Vivid 200 VM upgrade slow?

GingaMilla

GingaMilla

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Hi everyone I am having some problems and just wondering if anyone is able to help me out here?

- Internet upgraded from 50mb to 200mb on the 23/12/2015. Also got a new modem(Superhub 2).

- Max speed's we are getting both on 2G and 5G are 60mbs. (Highest I have had was around 77mb). We are now only getting roughly 25mb download for the last few days.

- Upload speed is always 12mb(this never goes down).

- I know that we not guaranteed to get anything close to 200mb but I thought we'd least get 150mb>

- Will I need a better wireless card in my PC that supports 5G and also that can transfer more data?

- Any other reasons why I am getting such low speeds?

Also any help on a suggest wireless card would be much appreciated!
 
This is what you need.

Wireless is just too dependant on so many variables. Electrical noise from ring mains in the house appliances. People nearby with wireless CCTV cameras or other wireless networks, Baby monitors and so many other things effect wifi.

That said a decent wifi card and ROUTER will help you our enormously. I would ditch the Superhub straight away. That simply wont achieve what you are after. look at some of the Asus routers RT-A66U will poke out the power levels and speed you need to make this work. The trouble is with the free routers ISP's kick out is they are exactly that Free and generally no good on the wireless side they are fine for your ipad etc but not desktop PC level networking.

Seriously run a cable its a pain i know i lifted all my floor boards and up in the loft etc but every thing than can be hard wired is and its cheap to do a 300m box of cable cost me £35 and the connectors and crimping tool another tenner or so. makes your NAS storage lightning quick if you have that too.

you will need to spend £100-150 to do what you want in wireless unless its in the same room.




My basket at Overclockers UK:

Total: £21.01
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Firstly test speed using a wired connection direct to the hub, anything else is a waste of time. If you get close to line speed then the issue is the wifi connection and not the WAN connection. The SH2 (while better than the SH1) is still poor, if you want better speed use a decent AP or put it in modem only mode and buy a real router.

If you pay £21.01 for a 30m RJ45 lead you're on drugs, it doesn't need to be CAT6 for starters.
 
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Avalon said:
Firstly test speed using a wired connection direct to the hub, anything else is a waste of time. If you get close to line speed then the issue is the wifi connection and not the WAN connection. The SH2 (while better than the SH1) is still poor, if you want better speed use a decent AP or put it in modem only mode and buy a real router.

If you pay £21.01 for a 30m RJ45 lead you're on drugs, it doesn't need to be CAT6 for starters.
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Honestly not sure what all the hate on SH2 is. I have the 150 Meg fiber and haven't had any issues. Speedtest.net reports 155 Meg for both wireless and wired connections - wired is obv. more reliable.

Granted, I'm aware the SH2 doesn't have all the features of other routers, but for achieving speeds it's fine.

For wireless I purchased https://www.overclockers.co.uk/asus-usb-n53-wireless-n-network-adapter-nw-044-as.html - which gave me full speed on my older PC.
 
suarve said:
Honestly not sure what all the hate on SH2 is. I have the 150 Meg fiber and haven't had any issues. Speedtest.net reports 155 Meg for both wireless and wired connections - wired is obv. more reliable.

Granted, I'm aware the SH2 doesn't have all the features of other routers, but for achieving speeds it's fine.

For wireless I purchased https://www.overclockers.co.uk/asus-usb-n53-wireless-n-network-adapter-nw-044-as.html - which gave me full speed on my older PC.
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You don't have fiber, you have cable, it's a DOCSIS 3 network running over fiber to the bomb in the pit, you then have copper to the DP and then into the property - ideally to the isolation plate but they're not usually installed anymore.

The SH2 like the HH5 and SR102 is a flawed product, it's better than the SH1(T) as it was often known, but it's not designed to be anything more than barely functional and tick the boxes for marketing purposes. If you live in the same room as the hub it's probably OK, beyond that range and dropping devices are well documented. if you expect decent wifi coverage from it you will be dissapointed. If you expect stability from it then it's better than it was, but the phrase 'unfit for purpose' has been used to describe it till VM fixed some of its more glaring flaws.
 
Avalon said:
You don't have fiber, you have cable, it's a DOCSIS 3 network running over fiber to the bomb in the pit, you then have copper to the DP and then into the property - ideally to the isolation plate but they're not usually installed anymore.

The SH2 like the HH5 and SR102 is a flawed product, it's better than the SH1(T) as it was often known, but it's not designed to be anything more than barely functional and tick the boxes for marketing purposes. If you live in the same room as the hub it's probably OK, beyond that range and dropping devices are well documented. if you expect decent wifi coverage from it you will be dissapointed. If you expect stability from it then it's better than it was, but the phrase 'unfit for purpose' has been used to describe it till VM fixed some of its more glaring flaws.
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No idea what some of those acronyms mean :)

I'd hardly say it's a flawed product from my experience. The SH2 is downstairs - wireless is absolutely rock solid all around the house and even at the bottom of the garden. In the summer I used to stream Netflix on my Ipad without issue. If the SH2 was flawed in the past, I'm definitely using a patched/updated version.

Anyway, each to their own I guess.
 
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