Makeevka online check internet speed. Why do speed tests have different results?

The concept of “Internet speed on a computer” means both the incoming speed, that is, the speed of downloading information from the World Wide Web, and the outgoing speed, the speed of uploading information. Most often, these two indicators are not the same, and the second is always lower.

Before you start testing the speed of your Internet connection, it is advisable to perform several steps so that the test results fully reflect the speed indicators:

It is necessary to close all running programs (especially those that download information), except for the active tab with the loaded verification service page.
Be sure to wait for the download process of files on your computer (if any) to complete, or stop all downloads on your device until the speed test is completed.
Pause updates of any programs, including Windows, while testing Internet speed.
Optional item. To prevent the Windows Firewall from affecting test results, you can disable it during the Internet speed test.

Let us note the fact that most often the Internet connection speed during the test turns out to be slightly lower than that declared by the Internet provider. This is a completely normal situation and is due to a number of reasons:

Problematic user equipment. Incorrectly configured or using an outdated model, an old network card - all this objectively affects the speed of the Internet.
Problematic software. It's about about malicious software installed on the computer. And this kind of “pest” includes panels like Yandex Bar, Mail.ru search, etc. Sometimes, in order to prevent the Internet from “slowing down”, you only need to remove unnecessary software from your computer.
Excessive network congestion. This is especially true for those providers that provide Internet access via a 3G network. Why is this bad? - you ask. And the fact that with an increase in the number of users connected to the provider line, the likelihood of a decrease in Internet speed increases.
Traffic restriction - the provider may intentionally carry out this action, for example, in relation to file-sharing networks. The reason for such actions is the overload on the provider network.
Server problems. The speed of downloading files, watching movies online and uploading information on a social network is affected not only by the speed of the Internet connection, but also by the speed of the server from which the information is “drawn”.

Basic services for checking Internet connection speed

There are several ways to determine Internet speed, we will look at the most popular of them.

- one of the most frequently used services for checking incoming and outgoing Internet speed. You just need to log into the site and in the window that opens, click Begin test. After that, all you have to do is watch how the service performs the check.

Advice. Take into account the fact that companies providing Internet access according to the paid tariff indicate the download speed of information (donload speed).

Website 2ip.ru. There are a large number of services that are related to the Internet to one degree or another, including checking Internet speed. All you need to do is find the “Tests” tab on the website and select the “Internet connection speed” section. Don't forget to indicate the unit of measurement. By default it is Kbit/sec, but the Mb/sec indicator will be more convenient for perception. This is the unit of measurement used by Internet providers. So, click the “Test” button and wait for the result.
Yandex Internetometer. A useful service from Yandex, with which you can easily and simply determine the Internet speed on your computer. To do this, follow the following link. Almost in the center of the page we see a yellow “Measure” button. Click on it and in a couple of seconds you will see a detailed speed analysis before your eyes. By the way, thanks to this service you can also find out the IP address of your computer.

Usage torrent- another way to find out the Internet speed. Although this service is intended for downloading files from the network, it will most accurately and most importantly, in practice, show the maximum currently possible Internet speed. True, this will take a little more time than in the first two cases. So, to carry out the check, you need to find some file on the torrent track with more than 1000 seeders and a small amount downloaders (leachers). We set the found file to download and wait. After approximately 30-60 seconds the speed will reach its maximum possible speed limit. Consider the fact that in the torrent client the speed is displayed in Mbps, so you will get the Internet speed in Mbps by multiplying the calculated figure by 8.

We have introduced you to some of the most popular and effective ways Determine Internet speed on your computer completely free. All that remains for you is to try them and choose the most convenient one for yourself.

How to find out Internet speed: video

Hello, dear readers of the blog site. There are a lot of online services that allow you to do this, and they will be discussed below. But often all this is not needed - all that is required is quickly test your internet channel and understand how well it corresponds to the tariff plan for which you pay money to the provider.

Not long ago, the bourgeois service “nPerf Speed Test” offered me to install their script on the site. It works very clearly and does an excellent job of checking the quality of your connection with global network. Just click on the “Start testing” button just below (this is not a screenshot, but a completely working speedometer).

