Dashboard
The Dashboard shows the status of your computer's current network connection to provide a quick overview of the most important information. Whenever the local network adapter changes state (e.g. an Ethernet cable is plugged in, Wi-Fi or VPN connects), the dashboard checks connectivity to the router and the internet.
Keyboard shortcuts
| Key | Action |
|---|---|
F5 | Refresh the dashboard |
You may need to click into a widget first before keyboard shortcuts are recognized.
Settings
Public IPv4 address
Public IPv4 address reachable via ICMP.
Type: String
Default: 1.1.1.1
Public IPv6 address
Public IPv6 address reachable via ICMP.
Type: String
Default: 2606:4700:4700::1111
Check public IP address
Enables or disables the resolution of the public IP address via api.ipify.org and api6.ipify.org.
Type: Boolean
Default: Enabled
Use custom IPv4 address API
Override the default IPv4 address API to resolve the public IP address. The API should return only a plain text IPv4 address like xx.xx.xx.xx.
Type: Boolean | String
Default: Disabled | Empty
Example:
Use custom IPv6 address API
Override the default IPv6 address API to resolve the public IP address. The API should return only a plain text IPv6 address like xxxx:xx:xxx::xx.
Type: Boolean | String
Default: Disabled | Empty
Example:
Check IP geolocation
Enables or disables the resolution of the IP geolocation via ip-api.com.
The free API endpoint is limited to 45 requests per minute, supports only the http protocol and is available for non-commercial use only.
Type: Boolean
Default: Enabled
Check DNS resolver
Enables or disables the detection of the DNS resolver in use via ip-api.com.
Type: Boolean
Default: Enabled
Speed Test
The Speed Test widget measures the current connection's download and upload speed, latency, and jitter against speed.cloudflare.com. The test is user-initiated — it does not run automatically on dashboard load. Click Speed Test to run a measurement.
The result includes:
- Download speed in Mbps
- Upload speed in Mbps
- Latency in ms (unloaded, 50th percentile of latency probes)
- Jitter in ms (average consecutive delta between latency samples)
- ISP — internet service provider as reported by Cloudflare
- Server location — Cloudflare PoP (Point of Presence) handling the test
Before running the test, a privacy disclaimer informs the user that speed.cloudflare.com will receive requests with the client's IP address and network information. The disclaimer is shown again after restarting the app because acceptance is not currently persisted. See the Cloudflare privacy policy for details. The widget never contacts Cloudflare's telemetry endpoint (aim.cloudflare.com/__log).