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| Thread ID: 142709 | 2016-08-25 00:09:00 | Changing fiber providers | ianhnz (4263) | Press F1 |
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| 1424917 | 2016-08-26 02:54:00 | 72Mbps is the negotiation rate between your device and the modem. But wireless is half duplex - so you will only get half of that, then there is some overhead. Realistically you're likely to see around 35 - 45 Mbps in a perfect environment, however somewhere with a lot of interference, or other traffic on the network, what you are seeing is nothing too unusual. Two things ... 1 - what is the spec of your laptop 2 - Have you actually plugged the laptop into your modem, made sure the wireless is disabled and test run a test? It is more than likely your wireless connection causing that slowness. To fix this you need a few things....you need your wireless card to be at a minimum 5GHz capable, and 2 chain (mimo), and you need your router to be dual band capable. Even if you had a 2.4GHz card that was mimo capable it would help a bit (assuming your modem was mimo, you'd negotiate at 144Mbps which would be somewhat quicker.) If your router and wireless card are wireless AC capable, you can potentially negotiate at speeds over 800Mbps, giving you several hundred Mbps throughput, but you are looking at $300 + for a router and $50 + for a suitable card to do this. There is a whole thing around channel width and how that can affect speeds, but that starts to get a bit complex to explain too... |
wratterus (105) | ||
| 1424918 | 2016-08-26 03:07:00 | If I was troubleshooting this issue, the first thing I would do is run speedtests from a wired client that was decently spec'd and on gigabit Ethernet (although you should still get around 90Mbps on 100meg Ethernet), then assuming that was fine (which it almost certainly would be) run iperf tests to and from your laptop to a wired pc on your network, and see what real TCP throughput you're actually getting is. If what you are getting reflects the speedtests and you require more speed, then it's time to upgrade the wireless card in your laptop, possibly a better router, or both. The actual question is - do you need any more than that speed? There is not a lot the average person does that would require more than what you're getting. |
wratterus (105) | ||
| 1424919 | 2016-08-26 03:28:00 | Thanks Wratterus, I think I get the picture. The advertised speeds of Fibre may be obtained under Laboratory Conditions, but the average man in the street won’t notice a blind bit of difference from ADSL despite all the hype. I guess I’m old fashioned and expect to get a dozen hen eggs if I ask the Grocer for a dozen eggs. Not half a dozen Sparrow Eggs. :( |
B.M. (505) | ||
| 1424920 | 2016-08-26 03:50:00 | The advertised speeds of Fibre may be obtained under Laboratory Conditions, but the average man in the street won’t notice a blind bit of difference from ADSL despite all the hype. I wouldn't agree with that - anyone using 5GHz wireless, or Ethernet will get the full speed (assuming everything is working as it should) or very close to the full speed. In your case, you just happen to have a basic 2.4GHz wireless card in your laptop, and while I would probably expect a little more than what you're seeing, it's not anything too unusual. Even with the speed you are getting, if you had 5 people all wanting to stream a video at the same time, you would definitely notice benefit with the fiber connection. Can you post a link to your other thread? I'm interested to see how far you got with troubleshooting. |
wratterus (105) | ||
| 1424921 | 2016-08-26 05:18:00 | Attaining the "advertised speed of Fibre" depends realistically on 3 things: 1) Your ISP 2) Your router 3) If you're cabled or WiFi on 5Ghz This is what I get every other night: imgur.com Tested to Sydney / Aus. |
Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 1424922 | 2016-08-26 05:26:00 | Can you post a link to your other thread? I'm interested to see how far you got with troubleshooting. Sure, HERE (pressf1.pcworld.co.nz) you go. |
B.M. (505) | ||
| 1424923 | 2016-08-26 05:33:00 | Attaining the "advertised speed of Fibre" depends realistically on 3 things: 1) Your ISP 2) Your router 3) If you're cabled or WiFi on 5Ghz This is what I get every other night: imgur.com Tested to Sydney / Aus. Yep, but the problem is us peasants weren't told all that prior to switching over. |
B.M. (505) | ||
| 1424924 | 2016-08-26 05:43:00 | Internet Speed be it ADSL, Cable or UFB is all dependent on the hardware and internet traffic doesn't matter which you have. Just did a speed test On Vodafone Cable, my plan is 100/10 The speed test for this time of day 4.40pm is actually damn good :) 7375 Over the last month when speaking to 3 different guys from Downer who service places here, they have all said the same thing, UFB is not as good as its cracked upto be, its more unstable than the cable I'm on and often slower. When chatting the other day, the guy said both cable and UFB are capable of going a LOT faster than being provided, but the problem is the current hardware cant handle it, and if it were increased it would cost a lot more in hardware. No ones going to get 100% top end speed all the time, since there are limiting factors out of our control, like overseas internet traffic. |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 1424925 | 2016-08-26 05:56:00 | Sure, HERE (pressf1.pcworld.co.nz) you go. So after all that, have you actually run a test from your laptop to the modem with the wireless disabled on your laptop, and everything else unplugged from the modem other than your laptop? |
wratterus (105) | ||
| 1424926 | 2016-08-26 06:21:00 | It is unfortunate that this post has been "high-jacked" by another member. It would have been preferable for that member to have started his own thread, I am sure he would have got the appropriate responses I would have liked to have known how the original member got on, or has he still got problems. |
Jedsdad (17435) | ||
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