- milliseconds
Latency is:
- the time between sending a message to a (web)server and receiving a response from the (web)server in question
- also called round-trip delay
- normally measured with ping
- normally in the range 5-50 milliseconds (your latency is undetermined)
Obviously, the latency should be as low as possible.
Improve your latency is often hard
Usually there is little you can do to improve latency.
You can investigate whether your home network is slowing you down by taking a ping measurement to google.com from a computer connected directly to your router via an Ethernet cable. If you have much less latency than usual, then your home network is the bottleneck.
Latency at a Glance is part of ZOMDir's collection of internet testing tools.
Disclaimer
When using this tool, you should know that:
- Latency at a Glance requires a modern browser with JavaScript enabled
- The first result may yield too high a value. Click on the Retest button for a more reliable measurement
- The latency between your device and the Google cloud is "measured"
- Latency at a Glance is calibrated based on the standard Windows ping to google.com