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Ok, first of all I've had an internet plan for 100mbps for about two years now and my speeds looked like this:
(Results from www.speedtest.net)
Wired: Download - 92mbps , Upload - 94mbps
WiFi (using 2.4GHz): Download - 60mbps, Upload - 70mbps
Yesterday I've decided that I want an upgrade and went for 300mpbs plan.
Here are the results:
Wired Download - 280mbps, Upload - 290mbps
WiFi(using 2.4Ghz) Download - 67mbps, Upload - 80mpbs.
As you can see my wired speeds increased a lot where WiFi is almost at the same place. Why is that? Is there anything I can do about it? I've been reading about using 40Mhz,using n instead of b,g,n mixed, switching to 1,6,11 channels instead of auto and a lot more. My router supports both 2.4Ghz and 5Ghz, and yes 5Ghz is slightly faster but not a lot.
Router I'm using is TP-LINK N750. On the website they say Simultaneous 2.4GHz 300Mbps and 5GHz 450Mbps connections for 750Mbps of total available bandwidthhowever I can't see those speeds. One more thing that's weird for me is that it says speed 150mpbs when I click on my WiFi connection properties. Why is that? I'm so confused with all theese numbers and upset with theese results because I'd like to have much higher WiFi speeds with this plan.
2What device are you connecting through wifi? It may not support more than 80mb/s. You could also try to reduce the distance to the router. – SpiderPig – 2017-10-09T17:03:03.103
It's my laptop. MSI Ge62 6QF, with Intel(R) Dual Band Wireless-AC 3165 wifi card. – Deividas – 2017-10-09T17:13:45.617
That wifi card should be able to get to 300mb/s. What happens if you bring the laptop closer to the router? – SpiderPig – 2017-10-09T17:23:48.517
1At 2.4Ghz Download and Upload gets to about 85-90. At 5Ghz 105-110. – Deividas – 2017-10-09T17:26:52.490
You could try disabling 2.4GHz in the router to force your laptop to use 5GHz. – SpiderPig – 2017-10-09T17:51:24.417
I can freely connect to any one of theese two spots at any time because they are both being transmited at the same time. Despite that I've tried disabling that 2.4Ghz and leaving 5Ghz only. Speeds didn't change from last time on 5Ghz - still about a 100-105 mb/s. – Deividas – 2017-10-09T18:01:04.610
Check the task manager and see if you get a high cpu load while downloading at max speed. Updating the drivers for the wifi card might help. – SpiderPig – 2017-10-09T18:14:06.413
CPU seems to be calm, no reaction at all. I've tried updating drivers and even trying the speed on my other laptop - still the same. It seems like it's the router that causes this. Or maybe theese speeds are the cap of 802.11n protocol? That would be crazy and I have no idea why would they mention 300 and 450mb/s speeds on the website – Deividas – 2017-10-09T18:47:08.097
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The advertised speed can only be reached under optimal conditions. Your laptop's wifi card would need to have at least 3 antennas and there shouldn't be other wifi networks on the same or a neighboring channel interfering with the signal.
– SpiderPig – 2017-10-09T19:22:51.007It turns out my laptop has only one antenna that caps it's speed on 150mb/s :/ – Deividas – 2017-10-09T19:50:54.557
1It was clear from before that your Internet speed wasn't the limit on your WiFi access speed but that the WiFi speed was. – David Schwartz – 2017-10-09T23:13:44.600