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Not getting 1 gig download
Hi Guys, Ok, so here is the thing. I did search and see others have same questions, but seems that I tried disabling certain things as mentioned did not work. I have the R8500. I do get the 1 gi...
2004ep3hatch wrote:
I do get the 1 gig when I'm wired in to my iMac. I do not when I'm wireless on the 5GZ band. I get a max of about 650 down. On the 2.4, it's only like 100 down. I have no idea what's going on.
Wifi will never match wired. Its physics.
This may be a long read, but it can dispel many illusions:
Understand Wi-Fi 4/5/6 (802.11 n/ac/ad/ax)
I only have one router. If i bypass the router and plug directly into the modem, I get 1000 down fully. When i go back to wireless on the router, it's down again. I'm not tying to blame any one item.
Yes, i know 2.4 is a little slower, but 6 times slower? 600 vs 100. If you didn't want to have any valuable input, why bother answering? I was posting what I did so far. It's not like I posted up and was like, what's wrong, I didn't try anything. I attempted to see what it can be. Maybe my search is not as good as your search.
I'm not an IT engineer, i just wanted some guidance to maybe help me out. Thats all.
> I only have one router. [...]
Is yours the only router in the world to which you have access?
> [...] If i bypass the router and plug directly into the modem, I get
> 1000 down fully. [...]
And with a wired connection to the router?
> [...] I do get the 1 gig when I'm wired in to my iMac. [...]
I took that to mean that the you got the expected 1Gb/s with a wired
connection to the router. Which suggests that the source of your
complaint is somewhere in the wireless stuff, not the basic router
functions.
> [...] I'm not t[r]ying to blame any one item.
Why not? What's the point, otherwise? I thought that solving the
problem meant finding the gizmo which is causing it. What's _your_
goal?
> [...] i know 2.4 is a little slower, but 6 times slower? 600 vs 100.
> [...]
How much faster did you expect 5GHz to be? Which of us do you think
should be investing his time on that Web search?
I have no idea how fast the wireless networking (hardware, software)
in your (unspecified) "my iMac" might be, but I'm willing to believe
that the connection speed between your router and your (unspecified) "my
iMac" might depend on the capabilities of the devices at both ends of
that connection. What do you think?
> [...] If you didn't want to have any valuable input, why bother
> answering? [...]
If you didn't intend to provide any useful information about your
equipment, then why complain about the problem in the first place?
> [...] i just wanted some guidance [...]
I just asked for some basic information. Apparently neither of us
got a useful response.