Pockethernet V2 from the CLI

My Pockethernet V2 tool is still great and in weekly use. See my Review Article. But I wanted to be able to drive it from my laptop, not only my phone. Don’t get me wrong, the phone app is perfectly fine (beside that rotate sizing issue) and the idea of running the tests from a CLI is more a possibility than a necessity. The advantage is that you can easily copy and paste the results to store them or automate tests. Example Before getting more into the actual script, take this example. The example contains output of the quick run. The quick run does a row of basic tests to give you an idea of the connection. Link test ───────── ✓ Link Up, 1000 Mbit, Full duplex Speed 1000 Mbit/s Duplex Full duplex Partner capabilities 10M Half & Full Duplex 100M Half & Full Duplex 1000M Half & Full Duplex multig Not advertised Polarity 1-2 Normal, 3-6 Normal, 4-5 Normal, 7-8 Normal Skew 8, 0, 0, 0 ns Length 30 m → Requesting an IPv4 address via DHCPv4... DHCPv4 ────── ✓ Lease acquired: 192.0.2.10…

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