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zenman
Freshman
5 years ago

Best way to test latency?

What is the best way to test my latency? Is the one on testmy.net a good, accurate one? It gives you locations to choose from for the test -- Miami, NY, Tokyo, google, amazon, etc. Which location shou...
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  • maratsade's avatar
    maratsade
    5 years ago

    Yes, 600-700 is normal for satellite internet. 

     

    Keep in mind that websites add to the delay because they have so much stuff on them that needs to load, such as images or videos.  So on top of the normal server to server delay, you will have added delay from website content. 

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maratsade
Distinguished Professor IV

You can expect an average latency of between 600 and 700 ms with satellite internet, though it varies widely due to many factors. 

 

To test latency, use the tracert command.  EDIT: Trace routes to the servers of the sites you use  (ex.: netflix.com; amazon.com, etc)

 

The Testmy.net latency test is completely unreliable, especially for statellite internet. 

 

zenman wrote:
What is the best way to test my latency? Is the one on testmy.net a good, accurate one? It gives you locations to choose from for the test -- Miami, NY, Tokyo, google, amazon, etc. Which location should I use? I'm in central Florida. How much latency should I expect on my Hughes connection?

 

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zenman
Freshman
5 years ago
Ok, I discovered that for chromebook, the command is tracepath instead of tracert. That worked, and I got results, but I don't know how to read them, and I don't see any guidance on that link you provided about how to read the results. And what is the typical amount of latency for Hughes?
  • maratsade's avatar
    maratsade
    Distinguished Professor IV
    5 years ago

    Post a screenshot of your results, please.

     

    Like I said before, the average latency for satellite internet is between 600-700 ms.  This may vary based on many factors. 

    • zenman's avatar
      zenman
      Freshman
      5 years ago
      Ughh, I can't figure out how to paste a screenshot here. I can copy a screenshot to clipboard and then paste (ctrl+v) it into a google doc no problem, but when I try to paste into this message window, nothing happens.
      • maratsade's avatar
        maratsade
        Distinguished Professor IV
        5 years ago
        • You will need to upload the screenshot. 
        • Once you take the screenshot, you need to save it to your Chromebook. 
        • Then you come back here, and start writing a response. To upload the image, click on the "photos" icon (see screenshot below), then follow the instructions to upload the image.

         

    • zenman's avatar
      zenman
      Freshman
      5 years ago
      I've tried everything I can think of to paste a screenshot here, and googled for solutions, and came up with nothing. What the hey is going on?
      • maratsade's avatar
        maratsade
        Distinguished Professor IV
        5 years ago

        Check my previous post. :)

    • zenman's avatar
      zenman
      Freshman
      5 years ago

      Finally realized I needed to use the insertion tool here instead of copy/pasting! What a dingdong I am, trying to focus on too many things at once. So here's those tracepath results. One for Netflix and one for Google.

      • maratsade's avatar
        maratsade
        Distinguished Professor IV
        5 years ago

        Are those the whole screenshots? They both look cut off at the bottom.