In this special, we are going to discuss a basic concept of the internet, but it is always good to keep it in mind. What is ping? How does it influence our connection? Is it as important or more than speed?
What is ping?
The ping is nothing but the unit of measurement of the latency of our connection. That is why, before entering the matter, we should define what we understand by latency . Latency is the time it takes to receive a data packet from the server where it is hosted at the time of issuing the download order. The data connection represents the bandwidth, for example, the thickness of the pipe that the water passes through, in this case, the data. The wider the pipe, the more water flow it can carry. That is to say: the higher the bandwidth, the more information we can download..
Therefore, ping accurately measures the time it takes for that data packet to get from the server to our computer . It is measured in milliseconds. To know the latency of the connection, it is best to perform an internet speed test. This, for example, is very important when we play online: by pressing the action button, we expect our character to execute the order immediately. The ping of our connection will depend on it.
How to calculate the ping of our connection?
To calculate the ping of our connection we must perform an internet speed test. For this we have to enter some of the pages that offer this service. One of the most used by users is Speedtest. It is as simple as entering the web and clicking on 'start'. We must make sure that at the time of the test we are not downloading or uploading any file packages because it would affect the result of the test ..
Through the result we can know the upload and download speed at that moment and the ping of our connection .
The acceptable thing is that we always have a latency of less than 100 milliseconds, although the really optimal thing is that it never goes above 65 milliseconds . If in the result of our test we see that these values are higher, we can perform some tricks to optimize it..
How to make the ping of our connection decrease
Here are some tricks to try to make the ping as low as possible
- Use Ethernet cable when possible.
- Try to keep the number of connected devices as low as possible.
- Also try not to be using too many apps on the device.
