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Test network latency and connection quality
Scaleway Ping Test
This tool measures latency from seven independent global test nodes — six in Europe and one in Australia — to Scaleway's public endpoints. You can keep the default target or paste your own Scaleway region endpoint or IP address to test a specific location, such as Paris or another European zone.
Because cloud providers rely on anycast and CDN edge networks to answer requests close to the user, the results show the path quality to the provider's network edge rather than the latency of your own device. Read the numbers as a picture of how traffic reaches Scaleway, not as a measurement of your local connection.
Why Test Scaleway Ping?
- Edge reachability: Confirm that Scaleway's public endpoints respond and are reachable from different parts of the world.
- European coverage: Since many Scaleway services are hosted mainly in and around Paris, France, compare how nearby and distant nodes reach them.
- Infrastructure checks: Run a quick sanity check before deploying to Scaleway Instances, Elastic Metal, or Object Storage resources.
- Path quality: Spot routing detours and congested paths toward Scaleway's network edge.
- Baseline: Record a baseline so you can tell later whether a slowdown is new.
How to Run the Scaleway Ping Test
- Keep the default target or paste your own Scaleway region endpoint or IP address.
- Start the test and let it run for a few seconds so every node has time to respond.
- Read the results node by node, noting both latency and packet loss.
- Repeat at different times of day to see how consistent the path is.
What the Results Mean
Each node reports the round-trip time to Scaleway's network edge, so lower numbers mean a shorter, cleaner path. Use the color bands below as a rough guide:
- Under 60 ms (green): an excellent path with minimal delay.
- 60–120 ms (teal): a healthy path, typical for nearby regions.
- 120–200 ms (yellow): noticeable delay, often reflecting a long geographic distance.
- Over 200 ms (red): a slow path worth investigating.
- Any packet loss above 0 is a warning sign, even when latency looks low.
When This Test Is Not Enough
ICMP pings only measure reachability and round-trip time, not real application performance such as HTTP throughput, TLS handshakes, or database queries. Some providers rate-limit or block ICMP entirely, so a failed ping does not always mean a broken service. To measure the latency of your own connection, ping the same endpoint from your local machine, and if you suspect intermittent problems, use a dedicated packet loss or jitter test instead.