Internet test / speed test - How do I change location (Dallas) for testing.

D77

Using Fing App. Only.  I am in Mexico, for the testing of the speed, it will only show Dallas. 1. Is there a way to change this in the settings? 2. Does it matter or affect the results? Tks.

Robin

Hi @D77
We cant change the server manually You can check under the Fing app if the time zone is set correctly if it is not. That will help. 

To update: M-labs confirmed that they have rolled out an upgraded of their infrastructure & migration of machines to a new platform. This is being done to improve the overall Speedtest performance going forward. By doing this, initially they have cut of the multi-stream download Speedtest that we rely on for our Speedtests. However, they have greatly improved the single stream download Speedtest (previously the single stream download could measure up to 250 Mbps, where now it can measure up to 500+ Mbps). With speeds above this, the measured speed reported will be lower than before, due to the single stream limits.

To note for Fingbox users: this will also affect Fingbox Speedtests. We have released a new firmware version for the Fingbox which will allow single stream download to work again, firmware version 1.14.13 and onwards. If you have not yet received the new release, please power-cycle the Fingbox, this will automatically update the firmware on the Fingbox.

M-Labs are working on re-introducing the mutli speed download speedtest, to include it again in the future. Currently, we have no time-frame on when this will be re-introduced. Unfortunately at this stage, there is no further steps we can take to expedite this process.