At first data download speed is measured from the network (usually this test is the most important for most users), then goes recoil speed measurement, and in the end it is calculated ping, i.e. delays in response when accessing any server on the Internet.

Yes, actually, what can I say. Try it yourself. Just above is the window of this online meter and you just need to click on the button.

Measure your internet speed on your computer right here

Despite the fact that the above speedometer is extremely easy to use and, importantly, is completely translated into Russian, it is worth mentioning several nuances associated with its use. The test usually takes one or two minutes (depending on the speed of your connection), after which you can see the test results in the same window:

You will see the main indicators in the right column:

Download speed- the most important characteristic for those who often download something “heavy” from the Internet.
Unloading— testing the back channel through which you will upload files to the network. It is important for those who post a lot of something on the Internet, for example, upload videos to YouTube, (on,) or something else heavy, or in large quantities. This is also important when actively working with cloud services. Although in the latter case both speed values are important.
Delay- this is essentially the good old one, which is very important for those who play online. It will determine the response speed, i.e. reaction time to your actions (the quality of the Internet channel is tested). If the delay is long, it will be difficult or even impossible to play.

I have an Internet provider MGTS (Gpon) and a tariff with a declared channel width of 100 Mbit. As can be seen from the speed measurement graphs, such a figure did not work out in either direction. In principle, this is normal, because my signal transmission from the router to the computer goes through the electrical network, which apparently has interference. In addition, there are several other Internet users working in the apartment besides me, and it’s beyond my power to force them to stop.

Let us return, however, to our measurement tool. On the right side of its window you will see the name of your provider and the IP address of your computer. Under the “Start testing” button there is wrench, by clicking on which you can select speed units:

The default is megabits per second, but you can select megabytes, as well as kilobytes or kilobits. , can be viewed via the link. In general, the speed in megabytes will be about eight to nine times less than in megabits. In theory, it should be 8 times, but there are service packets that eat up part of the channel speed.

Let's go over the meter's capabilities and differences from competitors (we'll talk about competitors below):

Like other similar online meters, it runs on Flash, but does not require any additional plugins - it works in all browsers including mobile ones
This speed test is developed in HTML5 and can measure channels wider than Gbit/s, which is not available to many other online services.
You can check any type of connection including WiMAX, WiFi and local networks

Yes, also this speed test allows you to choose a place, where the data will be downloaded from and where it will be sent, by the transmission speed of which you will judge the quality of your Internet channel. By default, the server (?) closest to your current location is selected for testing (it’s not difficult).

But the program may make a mistake, or for some reason you yourself will need to measure the quality of the connection between your computer and a server from another country. This is easy to do by simply clicking on the corresponding line at the bottom of the window (see screenshot above).

How to check internet speed on your phone

In principle, you can do exactly the same. Open this page on your mobile phone, then click on the “Start testing and wait for the result” button at the beginning of it. The meter script works quite correctly on mobile devices and displays the characteristics of the forward and reverse Internet channels, as well as the response speed (ping).

If this method seems somewhat inconvenient to you, you can try put it on your mobile phone application"Speed Test" by nPerf. It's quite popular (half a million installations) and largely repeats what you've already seen:

But after testing the speed of the forward and reverse channels, as well as measuring ping, the Speed Test application also measures the loading time of popular social networks (web surfing) and determines how Internet connection is suitable for watching streaming video(streaming) of various quality (from low to HD). Based on the test results, a summary table is generated and an overall score (in parrots) is given.

Where else can you measure your Internet speed?

Below I want to give examples of free online services that allow you to measure the speed of your Internet connection, find out my or your IP address from which you access the network, determine your location, check a site or file for a virus, find out if the required port is open for you on the computer and much more.

The most famous of them are Speedtest (speedtest.net), Ya.Internetometer (internet.yandex.ru), as well as the universal online service 2IP (2ip.ru), which, in addition to measuring connection speed and determining the IP address, can do many different things , up to anonymous (anonim) surfing the Internet. Let's look at them all in order.

Speedtest (speedtest.net)

The most popular online service for testing Internet speed bears the proud name Speedtest(from the word speed - speed).

