Wifi question

[puddy]

I apologize if this is a redundant topic.  I checked the forums and didn't see a related thread.

 

I am paying for 60mbps down and 5mbps up from my cable ISP.

I did multiple speed tests with the R1 early this morning when no one else in the house was accessing the internet but me.

Consistently got 55-60mbps down with a cat5 cable from the R1 to my iMac.

Immediately disconnected the cable and did multiple wifi tests (from the same three testing sites) and only got between 35-45mbps down.  Uploads were all around 5.

That seems like lower download speeds than I should get from wifi given that my R1 was receiving right at 60.

Am I wrong?

 

Bob

 

[Netduma Crossy]

Wifi generally always gives lower speeds. You could try using AC APs if you wanted to maintain a higher speed around the house.

[puddy]

I understand about adding an upgraded access point.  Just thought that a 15-20mbps loss with wifi was a bit extreme.

[Zennon]

Its normal , i get 54Mbps and I have just ran a wifi speed test and got 25Mbps , this happens on both my routers.

 

Wifi is just for my phone, I would trust it for anything else.

[puddy]

Yeah, right now my PS4 is the only component in the house that is wired to the R1.  Everything else is using wifi.

[Zennon]

Nice , gaming has to be

[Netduma Fraser]

As the others have explained, that is to be expected, we would always recommend gaming wired so glad to hear you're doing that  

[puddy]

Thanks guys.  I appreciate the info.  My PS4 is always wired so I'm good there.  I was just surprised to learn that you typically lose so much bandwidth on wifi.  I figured maybe 5-10mbps.  I know there are a lot of factors that can affect it, so it appears to be pretty much a crapshoot.

Thanks again.