Internet Speed Test Servers not correct for my location.

[scootertramp]

Wondering why the speed test servers are from UK when my location is New Hampshire, USA.
Using curl https://geo.ipify.org/api/v2/country?apiKey=XXXXXXXX responds correctly for location and isp.

Router: rt-ax92u FW:3004.388.9_2-gnuton2

 

[Viktor Jaep]

Wondering why the speed test servers are from UK when my location is New Hampshire, USA.
Using curl https://geo.ipify.org/api/v2/country?apiKey=XXXXXXXX responds correctly for location and isp.

Router: rt-ax92u FW:3004.388.9_2-gnuton2

It could be that the IP range your ISP is assigning to you was recently transferred from the UK, and the country db's haven't caught up yet?

 

[scootertramp]

It could be that the IP range your ISP is assigning to you was recently transferred from the UK, and the country db's haven't caught up yet?

Wish that were the case, I could request an update from speedtest for my ip's location. I have had this same IP since
last November when I switched to my internet provider.
Running speedtest on my windows desktop connected to the router list servers from around my location.
Using the API I posted earlier or https://whatismyipaddress.com/ both return the same local location (city,state,country).
for my IP.

 

[Viktor Jaep]

What speedtest tool is reporting the wrong location?

 

[scootertramp]

What speedtest tool is reporting the wrong location?

Using the router web app and navigating to Adaptive QoS/Internet Speed or by running at command line.
The server list is the same.

agagne@rt-ax92u:/jffs/addons/spdmerlin.d/ookla# ./speedtest -V
Speedtest by Ookla 1.2.0.84 (ea6b6773cf) Linux/aarch64-linux-musl 4.1.51 aarch64

The official command line client for testing the speed and performance
of your internet connection.

agagne@rt-ax92u:/jffs/addons/spdmerlin.d/ookla# ./speedtest -L
Closest servers:

ID Name Location Country
==============================================================================
31953 M-Tech Systems Eastbourne United Kingdom
4740 Vinters Maidstone United Kingdom
32775 Trooli Maidstone United Kingdom
1675 Custodian DataCentre Maidstone United Kingdom
63503 Absolute Validation Ltd London United Kingdom
38867 Voneus Limited London United Kingdom
70950 SIGNALX CLOUD COMMUNICATIONS London United Kingdom
69761 Giant London United Kingdom
14679 Hyperoptic Limited London United Kingdom
55137 YouFibre London United Kingdom

 

[ColinTaylor]

Do you have any VPN clients enabled on the router? If so turn them off and test again.

 

[scootertramp]

Do you have any VPN clients enabled on the router? If so turn them off and test again.

All vpn clients disconnected.

 

[scootertramp]

All vpn clients disconnected.

Info from my windows desktop connected to the router.

 

[dave14305]

What servers show up when you browse this URL?

http://www.speedtest.net/api/embed/vz0azjarf5enop8a/config

 

[scootertramp]

What servers show up when you browse this URL?

http://www.speedtest.net/api/embed/vz0azjarf5enop8a/config

Comes back with UK Servers.

threadnum = "4"
packetlength = "32000000"
testlength = "10"
latencytestlength = "5"
uploadfirst = "0"
tracelevel = "2"
licensekey = "XXXXXXXXXXXXX"
customer = "vz0azjarf5enop8a"
apiurl = "https://www.speedtest.net/api/embed/api.php"
isp = ""

servers = [
{
serverid = "31953"
host = "sp1.mtechsystems.co.uk:8080"
name = "Eastbourne"
country = "United Kingdom"
sponsor = "M-Tech Systems"
},{
serverid = "4740"
host = "speedtest.vinters.com:8080"
name = "Maidstone"
country = "United Kingdom"
sponsor = "Vinters"
},{
serverid = "32775"
host = "speedtest.trooli.com:8080"
name = "Maidstone"
country = "United Kingdom"
sponsor = "Trooli"
},{
serverid = "1675"
host = "speed.custdc.net:8080"
name = "Maidstone"
country = "United Kingdom"
sponsor = "Custodian DataCentre"
},{
serverid = "63503"
host = "speedtest.absolutevalidation.com:8080"
name = "London"
country = "United Kingdom"
sponsor = "Absolute Validation Ltd"
},{
serverid = "38867"
host = "speedtest.cadence.net.uk:8080"
name = "London"
country = "United Kingdom"
sponsor = "Voneus Limited"
},{
serverid = "70950"
host = "lon.as214402.net:8080"
name = "London"
country = "United Kingdom"
sponsor = "SIGNALX CLOUD COMMUNICATIONS"
},{
serverid = "69761"
host = "speedtest-ookla-beta.giant.net.uk:8080"
name = "London"
country = "United Kingdom"
sponsor = "Giant"
},{
serverid = "14679"
host = "speedlon.hyperoptic.com:8080"
name = "London"
country = "United Kingdom"
sponsor = "Hyperoptic Limited"
},{
serverid = "55137"
host = "speedtest-1.london.network.youfibre.com:8080"
name = "London"
country = "United Kingdom"
sponsor = "YouFibre"
}
]

