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Life & fun · March 26, 2026

PacketProbe

Network diagnostics that don't suck.

PacketProbe launched on March 26, 2026 with 1 votes, #8,013 of 23,380 launches that month.

What it does

Free browser-based network diagnostics. Test packet loss, latency, and jitter with real-time visualization. Scan your ports for security risks. Check your IP and connection details. No signups, no downloads, no API limits, just open packetprobe.com and go. Built on Cloudflare Workers for speed, privacy, and global coverage. Made for gamers, developers, and anyone tired of "have you tried restarting your router?"

Test your internet connection for packet loss, latency, and jitter using real UDP-like WebRTC measurements. Free, instant, no install. Presets for gaming, VoIP, video calls, and streaming.

Speed tests measure bandwidth over TCP, which silently retransmits dropped packets and hides the problem. PacketProbe measures what actually breaks games and calls: packet loss, jitter, and latency, over real UDP. Numbers only mean something next to a target. See what Valorant, CS2, Warzone, Teams, Zoom or Meet actually need, and whether yours clear it. Your browser establishes a WebRTC data channel to one of our test servers. It then sends numbered packets at a configurable rate and size. The server records which packets arrive (measuring upload loss) and echoes them back (measuring download loss and round-trip latency). Jitter is calculated from the variation in successive round-trip…from packetprobe.com

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