How to check the speed of the Internet on your computer?

Let's start by remembering what it isthe notion of Internet speed in general. When we go to any site, our computer sends a request to the server on which this site is located and receives a response. The speed with which we get this answer, and it will be the speed of the Internet connection.

In this case it is also necessary to distinguish between the speeddownloading on the Internet - the speed at which we upload files to the computer or from the computer to the site (forum, blog, etc.). Typically, the speed of the Internet connection is measured in bits per second (bit is the unit of measurement of the amount of information), and the download speed is in bytes per second (1 byte = 8 bits, although in some cases other variants are possible).

To check the speed of the Internet on your computer,you can use a special online program - speed test'er. For example, you can easily check the speed of the Internet on your computer using the online speedtest.net tester.

You can, without changing any settings, immediatelystart to check the speed of the Internet - just click on the "begin test" button. The service automatically determines the location of the computer (by IP address) and performs a test (this takes a while). An Internet connection is being tested with the selected server. Optionally, you can choose a server for testing.

As a result of the test, you can get the following basic information:

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  ping - the time it takes to receive a response to the http request sent to the specified server


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  download speed - "incoming" speed of the Internet


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  upload speed - the "outgoing" speed of the Internet

If the English interface of the online service speedtest.net is a bit inconvenient or incomprehensible, then you can check the speed of the Internet on your computer using the speed measurement tool from Yandex.

The Yandex tool.The Internet determines the user's IP address, the browser used, the screen resolution, the user's IP location. This tool determines the speed of the Internet from user to Yandex and offers a code for posting results in a blog or website.

In addition to these, there are still manyonline services to measure the speed of the Internet. Often in these services, the results are slightly different, so to get the most realistic picture, you should check the speed of the Internet on your computer with several different services at different times of the day. Averaging the obtained data, we can obtain the optimal result of the verification.

You can also check the Internet speed atcomputer, using the standard features of its operating system. So, using the command line in the Windows operating system, you can find out the time of connection to the necessary site or server (in other words ping), find out the "route" of the connection and find out which part of this route there are delays. However, this information is rather of an auxiliary nature and does not give an exact answer to the question: "What is my Internet speed on the computer?"