Glossary
- Latency (ping)
- How long a reply takes, in milliseconds (ms). Lower is better.
- Jitter
- How much latency changes from one check to the next. Smooth is better than low.
- Packet loss
- Replies that never came back.
- Percentile (95th, 99th)
- 95th means 95 out of 100 checks were this fast or faster. It shows the bad moments an average hides.
- Signal %
- How strongly your device hears the Wi-Fi box.
- Link speed
- The speed your device and the box agreed. Not your internet speed.
- Band: 2.4 / 5 / 6 GHz
- Radio lanes. 2.4 has the longest range and the most clutter. 5 and 6 are faster and cleaner but reach less far.
- Channel
- A numbered slot inside a band. Neighbours on the same channel share it.
- BSSID
- The unique address of one Wi-Fi radio.
- Mesh node
- An extra box that extends your Wi-Fi.
- Backhaul (BH)
- The link between mesh boxes.
- Roaming
- A device switching from one box to another.
- DNS
- The lookup that turns a name into an address.
- Checksum (MD5)
- A fingerprint of a file. Equal fingerprints mean identical files.
- Archive
- A verified copy kept somewhere else. It does not remove the original.