Ethernet speed VERY slow

[JAC]

@phenomlab said in Ethernet speed VERY slow:

@JAC is the speed consistent across these devices completed to your phone in the same location ? What speeds do you get from the laptop on wireless and on wired ?

Speeds can vary as we know. So I’m currently getting around 350mbps to the mobile phone, something which is probably at its limit so I can’t complain with that.

It appeared to be on the laptop in the top room where I had the issues, and was getting sometimes 13mbps through wireless and even less with ethernet plugged in.

I have just got the second wifi pod through the door so I’ll test it when I can mate to see if it’s any better .

[phenomlab]

@JAC Sorry for digging up a really old topic, but I wanted to come back here and post my experiences with exactly the same issue. I too started suffering signal drops, slow internet connection, and varying accessibility during the course of the day.

The bottom line here is that it’s the Virgin Media Hub which is the bottleneck. Simply put, it’s sh*t

I landed up replacing this with a Linksys Mesh router (shown below)

https://www.linksys.com/gb/dual-band-ax1800-mesh-wifi-6-router/MR7350-UK.html

This was ok for the most part, although the ability to configure at a granular level was lacking somewhat - as was the SPI firewall, which really wasn’t up to scratch in my view. However, with some minor modifications, and the disabling of UPNP support, the product was usable, and did what I needed - and, I had good speeds. However, this didn’t last. This new router rebooted itself frequently, and dropped connections

After speaking first to Linksys (who were actually useless), I got onto Amazon and said I wanted a refund. They didn’t push back at all, and after they’d received the router back, they refunded me in full.

Obviously, I needed another router. After some research, I went for this one.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B09VPTT9GY?psc=1&ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details

There’s a good saving currently on this specific model (33%), and whilst I’m not a huge fan of TP-Link, I did change my mind after setting it up. it does everything I want, covers my whole house (and outside for that fact), and most importantly, it has not dropped a connection since it was installed. I’m getting the full available bandwidth at both 2.5Ghz and 5Ghz as I’d expect.

Highly recommended if you don’t want to spend a small fortune, but still desire a level of quality.

[JAC]

I have a 1gbps powerline adapter that I’ve used previously to plug into the back of the Nvidia Shield.

Would there be any reason why this pulls in worse speeds than the WiFi alone?

Thanks in advance.

[phenomlab]

@JAC If I recall correctly, the nVidia shield you have has a hard coded 100Mbps port, so will never get the full 1Gbps.

[JAC]

@phenomlab I believe the newer models allow 1 Gig, which looks to be my model.

https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/shield/shield-tv-pro/

[phenomlab]

@JAC Yes, that does seem to be the case.

Did you recently upgrade?

[JAC]

@phenomlab No, this is the product I got a few years ago. Plus I have got over 100mbps on the WiFi so it must allow that. .

Strangely though when I used the Ethernet adapters it didn’t seem to work, probably 20mbps at best.

Maybe I got a dud one .

[phenomlab]

@JAC the apater could be hard coded to 100Mbps in the settings. Check and see if this is the case. In any event, it should be set to auto.

[JAC]

@phenomlab Thanks Mark,

I’ll check this out tomorrow.

[JAC]

Looks like this is what I have: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/TL-PA4010-Powerline-Adapter-Kit-AV600-Twin-Pack-/112240308642?nma=true&si=ju3qLkt6jijFdWSJDnwf8BoUbzI%253D&orig_cvip=true&nordt=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557

[phenomlab]

@JAC this specific adapter is capable of 600Mbps, so should be fine - but won’t give you 1Gbps on the shield because the speed is being capped.

Did you check the interface speed on the device itself?

[JAC]

@phenomlab I’ve not checked but I do remember the 100mbps adapters that I have being better so you’re probably right, although what I would say is it was only showing speeds of about 20mpbs last time. Would this depend on where the WiFi box is located? 🥺.

[phenomlab]

@JAC Yes, it would, but I thought that we had them wired last time because of this?

[JAC]

@phenomlab I did mate you’re right but still only got a speed of 20mbps.

[phenomlab]

@JAC what we need to do is eliminate the power line adapters. Can you bring the unit downstairs and plug it directly into the back of the hub and a what connection speed you get?

[JAC]

@phenomlab yes pal, I’ll do this tomorrow and take some pictures.

[phenomlab]

@JAC Thanks

[JAC]

Apologies for the huge delay Mark, I’ll look to do this later and update the thread.

[phenomlab]

@JAC No problems.

[JAC]

Ok, so the results are in…

160mbps with WiFi (close to router) very slow speeds in my opinion?

And 111mbps with ethernet cable direct from router.