Packet loss graphing

[chrisys]

It would be great to monitor packet loss as well as latency!

[phil-d-wilson]

@chrisys I'm pretty sure you just need to add:

"Packetloss": str(result['packetLoss'])

to the json body : https://github.com/balenalabs-incubator/internetspeedtest/blob/d8e94b670971f68919962de19cf24943eae4f942/speedtest/speedtest.py#L46

that will then send the value over MQTT to Influx, and you can then add the value to your dashboard.

😸

[phil-d-wilson]

My packet loss appears to be 0%.....forever.....so I'm slightly less motivated than you to test and PR the change.

[phil-d-wilson]

{"type":"result","timestamp":"2022-08-24T17:42:23Z","ping":{"jitter":0.36099999999999999,"latency":11.217000000000001},"download":{"bandwidth":79853157,"bytes":763092400,"elapsed":9711},"upload":{"bandwidth":96484915,"bytes":1400822239,"elapsed":15003},"packetLoss":0,"isp":"Box Broadband Limited","interface":{"internalIp":"***","name":"eth0","macAddr":"DC:A6:32:84:81:E5","isVpn":false,"externalIp":"149.102.7.172"},"server":{"id":50179,"name":"TREJJCOMMS","location":"London","country":"United Kingdom","host":"speedtest.trejj.net","port":8080,"ip":"***"},"result":{"id":"e1e635dd-57bc-4078-801a-8b3da04b3f34","url":"https://www.speedtest.net/result/c/e1e635dd-57bc-4078-801a-8b3da04b3f34"}}

A quick manual run of the speedtest CLI shows that packetLoss is the index. :)

[chrisys]

@phil-d-wilson sick, will try this!

[chrisys]

it works, but I realised it doesn't work for my situation as I need to run the packetloss check almost continuously in order to catch the errors