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How To Check The Performance Of Your Network And Internet connections

Did you just connect your PC to a network or Internet ? Want to know the easiest way to check, if you are connected properly or not ? The ” ping ” and ” tracert ” command will help you to do so. These commands measure the latency, also known as ” lag ” of your connection.

Steps To Check The Performance Of Your Network And Internet connections :

Step 1 : Open Command Prompt ( CMD ) :

To open your command prompt , just Press ” Windows key + R ” and type ” cmd ” in the displayed Run dialog box . Now press Enter to open the ” command console “.

Step 2 : Check your loop-back address :

Step 3 : Check your gateway :

Find the IP address ( Public IP Address ) of your default gateway:

Step 4 : Now check beyond your local network :

Check the connectivity of your router,modem, LAN, or Internet connection using an Internet IP address.

Step 5 : Check the IP address of a website :

Instead of typing an IP address, type the name of a website such as ” www.onlinecmag.com “. When you ping a domain name, you also will see your computer’s ability to resolve the IP addresses of Internet domains ( find the number of the IP address using the domain name ).

Step 6 : Check the performance of your network and Internet :

This Is only For Windows NT, 2000, XP, Vista and 7 Users. Use the ” tracert ” command to measure the response of each element involved in the network. Your connection to a server requires many ” hops ” between servers and other network components. The fewer hops on the path, the better. Most connections to a server including at least a dozen jumps.

To check this follow the below steps :

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