As a result of its use, you will find out the incoming and outgoing speeds of your Internet connection. However, you can experience the capabilities of a full-fledged tool only by visiting the developers’ website. It is located at SpeedTest.net(speedtest point no), and not.ru, because in the latter case you will end up on an indecent resource.

I got acquainted with the speed test as soon as I connected my first unlimited tariff, because I wanted to check whether my new provider was deceiving me about the speed of the channel provided. It was only later that I became interested in the more advanced capabilities of 2ip and others like it, which will be discussed in the continuation of this publication.

To activate the speed test All you have to do is click on the “Start” button. Although you can pre-select the location of the server from which the check will be carried out (the “Change server” button):

True, I need them old design I liked it much better. Previously, measuring Internet speed in a speed test was done very clearly (the transfer of data between the selected city and your computer was displayed) and waiting for the result did not cause negative emotions:

Now it's completely boring (bring back the old SpeedTest design!):

Internet meter from Yandex

If the results of the speed test in the Speedtest do not suit you or seem unreliable (or maybe your flash just won’t start), then you should help will come Yandex online service - (previously it was called Yandex Internet - internet.yandex.ru):

Immediately after entering the site, you will see the unique address of your computer from which you accessed the Internetometer, as well as other summary information about your browser, screen resolution and location (determined based on IP).

For that, to determine the speed of your Internet connection, it will be enough to click on this Yandex Internet service the button in the form of a green line "Measure" and wait a minute until the test finishes:

As a result, you will find out how well your channel corresponds to the characteristics declared by the provider, and you will also be able to receive a code for publishing test results. In general, the Internetometer service from Yandex is simple to the point of disgrace, but it performs its main task (measuring channel width or, in other words, connection speed) quite well.

Testing speed in 2ip and Ukrtelecom

I have been familiar with 2ip for quite a long time, but at the time when I was just starting to use it, I was little interested in all its capabilities that could be useful to webmasters. Or maybe these opportunities weren’t there before.

When you go to the 2 ip main page, you will immediately have the opportunity to find out and use a number of other mini-services:

Well, and among other things, you can measure speed of your Internet in 2IP. Before starting testing, turn off all downloads, close the tabs in the online video, after which you can fill out the fields with the channel width declared by the Internet provider for downloading and uploading, or you can just forget about it and click on the “Test” button:

It will take some time to check the incoming and outgoing speed of your Internet connection, after which you will be able to evaluate the test results, and at the same time receive a code for inserting a widget with the measurement results, for example, into a post on a forum or somewhere else:

You can check the speed of your Internet connection not only in the services described above, but also in a number of others. For example, Speedtest Ukrtelecom— a very laconic, I must say, online service. Nothing superfluous - just speed and ping numbers:

Good luck to you! See you soon on the pages of the blog site

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Introduction

Hello everyone, today I decided to write an article that will allow me to qualitatively analyze the speed of my Internet connection. You can find a lot of materials from different sources, where one way or another it is shown where to go and what numbers to look at. But now you have repeated all this on your computer, you have seen numbers, large or small, with different units of measurement.

You sit, look at them, sometimes even rejoice, but what do these data mean? It was displayed to you, for example: Input - 10 Mbit/s, Output - 5 Mbit/s, Ping - 14 and what next, is this good for you, or if you honestly look at it, then you will say that these numbers have nothing to do with you do not speak? And in most cases, everything is exactly like this, we see the result, but we cannot analyze it, because we do not know what each direction means.

Funny conversation with a friend

In general, I decided to write an article on this topic just yesterday. I was talking with an acquaintance, and it so happened that we started talking about the Internet. He asks me - Vanek, what is your Internet speed? Well, I said, I pay 300 rubles for 8 MB/s. Without hesitation, the acquaintance replied, well, what bullshit is your Internet, I have 30 Mbit/s for only 250 rubles. This whole thing was said with such a smart look, I couldn’t restrain myself, I laughed, when I walked away, I immediately thought - this is the topic for a new article.

Users who understand have already figured out what the catch is, and for those who didn’t catch it, read the article carefully and absorb useful knowledge. For probably another 15 minutes I had to explain to my friend that he made a little mistake with his choice of the Internet and the money he pays can be spent more wisely armed good internet. I won’t mutter too much, let’s move on.

