dongle speed is about right?
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Soldato
Depends on if it's plugged in to a USB 3 or 2 port, how far they are from the router/access point, and the actual speed of their internet. Do you know if the 1.6 is megabits or megabytes? Assuming it's Steam, it'll be bytes, so that's roughly 12.8 megabits per second.
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Caporegime
Depends on many things.
I assume he's getting 1.6MB/s not 1.6Mb/s as usually downloads are in MegaBytes not Megabit.
That might be the max his internet allows, in which case an upgrade is pointless.
If his internet is much faster then its worth checking he's using a USB3 port not USB2. A dongle upgrade may help, depending on his what his router supports (no point buying a fancy dongle if he's got an ancient 2.4ghz only router).
I assume he's getting 1.6MB/s not 1.6Mb/s as usually downloads are in MegaBytes not Megabit.
That might be the max his internet allows, in which case an upgrade is pointless.
If his internet is much faster then its worth checking he's using a USB3 port not USB2. A dongle upgrade may help, depending on his what his router supports (no point buying a fancy dongle if he's got an ancient 2.4ghz only router).
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yes 1.6MB/s
3.0
150MB/s from EE
He's using the EA app, when over ethernet that get about 18MB/s(download).
about 10m but also through a floor
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Soldato
Can they use speedtest.net and see what they get from there? For 150mb that seems a tad slow.
EDIT: Might also want to check network properties to see if the adapter is connecting via 2.4 or 5GHz and at what speed too.
EDIT: Might also want to check network properties to see if the adapter is connecting via 2.4 or 5GHz and at what speed too.
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when he is plugged in 120mbps, when on the dongle and in the room the pc lives in 32mbps
Soldato
Either the PC/adapter is too far or something else is holding it back. Did you check the network properties in window to seeing the wifi status? I would imagine being 10m away with a floor in between would force it to fall back to 2.4GHz, which would end up getting around the ~32mb mark.
ill go do that now
Soldato
If you go into the network properties, you should be able to find something like this:
Bare in mind at that distance 5GHz may perform worse, but worth a try.
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that option wasn't there but when i was clicking on everything i found his Wireless Mode as set wrong, changed it to AC.
link speed went from 86Mbps to 130Mbps and it alto selected 5GHz
hes now speed testing at 65mbps, and hios game is now downloading at 11mbps no 1.6
thank you very much for the help
link speed went from 86Mbps to 130Mbps and it alto selected 5GHz
hes now speed testing at 65mbps, and hios game is now downloading at 11mbps no 1.6
thank you very much for the help
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Associate
It wouldn't matter as those AC600 Wi-Fi dongles are USB 2 only so it would be pointless to plug them into a USB 3 port since there wouldn't be any benefit in it.