The past two years have put new emphasis on how important an internet connection is to our daily lives. At the same time, some of us have never experienced such slowdowns and erratic performance as in these past two years, coupled with overloading our previously capable home networks. Measuring internet networking performance can help us stay efficient, find entertainment, and avoid a lot of frustration.
Several tools can help you measure or monitor your internet and network performance, and many of them are free. One is even built into macOS Monterey.
MONITOR VS. MEASURE, INTERNET VS. NETWORK
Checking in on your network health is always complicated by your position relative to the internet. Within your network, the speed of your connection via ethernet or Wi-Fi can constrain your internet