How is Internet speed measured?

In order to understand and correctly analyze the speed of Internet connections, you need to have a good understanding of the units of measurement that you will actually use to measure your Internet in the future.

This is very important, it’s a must, well, it’s absolutely necessary, it’s necessary, there’s simply no other way. After all, when you come to the store, you tell the seller how many kilograms of apples to sell you, or you yourself calculate how many kilograms of potatoes you need to buy so that there is enough for at least a week for the whole family, you even tritely calculate how many grams of candy to buy so that you have enough money to pay. Now let's get down to business.

When you start wondering about the Internet, you come across two units of measurement - Megabits and Megabytes. Let's go in order.

The MEGA prefix is a million-dollar prefix, you don’t need to pay attention to them Special attention, this is just a reduction, replacing the number 10 to the 6th power. Once again, we don’t look at the console, we follow everything that is written next, namely, we look at the BITS and BYTES. (megaBIT, mega BYTE)

A bit is the smallest unit of measurement used in calculations in the “computer world”, think of a bit as one unit - 1

A byte is naturally also a unit of measurement, but it contains 8 bits, which means a byte is eight times larger than a bit.

Once again, a BYTE is 8 bits.

Examples. When testing Internet speed, you may be shown:

30 Mbit/s or 3.75 MB/s, where you should understand that these are two identical numbers. That is, when you took measurements and were shown the result in megabits, you can safely divide it by 8 and get real result. In our example, 30 Mbit/8= 3.75 MB

You haven’t forgotten about my conversation with a friend, now you can go back and see why I didn’t agree with my friend, what was his mistake? Look, count, it will be useful for consolidation.

In addition to units of measurement, for proper analysis of an Internet connection, you need to know that there are two types of connections. Incoming and outgoing.

It’s not at all difficult, but you have to read it once just to know. Incoming information is everything that you download to your computer, watch online, listen to music, in general, everything that you view on the Internet will be called incoming traffic.

But when your computer transmits information, let’s say you play an online game and small packets of information are necessarily sent from your computer, which control the actions in the game, or for example, you upload a photo to social network, all of this will be considered outgoing traffic.

Remember:

All we take on the Internet is incoming traffic.

Everything we send to the Internet is outgoing traffic.

Now little advice, when analyzing, you can not pay attention to outgoing traffic. Why? Because if the incoming Internet connection is good, the outgoing one will automatically be good. They come in a complex, but you need to remember that the speed of incoming information is always higher, sometimes even twice as high, but this is not scary.

When measuring your Internet speed, you will see pictures like this and this is normal:

I think the numbers are more or less understood and now you can easily analyze the speed of your Internet connection as accurately as possible. Although it’s probably worth making a small digression to suggest what speed will be enough and for what purpose.

What kind of internet do I need for stable operation?

Here is a table that will serve as a hint to this question, and if you don’t understand, then write in the comments to this article, as soon as I see it, I’ll immediately write the answer.

Task	Internet connection speed	Classification
Viewing text and graphic information	10 Mbit/s or 1 MB/s	Slow Internet
Watch online movies, listen to music, play, chat on Skype	From 20 Mbit/s to 40 Mbit/s	Good, multitasking.
Working on the Internet, downloading large amounts of information, videos High Quality and other high loads	From 80 Mbit/s and above	Universal for all occasions

I often hear the question, but with the Internet like this, how long will it take me to download a movie? To be honest, such questions irritate me a little, if you know how to count, then why not do it, this is forgivable for adults and elderly people of the previous generation, but now young people should be educated and instantly give out the information of interest, so in the article I won’t even write about this, but just in case, I will show the principle of calculation in the video, so after finishing reading the text, do not be lazy to spend a couple of minutes watching the video.

And besides this, you should always remember that a virus can get onto your computer and the speed will be reduced several times,

Where can you test your Internet speed?

