Speed Test for Airtel 5G, Xstream Fiber and AirFiber
Measure download, upload, ping and jitter on Airtel 5G Plus, Xstream Fiber or Xstream AirFiber. The page first checks whether your IP address is on the Airtel mobile network (AS45609) or its broadband network (AS24560), then lets you trace the route from an Airtel probe.
This is an independent test by MPATEL. It is not made, approved or endorsed by Bharti Airtel. Airtel, Xstream and AirFiber are trademarks of their owners.
Airtel speed test tool
This test will use up to 217 MB of data.
Standard is recommended for home broadband. Choose Data saver for a shorter test on metered data.
- 01 Ping
- 02 Download
- 03 Upload
- 04 Results
Ready. Press Start test to begin.
The test could not finish
- Choose a test size above (Data saver on mobile data) and press Start test.
- Read the network check below: Airtel mobile, Airtel broadband or another network.
- Compare with Airtel’s own test, or trace the route from an Airtel probe below.
Checking which Airtel network you are on… Airtel registers its mobile network as AS45609 and its home broadband network as AS24560. We read the network number (ASN) of your public IP address from Cloudflare; a VPN shows its own network instead.
This only looks up the network of your IP address with Cloudflare. No speed test starts, and no test data is used, until you press Start test.
You are looking at a shared result
Someone shared this result. It was measured on their connection, not yours.
Press Start test to measure your own connection.
- Download How fast data reaches you from the test server, in megabits per second (Mbps). MB/s is the same speed in megabytes per second: 8 Mbps = 1 MB/s. — Mbps
- Upload How fast you can send data to the test server. It matters for video calls, sending files and cloud backups. — Mbps
- Latency Round-trip time of small HTTPS requests to the test server while your line is quiet: the median of about 20 requests, with the server’s own processing time removed. It is measured over HTTP, not with ICMP ping. — ms idle
- Jitter How much latency changes from one request to the next: the average difference between consecutive samples. Low jitter keeps calls and games smooth. — ms idle
Your line is faster than this test size can measure. A larger test size can measure it, but uses more data.
Speed over time
Download & upload · MbpsYour speed graph will appear here when the test starts.
Connection details & advanced metrics Loaded ping, jitter, server and data use
- Latency, download Latency measured while the download test was running. A large rise over idle latency is called bufferbloat and makes calls and games lag when someone downloads. — ms under load
- Latency, upload Latency measured while the upload test was running. Uploads often raise latency more than downloads on home routers. — ms under load
- Bufferbloat How much latency rises when your line is busy (the larger of the download and upload increase). A: under 30 ms, B: under 60 ms, C: under 150 ms, D: under 400 ms, F: 400 ms or more. –
- Packet loss Share of small UDP messages lost on the way to a relay server and back. It is shown only when a real UDP test can run; otherwise it says Not measured. Failed web requests are never counted as packet loss. — %
Test details
- Your IP address
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- Internet provider
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- Approximate location
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- Test server
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- Distance to server
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- Connection protocol
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- IPv6 available
- Not checked · Run the IPv6 test
- Connection type (browser estimate)
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- Data used
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- Test duration
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- Parallel connections
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- Test mode
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- Date and time
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Location and distance come from your IP address and are approximate. Your IP address is shown only to you and is never put in a share link.
What your connection is good for
These ratings use our own published limits, not any app maker’s. See Help for the numbers behind each one.
Your recent results
No saved results yet. Finished tests are kept here, in this browser only (last 50).
| Date | Download | Upload | Latency | Jitter | Server | Mode | Actions |
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For a second opinion from Airtel itself, run the official Airtel speed test right after this one, on the same device and in the same spot. Xstream Fiber above about 200 Mbps? Standard then shows a lower limit; Gigabit suits unlimited fibre only.
Trace the route from an Airtel probe
- The probe list starts on your own Airtel network when we detect it, else on Airtel broadband (AS24560).
- Enter a site or keep speed.cloudflare.com, then press Run trace.
- Check where the delay starts and which networks the route crosses.
Globalping volunteers run the probes, so an Airtel mobile probe is often not online. The tool then says so and runs from another home or mobile connection in India. Every Globalping result is public.
"Trace back to my IP" runs the trace the other way: from a probe to your own public IP address, to show the route into your network. Your IP address is then part of the public Globalping result.
