Can anyone recommend a reliable broadband speed checker on Android or website? 

 

I know the speed Sky say I should have at the router, but want to check around the house. 

I use Speedtest by Ookla.

As above, but get a wired baseline result first.  Then you can walk around checking the WiFi, which will have range issues.

8 minutes ago, john999boy said:

I use Speedtest by Ookla.

Cheers. Have you gone ad free? I couldn't see the ££s

 

2 minutes ago, varooom said:

As above, but get a wired baseline result first.  Then you can walk around checking the WiFi, which will have range issues.

 

Been try to see what the Ring doorbell is receiving as it's response is poor.

 

The checker I was using (Speedtest Master) was saying 1.5 Mbps in the same room as a Roku box that was saying 46 Mbps...

Is the WHICH speed checker still operational.

6 minutes ago, gumdrop said:

Is the WHICH speed checker still operational.

Yes, it is.

 

Ta.

 

I tend to use https://fast.com/

Another thing to bear in mind if that any 5gHz connections will inherently be a lot faster than 2.4gHz ones. It might not be an option with the Ring though? In saying that, I can only make my full online speed via a wired connection.

2 hours ago, Cakemonster said:

Cheers. Have you gone ad free? I couldn't see the ££s

 

 

Been try to see what the Ring doorbell is receiving as it's response is poor.

 

The checker I was using (Speedtest Master) was saying 1.5 Mbps in the same room as a Roku box that was saying 46 Mbps...

I've always found the WiFi on the Ring doorbell pretty poor.

 

I managed to remedy it with a decent WiFi mesh system. The system I got uses WiFi, Powerline and ethernet. Currently have them connected via ethernet (since out flat has ethernet in every room).

 

Since using this rather than a single router I had zero problems with Ring disconnecting.

2 hours ago, john999boy said:

Another thing to bear in mind if that any 5gHz connections will inherently be a lot faster than 2.4gHz ones. It might not be an option with the Ring though? In saying that, I can only make my full online speed via a wired connection.

 

Generally 5GHz is faster, but 2.4 is more tolerant of range and obstacles. I often put basic devices on 2.4 and save the 5 for better ones. 

 

You can get Wifi meter apps which are good for having a walk round the house with and finding good and bad spots. 

there's the thinkbroadband speed test, also speedof.me

if you're after checking signal strengths i can recommend wifi analyser by farproc on the playstore, it'll do both 2.4 and 5g connections

 

14 hours ago, StevesTruck said:

Generally 5GHz is faster, but 2.4 is more tolerant of range and obstacles. I often put basic devices on 2.4 and save the 5 for better ones. 

When trying to calculate wireless coverage the rule of thumb used by mobile operators is that range reduces by distance cubed, so since 5GHz  is approx twice the frequency of 2.4GHz the range at the same power will be 1/8th!

 

My Netgear router has a 60GHz option, the range with that is about 50cm - yes that is centimetres not metres...

Thanks for the replies. 👍👍

 

The depth of knowledge and expertise on Briskoda surprises me at times!!

3 hours ago, PetrolDave said:

When trying to calculate wireless coverage the rule of thumb used by mobile operators is that range reduces by distance cubed, so since 5GHz  is approx twice the frequency of 2.4GHz the range at the same power will be 1/8th!

 

My Netgear router has a 60GHz option, the range with that is about 50cm - yes that is centimetres not metres...

 

Not sure that I'd be turning that on. I think that's in the sort of range that had medical applications. 

Always see if your ISP has their own speed checker.

Usually they just host their own-coloured version of SpeedTest.net by Ookla, which is perfectly fine, but the important thing is to measure the speeds between your house and your ISP's servers, as anything outside that is an extra step.

This will also tell you if a connection problem is at your end, or due to an ISP outage.

On 06/10/2022 at 12:55, StevesTruck said:

 

Not sure that I'd be turning that on. I think that's in the sort of range that had medical applications. 

Steve- you may also need a WIFI analyser to check if there's a network causing problems.