Not All Speed Tests are the Same

To ensure that speed tests measure the speed at the router and are not impacted by factors outside of Haywire’s control (e.g. distance from access point, neighboring Wi-Fi interference, slow speed test server), please follow the guidelines below to perform an accurate speed test:

• The device needs to be connected to a wired ethernet connection and not wireless
• The speed test server must be the Haywire test server
• No other devices on your network can be downloading, streaming, or using any data
• No other programs running on the device you are testing from

In order to have an accurate speed test, the test site needs to be a close to your network as possible and have enough capacity to handle several concurrent tests at a time. If a speed test has to traverse many “hops” on the internet, your test may have slower results as the path is longer and more congested. An ideal speed test site has the following:

• As close to your ISPs network as possible
• Capacity to handle all simultaneous speed tests requested of it at any point in time

Run Haywire Speed Test

Alternatively, Haywire has a dedicated speed test server on the speedtest.net site. At speedtest.net, you will default to the Haywire test server.