Enter a website, choose where to run from, and press Run trace.
| Hop | Host and IP | Network (ASN) | Loss | Avg | Best | Worst |
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Marked rows: Delay starts is the first hop after which the round-trip time stays at least 30 ms higher; Private, CGNAT and DS-Lite are addresses inside a provider's network that cannot be reached from the internet; No reply means that router did not answer (shown as * * *). Times are round trips from the probe, in milliseconds.
Raw output from the probe
Check a trace from your own computer
Run tracert google.com in Command Prompt (Windows), traceroute google.com in Terminal (Mac, Linux) or mtr --report google.com, then paste the full output below. It is read in your browser and nothing is sent anywhere. Afterwards you can choose to look up which networks own the routers.
| Hop | Host and IP | Network (ASN) | Loss | Avg | Best | Worst |
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Airtel mobile or Airtel broadband: what the network check means
Airtel is the one large Indian operator whose registered network names separate mobile from home broadband, so the check above can usually say which one you are on. It reads the network number (ASN) of your IP address and matches it against Airtel’s registrations.
| ASN | Registered name | What it usually carries |
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| AS45609 | Bharti Airtel Ltd. AS for GPRS Service | Mobile data: Airtel 5G Plus and 4G |
| AS24560 | Bharti Airtel Ltd., Telemedia Services | Home broadband (Xstream Fiber, labelled Airtel Wi-Fi on airtel.in) |
| AS9498 | BHARTI Airtel Ltd. | Backbone and business links; can appear in the middle of a trace |
Reading “Telemedia Services” as home broadband is our interpretation of the registered name, not something we found stated on an Airtel page. We could not confirm which of these networks Xstream AirFiber uses, so an AirFiber connection may show as either one.
How to read your result on Airtel 5G Plus and Xstream Fiber
Judge the speed against the “typical” speed printed with your plan, not its headline figure. TRAI requires every broadband plan to state a typical download and upload speed, and it measures that figure with at least three parallel connections, taking the 10th percentile, so it is a cautious number.
| Measure | Good (our threshold) | TRAI, Xstream Fiber (wireline) | TRAI, 5G and 4G data |
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| Latency | under 60 ms | 50 ms or less | 50 ms or less (from 1 Apr 2026) |
| Jitter | under 10 ms | 40 ms or less | 50 ms or less |
| Packet loss | under 1% (when measured) | 1% or less | 2% or less |
| Download for big files | 100 Mbps or more | Typical plan speed in 90% (wireline) or 80% (wireless) of TRAI’s test samples | |
TRAI’s figures come from providers’ own network tests. Ours are measured differently, from your browser, so use them as a guide, not as a regulatory measurement. APNIC Labs measured about 89% of Airtel mobile users and about 77% of Airtel broadband users as IPv6-capable in September 2026; the “IPv6 available” row in the test details shows your own connection.
Xstream AirFiber is 5G at home
Airtel describes Xstream AirFiber as a fixed wireless service on 5G with built-in Wi-Fi 6 for up to 64 devices (Airtel’s AirFiber launch release, Aug 2023). Its speed depends on the 5G signal at the unit as well as on your Wi-Fi, so test near the unit first and then in the rooms you use. On a phone, the browser cannot tell 5G Plus from 4G: check the network icon in the status bar while the test runs.
What the CGNAT and private hops in an Airtel trace mean
Addresses from 100.64.0.0 to 100.127.255.255 near the start of a trace are shared address space that providers use for carrier-grade NAT (CGNAT). They are normal and not a fault. Private addresses such as 192.168.x.x or 10.x.x.x belong to the home router or Airtel’s internal network, and a hop in 192.0.0.0 to 192.0.0.7 is a gateway range that RFC 6333 reserves for carrying IPv4 over IPv6.
Further along, hops owned by AS9498 are Airtel’s backbone, and the route may leave Airtel there for the destination’s network. A lasting jump in delay at that point usually means a long-distance link. On 30 Sep 2026 Globalping listed three probes on Airtel broadband (AS24560) and none on Airtel mobile (AS45609), so a mobile-network trace usually falls back to another Indian connection. To run more traces from other cities, use the online traceroute.
