인터넷 속도 측정 LGToday, I will tell you a particularly interesting principle of measuring internet speed. Knowing this will help you escape from ignorance. The measurement website link is below. The measurement time is approximately 20 seconds.
A data center is a place where the homepages and web servers of numerous companies are stored. Measuring the transfer speed between such a data center and my computer will be the closest measurement method to the actual speed experienced in the Internet environment I use. There are more than 100 data centers in operation in Korea. As the online environment continues to expand, that number is likely to increase in the future.
In most cases, you can see terms such as Downloading Speed, Uploading Speed, Ping, and Latency when measuring speed. Download speed and upload speed are easy, but ping and latency may be unfamiliar.
Ping test: When an echo request (transmission packet for testing) is sent to the other party (remote host) using ICMP (Internet Control Management Protocol), a normal response is received if the receiving party is in a normal state, and if the remote host is abnormal, a response is received. As a means of checking the network to show that there is no response time, the shorter the response time among the results, the better.
Ping test-response time-example (Google server, Naver server)
The photo above is a screen showing a ping test performed with Google and Naver servers. Naver is believed to have blocked the ICMP server, but Google has not, so the ping test proceeds normally. The part related to internet speed is the part where on-screen time = 32ms. This means that the packet I sent takes 32ms to return. The unit of ms is 1/1000th of a second.
Now, let’s measure the actual SK or LG Internet speed that I am using.
https://www.speedtest.net/
Speedtest .Net is a lightweight speed measurement site that does not require any program installation or registration. The total measurement time is fast, about 20 seconds.
Initial screen – Speed measurement begins with the GO button
The photo above is the first screen of the speed measurement site. Speed measurement begins immediately by pressing the GO button without any unnecessary steps. If you want to measure the speed between your computer or cell phone and a country other than Korea, click Change server and select an overseas server.
Measurement result – download speed and upload speed are different values
Since you already learned the terminology above, you can easily interpret the results. Downlond and upload speeds are expressed in Mbps, and ping and latency are also displayed. The internet I use is LG Giga LAN, but the Wi-Fi settings are incorrect, so the speed is slow.
Server change list
This is the overseas server list that appears when you click change server on the initial measurement screen above.
Up to this point, we have looked at ways to measure the speed of widely used Internet services. These days, most SK or LG internet speeds are Gigabit Ethernet speeds (1G bps), so other than the difference depending on the router used, the perceived speed seems to be the same. In the end, I think the best option would be to choose internet that is stable and has low monthly costs.
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