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Wi-Fi troubleshooting guide

Are other devices on the same network slow too?

Does the problem follow this device onto another network?

What this measures

Three questions you can answer, then a reading. The page does not scan Wi-Fi, list networks, or measure signal strength.

How to read it

Separate the calculators from the live checks. A calculator never opens a connection. A live check only talks to this website, and the byte count is part of the result.

What it cannot do

There is no upload endpoint and no packet-loss stream. A fast download of a small file can finish before the link is full. The path is only as far as this website.

Questions

Is the download test my ISP speed?

No. It times a file from this website. Distance, the sample size, and the host all sit in the number.

Why is there no upload reading?

A static site cannot accept an upload. The calculator only does the arithmetic you type.

Where is packet loss?

It is not shown, on purpose. A page cannot see dropped packets without a server that counts them.