Wi-Fi Speed Test
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Understand Your Speed Test Results
What is Download Speed?
This is how fast you can pull data from the server to you. A higher number means faster 4K video streaming, quicker web browsing, and speedier file downloads.
What is Upload Speed?
This is how fast you send data from your device to the internet. A fast upload speed is helpful when sending large files via email or video chat.
What is Ping?
Ping (latency) is the reaction time of your connection—how fast you get a response after you send out a request. A fast ping (under 30ms) means a more responsive connection, especially in applications where timing is everything (like video games).
What is Jitter?
Jitter measures the variation in your ping over time. High jitter can result in a choppy voice or video call. You want your jitter to be as close to 0 as possible.
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How to check your Wi-Fi speed properly
- Test next to the router. Stand within a metre or two of it and run the test. This shows roughly what your line and package deliver.
- Test where you actually use the internet. Run it again in your bedroom, office or the floor above.
- Compare the two results. A big drop away from the router means the problem is Wi-Fi coverage, not your ISP.
- Repeat in the evening. If both results fall only at night, the cause is usually network congestion. Read why internet slows at night.
Wi-Fi or your ISP? How to read your result
- Slow even next to the router: the line, package or ISP is the likely cause. Save your PakSpeed result as evidence and see how to complain to your ISP or the PTA.
- Fast near the router, slow elsewhere: walls, floors and distance are weakening your Wi-Fi. Brick and concrete walls and multi-storey houses, common in Pakistan, block signals strongly.
- High jitter or unstable results: often Wi-Fi interference from neighbouring networks or crowded channels. PakSpeed's Internet Health Check shows this as a low stability score.
- Good speed but calls still break up: check ping and jitter rather than download speed. Video calls and gaming depend on them.
2.4 GHz or 5 GHz?
Many dual-band routers broadcast two networks. 5 GHz is usually faster over short distances but weakens quickly through walls. 2.4 GHz reaches further but is slower and more crowded. Test on both if your router offers them, and use 5 GHz in the same room as the router.
Quick fixes that often help
- Place the router high up, in the middle of the house, away from metal cupboards and microwaves.
- Restart the router once, then test again.
- Pause large downloads, cloud backups and video streams on other devices while you test.
- Keep the router on a UPS so load-shedding does not restart it repeatedly.
- For multi-storey houses, consider a mesh system or an access point on each floor. See PakSpeed's Wi-Fi router guide and ways to improve internet speed.
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