Fing Fingbox - Internet S Peed T Est

● The Wi-Fi test (green line) is all done within your home: it measures a data stream
flowing between the Fingbox and the phone you’re using to run the Fing app. Data flows
through your home wireless and wired infrastructure. It accurately measures the Wi-Fi
speed at the location of your phone. You can run the Wi-Fi test from different rooms and
see where sweet and dark spots are located. This WiFi test is not affected by the speed
of your service provider connection. Its results depend on the performance of your Wi-Fi
access point, the local intensity of the Wi-Fi signal and the level of interference from
other Wi-Fi systems nearby.
● The Internet speed test (yellow line) runs between the Fingbox and a test server
located in an Internet data center as close as possible to your home. Because Fingbox is
wired, this test is not affected by your home Wi-Fi. Of course, if someone is using a
significant portion of the Internet connection, the test results may be affected. So, to
have the most accurate measure, it’s better to run the Internet speed test when no
other devices are using Internet significantly (for example watching a video,
uploading pictures or sending a large email attachment).
Internet Speed Test
The Internet Speed Test measures how fast your service provider connects you to the big
“global” Internet. We selected M-Lab as the best partner to run this type of speed test because
M-Lab has test servers in most of the important Internet Exchange points around the planet. It’s
Fingbox User’s Guide - App v6.2.1 Page 35