 

[dave14305]

Over IPv4 with NAT, I don’t know how the PC and router can be interpreted differently if coming from the same public IPv4 address. Maybe they ignore the “New” in “New England”…

 

[scootertramp]

Over IPv4 with NAT, I don’t know how the PC and router can be interpreted differently if coming from the same public IPv4 address. Maybe they ignore the “New” in “New England”…

They are not different comparing apples to apples. Using the Geo location api I get the same results on both PC and router.

Router:
agagne@rt-ax92u:/tmp/home/root# curl https://geo.ipify.org/api/v2/country?apiKey=AAAAAAAAAA
{"ip":"xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx","location":{"country":"US","region":"New Hampshire","timezone":"-04:00"},"as":{"asn":13977,"name":"CTELCO","route":"xxx.xxx.xxx.0\/22","domain":"https:\/\/www.consolidated.com","type":"Cable\/DSL\/ISP"},"isp":"Consolidated Communications - NNE"}

PC:

https://geo.ipify.org/api/v2/country?apiKey=AAAAAAAAAA

{"ip":"xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx","location":{"country":"US","region":"New Hampshire","timezone":"-04:00"},"as":{"asn":13977,"name":"CTELCO","route":"xxx.xxx.xxx.0\/22","domain":"https:\/\/www.consolidated.com","type":"Cable\/DSL\/ISP"},"isp":"Consolidated Communications - NNE"}

 

[jksmurf]

Over IPv4 with NAT, I don’t know how the PC and router can be interpreted differently if coming from the same public IPv4 address. Maybe they ignore the “New” in “New England”…

If that’s the case the Kiwis could find themselves close to Denmark …

 

[scootertramp]

If that’s the case the Kiwis could find themselves close to Denmark …

That's an awful long way to walk.

 

[scootertramp]

They are not different comparing apples to apples. Using the Geo location api I get the same results on both PC and router.

Router:
agagne@rt-ax92u:/tmp/home/root# curl https://geo.ipify.org/api/v2/country?apiKey=AAAAAAAAAA
{"ip":"xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx","location":{"country":"US","region":"New Hampshire","timezone":"-04:00"},"as":{"asn":13977,"name":"CTELCO","route":"xxx.xxx.xxx.0\/22","domain":"https:\/\/www.consolidated.com","type":"Cable\/DSL\/ISP"},"isp":"Consolidated Communications - NNE"}

PC:

https://geo.ipify.org/api/v2/country?apiKey=AAAAAAAAAA

{"ip":"xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx","location":{"country":"US","region":"New Hampshire","timezone":"-04:00"},"as":{"asn":13977,"name":"CTELCO","route":"xxx.xxx.xxx.0\/22","domain":"https:\/\/www.consolidated.com","type":"Cable\/DSL\/ISP"},"isp":"Consolidated Communications - NNE"}

@dave14305

The api you provided also returns the same data when run on the PC or router.
Unfortunately it provides UK servers.

 

[dave14305]

@dave14305

The api you provided also returns the same data when run on the PC or router.
Unfortunately it provides UK servers.

On the bright side, you’re not really supposed to run a speed test from the router since it doesn’t measure the routing capability of the device.

 

[scootertramp]

On the bright side, you’re not really supposed to run a speed test from the router since it doesn’t measure the routing capability of the device.

Yea, normally I have not used speedtest on the router. Recently I had the bright idea of checking out running some VPN clients
on the router. Since some individuals created an such an awesome app (spdMerlin). I thought I should like to see how the VPN clients performed
over time.