As I said at the beginning, there are a lot of different resources that provide the opportunity, so to speak, to weigh and measure your Internet. But as practice shows, only a few of them work stably and can provide correct information and not fantasize...

yandex.ru/internet- for me this is the best resource for measuring the Internet.

speedtest.net/ru/ is a mega popular site for determining speed, but it works fine for me only after the second scan. After the first time it doesn't show real numbers, so I immediately run it a second time and get a normal, real result.

2ip.ru/speed/— the site can do a lot of useful things, I like it, but unfortunately it often cheats with Internet measurements, but it gives some useful information, by whom it is served, which provider and where the service site is located.

By the way, I took examples of pictures from these sites, in the video I will show each site separately, and you yourself will choose which one you like best. When you analyze the results, you may notice another interesting parameter - Ping.

What is ping on the Internet?

This parameter can often be heard, especially among those who like to play Online Games. These types of people, to be honest, are a little obsessed with pings during the game.

Even 7-8 years ago I had a case when I entered the game myself, as I remember now - it was Counter-Strike. Well, I came in, I’m playing, I hear a lot of fuss, shouting and discontent, and in every sentence they shout, he has a high ping, let’s kick him out. And in fact, they kicked me out of the room by general vote; of course, I was not very happy, but there was nothing to do.

That day I spent several hours studying the cursed word ping at that time.

But in fact, the essence of its work is very simple, I will not load your heads, but will only say that this is also a unit of measurement that shows the speed of data transfer from your computer to the server.

Now, quite simply, you entered the game, at the moment when you perform some action for you, the character simply makes a movement. And from the technical side, in order to even simply move your character from place, the computer must send a command (packet of files) to the server, and the time during which these files will fly to the server, be processed there and return back will be called ping.

In fact, Ping is the speed of data exchange between the computer and the server.

What does ping depend on, and how can it be lowered?

Everything here is quite simple, the first and main reason is the physical distance between your computer and the game server. For example, you play in Moscow, and the server is in China, the distance is very long and therefore it takes more time to transmit data packets. And at this moment we are swearing that the game is lagging.

Naturally, the ping will be affected by the speed of your Internet; the faster the connection, the lower the ping will be. Next you need to understand that ping may increase if the transmission line is overloaded, that is, your provider serves not just your apartment, but whole house or the street, and if everyone decides to surf the Internet at the same time, then there will be a little chaos.

Rational use of traffic is when you are sitting at home on the Internet via Wi-Fi, playing, and at the same time your parents are watching TV series via the same Wi-Fi, your little sister is sitting on a tablet next room and plays his games. The more people use the access point at the same time, the lower the Internet speed becomes and the ping increases accordingly.

There are three ways to lower your ping:

Change provider or tariff plan to a more powerful one
Make some changes to the operating system registry (the improvement is not significant)
Loading specialized software. (we immediately throw this method out of our heads and use the first two)

Have you figured out what's what? I think you all understood a long time ago, so I’ll wrap it up. Below you can find a video to reinforce the material you have read, don’t be lazy, you have to watch it.

Watch video: How to find out the Internet speed on your computer?

Well, have you finished reading? Then we go below and write our comment on this article, otherwise how will I know whether you have read it at all or not? See you soon, bye friends.

Many modern Internet providers claim to provide maximum speed data transmission. How true is this statement? Data transfer speed is affected by various factors: day of the week, time, communication channel congestion, state of communication lines, technical condition of the servers used, even the weather. Clients purchasing a certain package of services want to be sure that for their money they will be provided with Internet at the stated speed. In this article, we will tell you how to find out your connection speed, as well as which services are best to use for this purpose.

How can you check your Internet speed?

To check Internet speed, we will use special services available on the network. This method is the most accurate, accessible and convenient. In this case, speed is measured from the computer to the server on which the service runs. The indicators will differ from each other in all cases.

We will measure the incoming speed, as well as the outgoing speed (the speed at which we transfer information, for example, through a torrent).

These indicators usually differ from each other; the outgoing speed is usually less than the incoming one. The service that shows the highest incoming speed will be considered the best.

Before starting testing, you must complete the following steps:

Close all applications except the browser (especially those programs that can download anything).
Wait for the downloads to finish or pause them in the browser.
Make sure that the operating system or other applications are not updated during the scan.
To prevent the Windows Firewall from affecting the results, it is also advisable to disable it.

