Question 1

What is a ping test?

Accepted Answer

A ping test measures the round-trip time for data to travel from your device to a remote host and back. It indicates network latency and whether a host is reachable.

Question 2

How is browser ping different from system ping?

Accepted Answer

System ping uses ICMP packets. Browsers cannot send ICMP, so this tool measures HTTP request latency instead, which includes DNS, TCP, TLS, and HTTP overhead. Results are comparable but slightly higher than raw ICMP ping.

Question 3

What is a good ping time?

Accepted Answer

Under 50ms is excellent, 50-100ms is good, 100-200ms is acceptable, and above 200ms may cause noticeable delays for real-time applications like gaming or video calls.

Question 4

Is this ping test free?

Accepted Answer

Yes, completely free. All measurements are done from your browser — no data is sent to our servers.