The megabytes of the Internet connection and its conversion
Today's Internet speeds, at least common ones, are counted in megabits, term from do not confuse with megabytes. Therefore, when you hire an internet speed service, keep in mind that they will give you the figure in megabits.
On the other hand, you will notice that the speed shown when downloading a file is not equal to megabits. But you can estimate your speed in megabits by performing a simple mathematical operation. First, keep in mind that 1024 kilobits equals 1 megabitSo if your internet connection is 10 MB (megabits), that's 10240 kilobits in total.
The only thing you will need to do to change megabits to megabytes is divide the figure into kilobytes, for example, 10 MB (10240) by 8. That is "10240/8", with which you will get the download speed in kilobytes (1280), then you have to divide it by 1024 (1280/1024), obtaining the download speed at second in megabytes, which in this case would be 1,25 megabytes.
Taking this information into account will help you know the actual download speed of your connection after using the methods shown below.
What is the method of knowing how many megabytes and Internet speed my modem has?
Before we start with the different methods for see the speed of the Internet, it is important that you only connect the device you will be testing with. If you have multiple devices connected consuming the service, you will not see reliable results in relation to the internet speed of your modem.
See the speed of the internet
Undoubtedly the easiest way to check the internet speed of your connection is to use a page that tells you. There are many pages with which you can perform this process, this time we introduce you to Fast.com, a very easy to use website that will show you the information directly.
Just enter their website and it will directly start evaluating your connection speed. After performing the analysis, the screen will display speed of your connection Internet, after which you can compare it with the contracted plan.
There is also the ability to view Internet speed on the taskbar using NetSpeedMonitor, but this requires additional software. Also, there is another method by which you don't need to install anything.
Using the task manager
If you don't want to download any programs and observe the net download speed your modem can achieve, you can use the task manager of Windows. The Windows task manager has a very useful function to see the internet speed.
In fact, the task manager can be even more efficient than other systems, as it shows all the processes that consume the Internet. That way, if there are multiple programs using the internet connection, you will be able to see it and it will just add the values that appear.
To do this, the first thing you should do is open the Windows task manager, which is done with the combination of Ctrl + Alt + Delete. Pressing this key combination will bring up a configuration screen, select «Task Manager».
Now just download or open videos / pages in order to occupy the full connection speed. Go to the processes section and locate the «Network» section, here it should show the programs that consume the Internet along with the speed. Just add all the values and you will arrive at your total speed. Keep in mind that can also see this information in "Performance", something that is even simpler.
If for some reason you notice that the speed is poor, be aware that there are several methods to increase the speed of the Internet in Windows 10. Undoubtedly this can be useful if you have network problems.
