How can I measure the speed between laptop and wireless access point?

Solution 1:

I this case, you need to measure the speed between two local devices in the same network, connected to the same router/wifi/access-point.

Just get a tool to measure network speed for local networks and run it.

Please take a look at this blog post: [https://www.raymond.cc/blog/network-benchmark-test-your-network-speed/][1]

Solution 2:

Simply check the reported Ethernet link speed. All current hardware runs bridged/switched data at wire speed, no need to actually measure.

More relevant is the effective Wi-fi throughput across the WAP, of course.

For any other device, throughput can widely vary, depending on the hardware/software and the workload - check the spec sheet. Switches are generally wire speed (unless you've got a really large chassis or a bunch of 40G+ ports).