Solved Internet Speed Test Servers not correct for my location.

[scootertramp]

Ah crap! Got a response from Maxmind that my IP address had been removed from their database
due to a data privacy request. Trying to find out if there is a process that can get it re-added.

Attempted to see if I could get the router to pull a new IP by leaving the router and ONT down for a half hour.
No joy with that. I guess a support request with my service provider could be a next step.

 

[scootertramp]

SUCCESS!
Maxmind added my IP address into their database, so I am now getting a list of servers in my region.
I can use either the ASUS router GUI speedtest or speedtest cli on command line.

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

ID Name Location Country
==============================================================================
65113 Consolidated Communications Portland, ME United States
56849 Hub66 Manchester, NH United States
53824 Boost Mobile Boston, MA United States
13429 Starry, Inc. Boston, MA United States
1774 Comcast Boston, MA United States
49814 Axcelx Technologies Boston, MA United States
4920 Norwood Light Broadband Norwood, MA United States
4981 SELCO Shrewsbury, MA United States
69742 NH Broadband Plymouth, NH United States
34463 GCET Greenfield, MA United States
29122 i3 Broadband Warren, RI United States

 

[Patrick9876]

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.

Well, sometimes running a speed test from the router is exactly what's needed.

A few months ago my internet speed dropped to about 5% its usual speed. That seemed to be true for all computers on my LAN - wifi and wired. Based on some unexpected error messages in my cable modem's log (and some internet searches), I rebooted the router and everything went back to normal.

This has happened twice since then. Now I always run the speed test from the router first. If it's slow from the router I don't bother with any LAN or host based testing.