Services through which you can check your speed

There are several services on the network through which you can check the data transfer speed:, etc. You can test several of them and choose the most suitable one. Below we will look at the most popular of these services.

Internet meter from Yandex

To test the speed of your connection using this online service, you must. Once you do this, you will see a big button yellow color « Change" Here you can see your IP address. For Yandex to start testing, you must click on the button and wait a bit. The duration of testing is determined by the speed itself. If the speed is too slow or there are communication interruptions, the test may freeze or fail.

Yandex, testing speed, downloads and uploads a test file several times, after which it calculates the average value. At the same time, it cuts off strong gaps, thereby ensuring maximum precise definition connection speed. However, despite this, after repeated checks we received different results, the error of which was 10-20 percent.

In principle, this is normal, since speed is not a constant indicator, it jumps all the time. Yandex claims that this test accurately determines speed, but many factors influence the result.

Service 2ip.ru

quite popular. With its help, you can not only determine the speed of your Internet connection, but also find out the IP address of your computer. This service will give full information by your IP address, will check any of your files for viruses, and will also tell you a lot of interesting information about any site on the Internet (site engine, IP, distance to the site, the presence of viruses on it, its accessibility, etc.).

To check the speed, click on the “Tests” tab on the inscription “Internet connection speed”.

After that, indicate the speed declared by your provider so that the service can compare it with the real speed, then click the big button “ Test" After running several repeated checks, you will have to enter a simple captcha.

This service provided almost 3 times higher outgoing connection speeds and slightly lower incoming speeds. A BB code is proposed to insert a picture containing the test results into the forum. To insert the code on the site, you will need to edit it yourself.

The changes in speed after each retest were insignificant - within ten percent.

Speedtest.net

This is a very convenient, serious service that allows you to determine the speed of your Internet connection with maximum accuracy. Although this site is located in America, the test uses a server located near the user, so this server is suitable for everyone, regardless of their location.

This “trick” allows you to get the best results, but it also has its own negative sides. The user has the opportunity to compare the obtained figures with the data declared by the provider, but the actual Internet speed is lower precisely because the remaining servers are scattered throughout the planet. Therefore, it is advisable to use several services simultaneously to check the speed.

All this works on flash animation, so not everyone can make money. To start testing, you should then press the " Start checking».

After the testing process is completed, the user can see a link to the picture, which he can insert into the website himself, as well as a BB code intended for forums.

As you can see, this test finally showed high incoming speed and normal outgoing speed, however, we were able to achieve similar results only on the fifth attempt, since the results vary significantly. But at similar speeds, close to theoretical ones, this situation is normal.

The service periodically hosts SpeedWave tournaments, during which you can compete with other participants or just find out what speeds generally exist.

After registering on the portal, you will have access to the history of all your checks, thanks to which you can compare various indicators. You will be able to run the test periodically and then check the year's history in a graphical view. This will clearly demonstrate to you whether your provider is developing towards increasing speed or whether it is time to change it.

You can also visit a foreign service that tests not the speed, but the quality of communication. This is also a necessary thing. The service closest to you is selected, after which the level of communication quality from this service to you is tested. We got the following results:

"Grade B" - considered to be good quality communications. Packet Loss (that is, packet loss), if equal to zero, is a very good indicator.

MainSpy.ru

, click the “Run Test” button.

It does not average the obtained values. If you wish, you can insert a picture into a forum or website. Each repeated test showed completely unpredictable results, and the most big number never reached the actual targets.

Try it, maybe your results will be better, but we won’t use this service anymore.

Speed.yoip.ru

This server only tests incoming speed. There is no point in testing high-speed Internet using this service; it can only be useful to people who use not very fast Internet or a modem. There are 5 packages used to run the test.

The results display the average results for different interfaces for comparison, as well as your result for comparison.

Let's sum it up

Not a single service was able to determine the maximum possible indicators characteristic of our Internet connection. Therefore, to test the maximum incoming speed, you can use the program. To do this, find a popular distribution that has 20 or more seeders, download it and watch the speed.

When testing, remember that the reason for the low speed may also be the low performance of your computer.