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Speed test limited to 500 Mbps?
I have a DOCSIS3.1-Connection and have one RBR50 and two satellites connected to a FritzBox 6591. While doing a manual speed test e.g. via speedtest.computerbild.de i often get speeds of above 950 Mb...
What a lot of users do not consider is that Network WiFi speeds are inherantly slower than Network Cabled speeds.
On a 1 Gig internet input speed into a modem, (That comes in on cable, BTW), a wired output of that Modem should be right at the input speed. But once that wired signal goes into the WiFi router and gets propogated at 2.4G or at 5G it's speed is typically 1/2 the input speed for the conversion to WiFi.
additude wrote:
What a lot of users do not consider is that Network WiFi speeds are inherantly slower than Network Cabled speeds.
Both the Orbi App and the Nighthawk App are, just like the one in the Orbi QoS settings (unless this has changed for Orbi) are doing a speed test between the router (resp primary access point) of the Orbi system to the typically wired cable modem/ONT/whatever ISP uplink.
gr8sho wrote:
What he was trying to say was the device used for the test matters. An iPhone best case gets an 866Mbps link speed but in practice will see a lesser effective rate. If doing the test using a wired connected client, should get full speed.
Even if controlled by a mobile App ... again, the SpeedTest client is run on the Orbi router, so all wired.
