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title: "How to check internet speed using cmd?"  
description: "How to check internet speed using cmd?"  
author: "Hemant Patel"  
published: 2018-10-28  
canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/51212/how-to-check-internet-speed-using-cmd  
category: "technology"  
tags: ["internet"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# How to check internet speed using cmd?

How to [check](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/view/84635/want-to-buy-a-laptop-for-gaming-purposes-check-the-list-now) [internet speed](https://www.mindstick.com/blog/11448/india-ranked-89th-in-average-internet-speed-globally) using [cmd](https://www.mindstick.com/forum/159100/windows-batch-files-bat-vs-cmd)?

## Answers

### Answer by Rahul Roi

**Check [internet](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/44099/best-internet-hobby) [speed](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/167715/how-will-be-the-internet-be-like-in-2034) by using cmd**

**Step 1).** Please open cmd prompt in pc like -

![How to check internet speed using cmd?](https://answers.mindstick.com/questionanswer/1a694046-f2e6-415b-84f9-9c3d5dd76761/images/d6a33e79-7689-49d8-bedd-5058460b80a0.png)\

**windows(flag) key + R** -- This is called also **RUN** command. And Type **cmd** then press enter.

![How to check internet speed using cmd?](https://answers.mindstick.com/questionanswer/1a694046-f2e6-415b-84f9-9c3d5dd76761/images/15556325-a137-41a5-8b5b-40707aa52477.png)

## 1. Example:

Ping mindstick.com -n 10

This will ping google.com 100 times before the test is completed.

![How to check internet speed using cmd?](https://answers.mindstick.com/questionanswer/1a694046-f2e6-415b-84f9-9c3d5dd76761/images/5ed2f3e7-1286-4701-a0c6-f5bcb9104eda.png)\

## 2. Example:

Ping mindstick.com -w 10

This will ping mindstick.com and if MindStick takes longer than 10 milliseconds to respond, it will consider the packet of data to be lost.

![How to check internet speed using cmd?](https://answers.mindstick.com/questionanswer/1a694046-f2e6-415b-84f9-9c3d5dd76761/images/5b3c5774-78cd-44be-9c87-654abddc4319.png)\

## 3). Example:

Ping mindstick.com -n 5 -w 10

This will ping mindstick.com 5 times, waiting 10 milliseconds before considering the packet a loss.

![How to check internet speed using cmd?](https://answers.mindstick.com/questionanswer/1a694046-f2e6-415b-84f9-9c3d5dd76761/images/2b4a5b55-e3a1-4893-867c-f26bbb61dd03.png)\

Thanks....!


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