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How to See Network Adapter Speed in Windows 10
General
A network adapter is the component of a PC's internal hardware that is used for
communicating over a network with another computer and Internet.
Sometimes you may need to check to see what the current maximum speed is for your
network adapters to see if they are performing at specs. This can be somewhat helpful with
troubleshooting network performance issues.
This Tip will show you several ways on how to check the current
maximum speed of your network adapters in Windows 10.
To Check Network Adapter Speed in Network and Sharing Center
1. With your mouse, Right click or press and hold on the Network icon in the Taskbar notification area, and with your mouse, left click/tap on Open Network and Sharing Center.
2. With your mouse, left click/tap on a Connections link for the network adapter speed you want to see.
3. You will now see the current maximum speed in Mbps (megabits per second) for the selected network adapter.
To Check Wireless Network Adapter Speed using Netsh command
1. Open a command prompt or PowerShell.
2. Enter the command below, and press Enter.
netsh wlan show interfaces (copy then paste to prevent errors)
3. You will now see the current maximum Receive rate and Transmit rate speed in Mbps (megabits per second) for your wireless network adapters.
To Check Network Adapters Speed using WMIC command
1. Open a command prompt OR PowerShell.
>>>How to Open Command Prompt from the Taskbar Search
a) With your mouse, click on the Taskbar Search
In the open line, type cmd
b) In results you will see Command Prompt, with your mouse right click it and then
from second drop down window, select Run as Administrator.
c) This will open an Elevated command prompt window.
NOTE: Obviously, There's numerous ways to open a command prompt window, but for simplicity, I chose this one.
>>> How to Open Windows PowerShell from All apps in Start Menu
a) Open All apps in the Start menu.
b) Scroll down and expand open the Windows PowerShell folder, and with your mouse, click/tap on Windows PowerShell.
NOTE: Obviously, like the command prompt, There's numerous other ways to open Powershell, but IMO I find this the easiest way for me.
2. Enter the command below, and press Enter.
wmic NIC where "NetEnabled='true'" get "Name","Speed" (recommend you copy then paste to prevent errors)
3. You will now see the current maximum speed for your wireless and Ethernet (if installed that is) network adapters.
To Check Network Adapters Speed using PowerShell script
1. Open PowerShell.
>>> Open Windows PowerShell from All apps in Start Menu
a) Open All apps in the Start menu.
b) Scroll down and expand open the Windows PowerShell folder, and with your mouse, click/tap on Windows PowerShell.
Again, obviously there's numerous other ways to open Powershell, but IMO I find this the easiest way for me.
2. Enter the command below, and press Enter.
(recommend highly you copy then paste this to prevent errors)
get-wmiobject Win32_NetworkAdapter | foreach-object {get-wmiobject -namespace root/WMI -class MSNdis_LinkSpeed -filter "InstanceName='$($_.Name)'"} | select InstanceName,NdisLinkSpeed,Active
3. You will now see the current maximum speed for all of your network adapters.
I share my internet with a lot of family members and occasionally experienced that oh so sickening lag when on the internet.
I use this in part ( a rather small one at that) to check my connectivity and relliability for any troubles it may have and for my own peace of mind.
Plus it helps me to see if my bandwidth is being at the approximate level my ISP says I'm getting. This is at best just a visual aid and not a troubleshooting procedure.
Of course other factors come into play which drops bandwidth, but that's another subject in its entierty.
Regards, Mindsnake2
General
A network adapter is the component of a PC's internal hardware that is used for
communicating over a network with another computer and Internet.
Sometimes you may need to check to see what the current maximum speed is for your
network adapters to see if they are performing at specs. This can be somewhat helpful with
troubleshooting network performance issues.
This Tip will show you several ways on how to check the current
maximum speed of your network adapters in Windows 10.
To Check Network Adapter Speed in Network and Sharing Center
1. With your mouse, Right click or press and hold on the Network icon in the Taskbar notification area, and with your mouse, left click/tap on Open Network and Sharing Center.
You must be registered for see links
2. With your mouse, left click/tap on a Connections link for the network adapter speed you want to see.
You must be registered for see links
3. You will now see the current maximum speed in Mbps (megabits per second) for the selected network adapter.
You must be registered for see links
To Check Wireless Network Adapter Speed using Netsh command
1. Open a command prompt or PowerShell.
2. Enter the command below, and press Enter.
netsh wlan show interfaces (copy then paste to prevent errors)
3. You will now see the current maximum Receive rate and Transmit rate speed in Mbps (megabits per second) for your wireless network adapters.
You must be registered for see links
To Check Network Adapters Speed using WMIC command
1. Open a command prompt OR PowerShell.
>>>How to Open Command Prompt from the Taskbar Search
a) With your mouse, click on the Taskbar Search
In the open line, type cmd
b) In results you will see Command Prompt, with your mouse right click it and then
from second drop down window, select Run as Administrator.
c) This will open an Elevated command prompt window.
NOTE: Obviously, There's numerous ways to open a command prompt window, but for simplicity, I chose this one.
You must be registered for see links
>>> How to Open Windows PowerShell from All apps in Start Menu
a) Open All apps in the Start menu.
b) Scroll down and expand open the Windows PowerShell folder, and with your mouse, click/tap on Windows PowerShell.
NOTE: Obviously, like the command prompt, There's numerous other ways to open Powershell, but IMO I find this the easiest way for me.
2. Enter the command below, and press Enter.
wmic NIC where "NetEnabled='true'" get "Name","Speed" (recommend you copy then paste to prevent errors)
3. You will now see the current maximum speed for your wireless and Ethernet (if installed that is) network adapters.
You must be registered for see links
To Check Network Adapters Speed using PowerShell script
1. Open PowerShell.
>>> Open Windows PowerShell from All apps in Start Menu
a) Open All apps in the Start menu.
b) Scroll down and expand open the Windows PowerShell folder, and with your mouse, click/tap on Windows PowerShell.
Again, obviously there's numerous other ways to open Powershell, but IMO I find this the easiest way for me.
You must be registered for see links
2. Enter the command below, and press Enter.
(recommend highly you copy then paste this to prevent errors)
get-wmiobject Win32_NetworkAdapter | foreach-object {get-wmiobject -namespace root/WMI -class MSNdis_LinkSpeed -filter "InstanceName='$($_.Name)'"} | select InstanceName,NdisLinkSpeed,Active
3. You will now see the current maximum speed for all of your network adapters.
You must be registered for see links
I share my internet with a lot of family members and occasionally experienced that oh so sickening lag when on the internet.
I use this in part ( a rather small one at that) to check my connectivity and relliability for any troubles it may have and for my own peace of mind.
Plus it helps me to see if my bandwidth is being at the approximate level my ISP says I'm getting. This is at best just a visual aid and not a troubleshooting procedure.
Of course other factors come into play which drops bandwidth, but that's another subject in its entierty.
Regards, Mindsnake2