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The following are the results of speed checks from different apps. Same location way different results. Why?
Google Fiber Nighthawk
Download 30Mb/s Download 190.2 Mb/s
Upload 83 Mb/s Upload 193.53 Mb/s
Xfinity Spectrum
Download 13 Mb/s Download 36 Mb/s
Upload 6.8 Mb/s Upload 83 Mb/s
Speed Check
Download 36 Mb/s
Upload 92 Mb/s
Moonndoggie wrote:
Seems like that shouldn't be too complicated. I was assuming that the apps I downloaded on my phone would do that. I guess not.
Routers are there to broadcast wifi, not to act as wireless measurement devices.
Your mobile is better designed for that. It needs to know the signal strength.
How to Measure Your Wi-Fi Signal Strength
And many more on similar lines. Google is your friend:
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Other than speeds, you gave us not much to go off.
You also demonstrate why speedtesting isn't always correct.
Are you testing over wireless?
what band?
How far from router?
what device are you testing with?
firmware on the router?
Modem/gateway you're testing with?
- I am using my Samsung phone and speed test programs that are availible online. I am 4 feet from my router in every test.
Moonndoggie wrote:
I am using my Samsung phone and speed test programs that are availible online. I am 4 feet from my router in every test.Again, shortage of useful details make it hard to understand what is going on.
What are these "speed test programs that are available online"?
Many of these rely on connecting to a server somewhere. It is anybody's guess what journey they take to get there. When I want to play with speed tests, I try a bunch of different sites and put the details into a spreadsheet.
If you want to test the speed of your Internet connection, install the Nighthawk app for your phone. This has a built in speed test that uses the link between router and the modem to measure the speed at which the modem talks to the Internet. The wifi connection just manages the test.
As it is, I find it hard to understand the numbers in your first message.
If "Nighthawk" is the Nighthawk app, you are not measuring the wifi speed. (See above.) All of the other measurements have the sort of scatter I'd expect to see with a random set of tests.
Again, if you want more feedback you should answer all of the questions from plemans. They will all effect the performance of your network.
Do you have a particular problem you are trying to fix? Or are you just playing around with seed tests? Nothing wrong with that. I do it all the time. But it is not always the best place to start with troubleshooting.
