Wired UP moves slowly but WIFI UP is super quick
Wired UP moves slowly but WIFI UP is super quick
I use Centrylink Fiber Internet with 1GIG speeds going both ways. I can get about 600 Mbps on my Wi-Fi devices, which is good. However, my wired computers only get around 2.8 to 3.5 Mbps up. That feels really slow. Even when I plugged my laptops straight into the router via Ethernet (using Mac and PC), it was still the same problem. I tried many different wires and they didn't fix anything.
I used a small EERO device as both modem and router, logging in directly with PPOE to get internet. When I talked to their support team, they were confused. We unplugged that little EERO and connected my original ISP's modem and router instead. After testing again on the old setup, the problem stayed fast on Wi-Fi but was still slow on the wired laptop connection (nothing else was plugged into Wi-Fi at the time).
I called their support team, and they were pretty dismissive. They didn't really listen to my complaints. They just told me to get a new modem and router from them. I'm not sure if that will help or if it will make things worse. My main question is: anyone else have any ideas? What should my ISP look at when I call back? Why is Wi-Fi so fast while wired speeds are this crazy slow single digits?
There are no VPNs up and running right now. I saw this happen recently, and it stopped things like my remote desktop connection from working smoothly while I'm gone or when I need things to upload. It's because of that that I decided to run a few speed tests.
Because my wifi works well, and I got 600mbps on the internet, it means your connection and router are probably fine. It's unlikely that there is a problem with the ethernet port on the router. This leaves just the PC. Most likely this is some weird software running on the PC. The most common one is called "gamer" stuff you find when buying motherboards or video cards. I would uninstall any programs that make certain traffic get special priority. A common name for these is CFOSspeed. You could check if your drivers are up to date from the website of the chip maker for the ethernet port. Maybe some windows updates installed a generic version instead of the real one. If you have another computer that can use wired connection, I would first try copying a simple file both sending and receiving data and see if it works like that. You can look at the speed numbers in the network tab of the resource monitor. Be careful because sometimes values are written as bytes per second while others write them as bits per second. If this isn't affected, then I think the problem is with your browser. There are a few other things you could try. You might load an old version of programs called IPERF. This is simpler than copying files and only checks the drivers but it does not care about disk speed or memory or CPU power. For IPERF, you need two ethernet connected computers for the best test results.