is there a test to see how solid/stable your wifi is on certain pcs and devices

WINTERLORD · Jul 17, 2014

hi, im am testing out different cards since i ordered a couple open box wireless cards and will send a couple back but is there a program that tells you how strong/solid a connection is to the router downstairs? maybe even delay or latency?

i used ping test.com to test for packet loss and ping

boosted1g · Jul 17, 2014

check out ssider for windows

No latency but you can do ping tests for that

bill001g · Jul 17, 2014

I tend to use a very old program called IPERF to test lan connections. The default setting just trys to see how much tcp data it can push though the connection but it has a number of other options that can measure things like jitter.

It will not tell you the signal strength but signal strength is only a part of the issue since you can have good signal levels but get poor performance if you have lots of interference. Still whatever device can push the most data is still the best choice no matter how many bars it says it has.

You are best served to have one of the machines on the wired ports of the router it makes the test much more valid. Running multiple wireless signals causes lots of random derogation so its hard to get good test results.

WINTERLORD · Jul 18, 2014

what should I ping or should I use some program to ping/how to

StirB · Jul 18, 2014

If you open CMD(start>run>cmd) and type ping -t www.google.com

If you do this it will show if you ping ever times out meaning you either lost connection or it was a large delay
Show long of a delay you have between each ping

it will just do this forever till you stop it

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