
Works on: macOS Monterey 12 and later · checked on macOS Golden Gate 27
Published: · Source: SS64
There is a speed test built into macOS, no website or app required. In Terminal:
networkQualityWhen it finishes, it prints your upload and download capacity and a responsiveness figure in RPM — round trips per minute. That last number is closer to what you notice on a video call than raw speed is: a connection can be fast and still sluggish.
A few options change how it runs:
networkQuality -v # more detail
networkQuality -s # test upload and download one after the other
networkQuality -I en0 # use one network interface onlyBy default it measures upload and download at the same time and against Apple’s servers, so the figures will not match a speed-test website exactly. It has been part of macOS since Monterey.
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