how to properly test your internet connection

[Lieutenant_Me 65]

to test the quality of your Internet connection use http://pingtest.net/

 

Tanki server is located in the city of Perm.

 

 

my best result with russian server (Moscow) is:

 

 

but as you can see i cant test Packet loss. when i try with Perm i always get Error:

 

 

i'm on cable modem, don't use router and don't have activ firewall (dont need, i use Mac). when i test any other major city (in USA, Europe, Australia...) i dont have Packet loss problem so i just suspect in the quality of Tanki servers or servers setup.

 

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Packet Loss -> Much as it sounds, if you have anything less than complete success in transmitting and receiving "packets" of data then you are experiencing this problem with your Internet connection. It can mean much slower download and upload speeds, poor quality VoIP audio, pauses with streaming media and what seems like time warping in games -- your connection may even come to a total standstill! Packet loss is a metric where anything greater than 0% should cause concern.

Ping -> This measurement tells how long it takes a "packet" of data to travel from your computer to a server on the Internet and back. Whenever you experience delayed responses in Internet applications - this would be due to a higher than desired ping. Similar to packet loss, lower is better when it comes to ping. A result below 100 ms should be expected from any decent broadband connection.

Jitter -> Once you understand ping, jitter should also make sense. Jitter is merely the variance in measuring successive ping tests. Zero jitter means the results were exactly the same every time, and anything above zero is the amount by which they varied. Like the other quality measurements, a lower jitter value is better. And while some jitter should be expected over the Internet, having it be a small fraction of the ping result is ideal.

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lower number is better and full explanation is on Learn page

[RyanNielsen 0]

Lol, perm.

[CaptainMaxwell7 231]

i always get the error thing when i try to test from my country to perm.

 

i also get the error with moscow

[Lieutenant_Me 65]

if you want to post picture with your result you may use 'DIRECT LINK' (dont need to snapshot portion of your screen)

 

[datie9 72]

Well done guide man! Good Job!

[Daslec 82]

Thanks a lot, Lt.

 

Since the last year I said. The problem of lags, freeze screens, tanks spinning never was the browser, as tankionline is saying. I think is the server. Why?

 

+- 1 year ago, i had the same problem. But, after a month, everything is back to normal. At that time, many players around the world had the same problem.

 

But now is something weird. Tankionline says the problem is google Chrome. Again, many players around the world have the same problem, but with better connections and different browsers.

 

I do the test and i got "Packet loss test error". But to other places, i dont had this message.