UK_Wildcats_Fans Posted October 30, 2015 Posted October 30, 2015 I am a Time Warner customer, which I pay for 50Mb/5Mb internet speeds. I have the R1 router wired to the TW modem. I did some speed tests using my laptop (Dell XPS 17) just to see the difference. Congestion control is set to 100%. Wifi workaround is disabled. I went through various wifi channels and found the fastest (Ch 9). I am using my laptop that is located 1 foot from the R1 router. I used the speedtest website to test the speeds with the laptop hard wired and wireless connections to the R1. Wired: 60Mb down and 4.8Mb up (excited to see beyond the 50) Wireless: 30Mb down and 4.8Mb up I was really surprised to see that much of a difference (50% slower). I do have all kinds of wireless devices (phone, tablet, Verizon Network Extender) in the house and fairly near to the R1. I live in a single story home with neighbors fairly close (but not too close). Is this type of speed drop expectable for wifi vs wired? I am just curious.
r8rs4lf Posted October 30, 2015 Posted October 30, 2015 I don't believe I've had that kind of loss, but then again my wifi works great so I have no need to test it all the time. Can someone explain what the wifi work around does? I have that checked.
lukasz Posted October 30, 2015 Posted October 30, 2015 Well just remeber that this is 2.4 GGhz. You would never have that 60+ on this connection. My max I got from net duma was roughly 40. You can see that the upload was not effected. This is a hardware limitation.
Netduma Staff Netduma Crossy Posted October 30, 2015 Netduma Staff Posted October 30, 2015 Can someone explain what the wifi work around does? I have that checked. I think Wifi workaround was designed to help in congested Wifi networks.
Administrators Netduma Fraser Posted October 30, 2015 Administrators Posted October 30, 2015 You mention you went through the wifi channels, did you use an analyser to find the best channel or just keep changing/speedtesting? Reset distribution before testing. Try different speed test servers also
UK_Wildcats_Fans Posted October 30, 2015 Author Posted October 30, 2015 Well just remeber that this is 2.4 GGhz. You would never have that 60+ on this connection. My max I got from net duma was roughly 40. You can see that the upload was not effected. This is a hardware limitation. Thank you. I know that there is a hardware and RF limitation and expected the upload to not be affected. I just did not know how much of a reduction to expect in the download. You mention you went through the wifi channels, did you use an analyser to find the best channel or just keep changing/speedtesting? Reset distribution before testing. Try different speed test servers also I thought about using an analyzer, but just decided to test each channel individually. For San Diego, there are 3 servers that I could choice to use for speedtest. I tried all 3 in the beginning to see if I got different results (wired and not wired). There is only a slight difference between them. Why would the distribution matter if I am testing the wired and wireless with the exact same settings? I did ensure that none of the other devices on the network were being used while testing. I even turned off the cable box. I understand that there are limitations when using wifi vs wired and that I will have a slower connection. I am just wondering how much of a drop in speed should be expected.
fuzzy clam Posted October 30, 2015 Posted October 30, 2015 You will find that the amount of loss you have is not predictable,sometimes very little loss sometimes huge loss. But I would be more concerned with the amount of jitter your getting wireless
lukasz Posted October 30, 2015 Posted October 30, 2015 I have done some research using google....lol its seems that the speeds people get on different routers using 2.4 Ghz its anything form 20 to 35 so I think nothing wrong here.
Administrators Netduma Fraser Posted October 31, 2015 Administrators Posted October 31, 2015 Thank you. I know that there is a hardware and RF limitation and expected the upload to not be affected. I just did not know how much of a reduction to expect in the download. I thought about using an analyzer, but just decided to test each channel individually. For San Diego, there are 3 servers that I could choice to use for speedtest. I tried all 3 in the beginning to see if I got different results (wired and not wired). There is only a slight difference between them. Why would the distribution matter if I am testing the wired and wireless with the exact same settings? I did ensure that none of the other devices on the network were being used while testing. I even turned off the cable box. I understand that there are limitations when using wifi vs wired and that I will have a slower connection. I am just wondering how much of a drop in speed should be expected. It could be a good idea to use an analyser as you have no idea how many people in your area are on a particular channel. It's always good to reset that before testing as it does help when people have been having issues. lukasz answers that above
UK_Wildcats_Fans Posted October 31, 2015 Author Posted October 31, 2015 Thanks everyone. I used the wifi analyzer. The only channels close to me are around channel 1 to 3, but they are very low signals. I am using channel 9. I did reset the modem and router before I started the speed tests.
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