{"id":25865,"date":"2017-06-09T03:01:52","date_gmt":"2017-06-08T17:01:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rjmprogramming.com.au\/ITblog\/?p=25865"},"modified":"2017-05-29T14:11:38","modified_gmt":"2017-05-29T04:11:38","slug":"lan-speed-testing-primer-tutorial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rjmprogramming.com.au\/ITblog\/lan-speed-testing-primer-tutorial\/","title":{"rendered":"LAN Speed Testing Primer Tutorial"},"content":{"rendered":"
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LAN Speed Testing Primer Tutorial<\/p><\/div>\n

Worrying about WAN<\/a> (Wide Area Network) issues can sometimes overtake our thinking regarding issues like response time, when using the Internet, when perhaps there should be more emphasis on the concerns of LAN<\/a> (Local Area Network). By that, we mean that no matter how good the response time speed of the public website is that you are trying to visit, if your LAN is sick, it makes no difference that that public website is so responsive.<\/p>\n

A tool you might need for monitoring how your home network is performing is a “speed tester”, and when prompted to do so by our service provider here, on an iPad, we arrived at a very good iOS mobile application by Ookla called The Global Broadband Speed Test. We arrived at this product by it being the “first cab off the rank” on the iPad …<\/p>\n


\nApple Store -> Search for \"speed test\"
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… and you can read more both about the mobile application and a webpage for testing on a laptop, for instance , here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

A third party product is a good choice for such a test, and it can be a diagnostic tool measuring …<\/p>\n

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  1. Ping rate<\/li>\n
  2. Download Speed<\/li>\n
  3. Upload Speed<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    … to “look from afar” at your home network. Used over a time period, such a tool may help you to isolate whether the issue is to do with …<\/p>\n