Question 1

What is a Ping test?

Accepted Answer

Ping uses ICMP (Internet Control Message Protocol) echo requests to measure the Round Trip Time (RTT) in milliseconds between your device and a remote server.

Question 2

What does Packet Loss mean?

Accepted Answer

Packet loss occurs when one or more data packets traveling across a network fail to reach their destination, causing lag, disconnections in online gaming, and choppy VoIP calls.

Question 3

What is the difference between Ping and MTR?

Accepted Answer

While standard Ping only measures the final server response, MTR (My Traceroute) combines Traceroute and Ping to analyze latency and packet loss at every intermediate hop (router).

Question 4

What is considered good network latency?

Accepted Answer

Latency under 20ms is excellent (ideal for gaming and voice). 20ms to 50ms is very good. Latency over 100ms may cause noticeable delay in real-time applications.

Ping & MTR (HTTP)