Wireless Network

I have Win7 64Bit and an Inspron 660 DeskTop Computer.

It has WireLess OnBoard.

Can I see what the Speed of the WireLess is on my PC?

I think it is an "N" Class speed but I am not know.

I do have CPU-Z but is this to tell you specs on your CPU and that is it?

 

There are a few here you can check out.
https://forums.majorgeeks.com/threads/new-internet-speed-test.310470/

 

Wireless speed is not set by your ISP. It is set between the wireless network adapter in your computer and the WAP (wireless access point), typically integrated in a wireless router based on the slowest protocols they support (802.11b, 11g, 11n, or 11ac).

Your wireless connection is part of your local network, not the Internet. Your local network is everything on your side of the "gateway" device, typically the modem. That's where your wireless network operates.

According to these specs, that Dell supports 802.11b/g/n. But if your WAP only supports up to 11g speeds, for example, you will be limited to those slower speeds. That has nothing to do with your ISP connection.

You need to look of the specs of your wireless router/WAP to see what it supports. If it does not also support 11n (or 11ac), your wireless speeds will be limited to the slower protocols of 11b or 11g.

The ISP sets your "Internet" bandwidth or speed (again, not your wireless speeds).

If you want to see if your ISP is providing what you are paying for, you need to connect your computer to your network via Ethernet (wire), not through the wifi (wireless) side, then run speedtest. That's the only way you can truly determine if your ISP is meeting their contractual requirements.

This is because many other factors can impact your local network's wireless performance. These include the number and type of barriers (walls, floors, ceilings) in between the computer and the WAP, the barrier construction (brick, wallboard, etc.) and thickness, and wall contents (wires and metal pipes, wood or metal studs, etc.).

A crowded wireless environment (if you live in a large apartment complex with many wireless networks) can impact performance. Other nearby electrical devices can cause interference and impact performance.

Even just the distance between the computer's wireless adapter and the WAP impacts performance.

You can have a 100Mbps "Internet" connection from your ISP but if you don't have a good wireless connection to your WAP, you may only see 5 - 10Mbps, if that!

Connecting via Ethernet eliminates all those potential wireless restrictions/issues. If you are getting what you are paying for via Ethernet, but not via wireless, you know the problem is on your end, not your ISPs.

 

But what are you paying for?

 

There are network monitors but I've never found the to be even close to accurate.

 

Simple way for this person to check is:
Firstly do a Speed Test connected with an Ethernet cable - write down the speed.
Second, remove the Ethernet cable, restart the system and make sure WiFi is on and connected then do another speed test.

If there is a BIG divergence then they will know whether the WiFi hardware is a problem.

I just did that test on my system and the speeds were comparably the same.

 

How would you know. You would have to have a known value or "standard" to compared with.

I don't know what you are using but I have found them to be very accurate. It is not hard to measure bandwidth through a port.

But you have to know exactly what to expect and that's the problem. You can do this on your own local network, but typically not across the Internet. This is due in part because most ISPs guarantee speeds "up to" some bandwidth. They don't guarantee a fixed bandwidth and typically not a minimum.