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I've recently upgraded from a 10mb download speed con to 15 mb.
When i have 10 mb wifi was just fine and i was downloading over wifi at 1.1MB/s.
Now when on 15mb plan, some how my wifi speed have decreased dramatically and i only get around 400k/sec while downloading over wifi.
When connected to ethernet cable it works just fine at 1.7MB/s.
My router is Asus 604g.
How come that after upgrading my plan my wifi speed got slower?
Thanks!
I assume the line from the ISP may have a fault - I suggest you try a continuous ping from your computer to an external IP like 8.8.8.8 and see how many packets are dropped. – Dave – 2012-09-13T14:16:32.340
i just did, none were lost, although time of ping did change from 85ms to ~300ms – Nadav – 2012-09-13T14:20:46.637
If you want to troubleshoot this properly, you need to use a controlled download, preferably on your LAN. WiFi speed has nothing to do with equipment outside of your home/office. When you switched services, did you switch wifi equipment? – horatio – 2012-09-13T14:23:12.703
It depends on where you are in the world, but from the UK it takes ~23. It sounds like there is a fault on your line. I would also do a tracert 8.8.8.8 to see if you can see a jump on the hops at a certain point. Not very reliable but on occasions conclusive. – Dave – 2012-09-13T14:23:57.180
Or, your new service means you no longer have a prioritized line? – Dave – 2012-09-13T14:24:34.573
first it is the same ISP and the same equipment. I think it is problem at ISP side since as we are talking i tried again on wireless and now i get around 1MB on the download speed.. it changes every couple mins.. thanks guys – Nadav – 2012-09-13T14:27:27.270
ah - remember most ISP's say that a new service or upgrade can take up to a week for 'the line to settle' – Dave – 2012-09-13T14:29:59.900
There is a chance it is also something environmental - like a neighbor put up a new access point on the same channel as your wifi, and it just so happened to coincide with changing ISP/services. What does your latency look like while pinging your default gateway? are they other computers on your LAN you can do a bandwidth test between as well? – Goyuix – 2012-09-13T14:42:23.087
Nadav, by "15mb plan" do you mean 15 MB/s or 15 Mb/s? – user1686 – 2012-09-13T16:49:25.107