Fix common Airtel problems
Xstream Fiber checks from Airtel
Airtel’s own checklist says to check that the yellow fibre patch cord sits firmly in the ONT, that the fibre cable has no sharp bends, and that the lights are steady green. If they are not, switch the router off and on and wait a minute or two before testing again (Airtel’s Xstream Fiber troubleshooting guide).
Router placement and settings
- Airtel advises a central spot for the router and pointing its antennas upright (Airtel’s guide to Wi-Fi range).
- Airtel’s guide says most home routers open at 192.168.0.1 or 192.168.1.1, with the login printed on the router or in its manual (Airtel’s router login guide).
- If speed is fine near the router but poor in other rooms, the Wi-Fi speed test for each room shows where the signal drops.
For Xstream AirFiber, Airtel calls the unit plug-and-play, and we found no official Airtel guide on where to place it. Any placement tips you read are general advice, not Airtel’s.
How to escalate a slow Airtel connection
Start with Airtel’s complaint channels and keep the docket number; if the complaint is not resolved in time, appeal to Airtel’s Appellate Authority.
- Complain in the Airtel app (Airtel Thanks) or through Airtel’s contact page. Attach a few saved results from this page; the history table exports them as CSV with dates and times.
- Appeal. The same contact page has an “Appellate Authority” section with separate links for mobile and for fixed line and broadband. It says an appeal “should be filed within 90 days of expiry of the complaint or request resolution time”, longer than the 30 days in TRAI’s rules.
- Keep an official record. TRAI’s regulation says customers may verify a plan’s declared typical speed through the TRAI MySpeed app, and providers must look into large gaps, so run it alongside this test.
Outside the telecom complaint system, the government’s National Consumer Helpline also accepts consumer grievances.
How this test works
The speed test sends and receives data to Cloudflare’s nearest location, which the result names, over one to four connections, and averages the speed after the parallel connections warm up. The line under the Start button shows the most data the chosen size can use (Data saver up to 37 MB, Standard up to 217 MB, Gigabit up to 876 MB), and “Data used” shows the real amount afterwards. Packet loss says “Not measured” unless a real UDP test ran.
The Airtel check uses the network number (ASN) of your public IP address as reported by Cloudflare, so a VPN, a private relay or an office network can make it wrong. Airtel’s own test runs on its own servers, so its numbers can differ from ours. The route trace runs on a Globalping volunteer probe on an Airtel network, never on your device; the probe’s city, network and ASN are printed with the hops, and Globalping publishes each measurement. The optional M-Lab second test publishes your IP address with its result.
MPATEL Speed Test is not connected to Airtel and keeps your results only in this browser. The method behind the Airtel speed test has the details, and why speed tests disagree explains the gaps between testers.
Questions about Airtel speed
Is this the official Airtel speed test?
No. MPATEL Speed Test is independent and tests against Cloudflare’s servers. Airtel runs its own test at airtel.in/speedtest; running both on the same device, one after the other, gives you two views of the same line.
Why does the check say Airtel broadband or Airtel mobile when I use Xstream AirFiber?
The check can only see which Airtel network your IP address belongs to, and we could not confirm which one Airtel uses for Xstream AirFiber. So an AirFiber connection may show as either. The speed and route results are still correct for your line.
How should I compare Xstream AirFiber with JioAirFiber?
Compare the same things in the same way: the typical speed printed on each plan, then this test run on the same device, in the same room, at the same times of day, including evening. Look at latency under load and jitter as well as download. We keep no crowd data, so we cannot say which is faster where you live.
How do I change DNS on my Airtel router?
Log in to the router at 192.168.0.1 or 192.168.1.1, as Airtel’s guide suggests, and look for DNS in the internet or WAN settings. Some provider-supplied routers do not allow a DNS change; then change it on each phone or computer, or use Private DNS on Android. The DNS speed test helps you pick a resolver first.
Why is my Airtel internet slow, and how do I show Airtel the problem?
Slow Airtel internet can come from a busy network at peak hours, from weak Wi-Fi in your room, or from people at home using the line at once. Run this test on a cable, then on Wi-Fi in the same spot, at the times it feels slow: the history table keeps each result with its time. If only the Wi-Fi results drop, the cause is in your home; if the wired ones drop too, send the saved results to Airtel.