Too many variables, need a device wired direct in to the router to find out if you are actually receiving 120mbit down and is achievable, everything else is moot until you find that out.
Righto, got my hands on a 25m cat 6 cable and can report that there is indeed 120mb coming in from the fibre.
I also got a new ac1900 adaptor which gets me approx 90mb from upstairs.
What I want to understand now, is 1) why the windows network status reports an 800mb wifi connection to the router, yet I can only get 90mb of fibre? 2) why using a surface next to the router, so 100% signal, only gets 70-90mb of the fibre connection and why an iPhone 6s that shows a 350mb connection to the router only gets 50-60mb of the fibre connection?
Does everyone with fast internet simply only make use of bandwidth over say 60mb using a wired connection?! Makes fast fibre seem pretty pointless for use with phones / tablets etc!
Surely if I can transfer a file at much greater than 120mb over my wifi network, there must be a problem / setting that needs changing in order to get the full fibre bandwidth?
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What I want to understand now, is
1) why the windows network status reports an 800mb wifi connection to the router, yet I can only get 90mb of fibre?
2) why using a surface next to the router, so 100% signal, only gets 70-90mb of the fibre connection and why an iPhone 6s that shows a 350mb connection to the router only gets 50-60mb of the fibre connection?
For the most intensive tasks, most people hard wire their fixed hardware. Like a PC, Console, Streaming/media player. That's where speed is required. For portable devices, they tend to be more a case of "fast enough" for what you use them for, which typically yes, 50mbps+ is enough for most uses.Does everyone with fast internet simply only make use of bandwidth over say 60mb using a wired connection?! Makes fast fibre seem pretty pointless for use with phones / tablets etc!
Surely if I can transfer a file at much greater than 120mb over my wifi network, there must be a problem / setting that needs changing in order to get the full fibre bandwidth?
+1Because wireless is unreliable. Its "handy" due to no wires but you are never going to get your full throughput over wireless (or home plugs) its really that simple. If you want full speed ALWAYS use a Ethernet cable. I can't tell you how many times I have said this to people on this forum. It doesn't matter if you have "AC" wireless or some fancy ass wireless router over the air = unreliable due to enviroment / weather you name it. Nothing else more to say
What I want to understand now, is 1) why the windows network status reports an 800mb wifi connection to the router, yet I can only get 90mb of fibre? 2) why using a surface next to the router, so 100% signal, only gets 70-90mb of the fibre connection and why an iPhone 6s that shows a 350mb connection to the router only gets 50-60mb of the fibre connection?
Cheesy video but quite interesting anyway.
I'd strongly encourage everyone to please write bit or byte, not just "b", as it can remove a lot of confusion.
Taking the last example above, getting 120 Mbit/s over the LAN might indicate a problem while 120 Mbyte/s is full speed for a gigabit connection. Big difference.
Also in an ideal world it's M, not m. A mbit or mbyte is a very small unit.
I'd strongly encourage everyone to please write bit or byte, not just "b", as it can remove a lot of confusion.
Taking the last example above, getting 120 Mbit/s over the LAN might indicate a problem while 120 Mbyte/s is full speed for a gigabit connection. Big difference.
Also in an ideal world it's M, not m. A mbit or mbyte is a very small unit.
Having a quick scan of this thread that's definitely the first thing that comes to mind.
OP appears to being confused at every step of the way by a basic misunderstanding of what to expect combined with a fundamental misunderstanding of the information he's looking at and trying to understand.
I don't think anyone is confused about mega bits vs mega bytes though? In my post, I specifically wrote "mbps" to mean that I was talking about mega bits per second.