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YT2002
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Today I got the NBN, Australia's Fiber network. I went on speed test, I had gotten 100/40. BUt when I went on speed test I got 40/4. Is this because of my router, it is just the one the ISP gave me. I thought it would be fine, the router is N300 speeds and my Wi-Fi card is AC600. I dont think that would bottleneck my speed as my connection is 100/40

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are you using wifi or wired?

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are you using wifi or wired?

Wi-Fi

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Wi-Fi

Try wired.

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no wireless can go up to 100Mbps yet (or so far I know)

even AC rarely can reach that, only few with 5Ghz band could peak at that point.

 

go wired, or upgrade your network and that will cost you about hundreds more bucks if not more.

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Try wired.

 

no wireless can go up to 100Mbps yet (or so far I know)

even AC rarely can reach that, only few with 5Ghz band could peak at that point.

 

go wired, or upgrade your network and that will cost you about hundreds more bucks if not more

This means I have to go powerline right? I can't put any jacks in my wall

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no wireless can go up to 100Mbps yet (or so far I know)

even AC rarely can reach that, only few with 5Ghz band could peak at that point.

 

go wired, or upgrade your network and that will cost you about hundreds more bucks if not more.

Weird, my mum's iPad can get well over 100Mbps

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powerline at best it will perform 200mbps in/out

worst sceneraio it will perform just like your wifi.

 

 

it's kinda hit and miss to measure with mobile devices

 

does your wifi card running on 5Ghz band?

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This means I have to go powerline right? I can't put any jacks in my wall

is your modem not jacked in the wall, if it is you just run a cat6 cable from modem to your PC.

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WiFi

N150 - 35Mbps

N300/600 - 70Mbps

AC1200 - 200Mbps

AC1900 - 450Mbps

AC2600/3200/5300 etc - 450Mbps but with less slowdown when you add more devices

 

Powerline

AV200 - 40Mbps

AV500 - 70Mbps

AV600/1200/2000 - 130-200Mbps

 

Ethernet

.... more or less what it says on the box

 

 

The speed you get will be determined by the lowest spec device in the link. Or with WiFi the lowest spec of any one band. For example with your situation N300 is generally 2Ghz only but "AC600" is dual band. Worked out by having 450 on 5Ghz and 150 on 2.4Ghz. So your pair of devices are running at N150 speeds. As opposed to your Mum's iPad which is getting the full N300 spec. 

 

edit: @YT2002 I'll make it easy for you given that you're an Australian. If my brother was in your position I'd suggest he'd walk into his closest JBs and grab these two items:

- https://www.jbhifi.com.au/computers-tablets/networking/d-link/d-link-dwa-182-wireless-ac1200-dual-band-usb-adapter/424847/

- https://www.jbhifi.com.au/computers-tablets/networking/d-link/d-link-ac1200-wireless-dual-band-gigabit-range-extender/511964/

 

First one is a better NIC for your PC, should more than do the trick. There's also a Netgear one that has a bigger antennae but it's another $10. The other one is a "range extender" but I wouldn't use it as a range extender. I have one myself and use it as an access point. Haven't had any issues with it at all. There are probably better access points on the market and probably better NICs but that combo should be good enough. Also far easier to get a hold of than something by Ubiquiti.

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no wireless can go up to 100Mbps yet (or so far I know)

even AC rarely can reach that, only few with 5Ghz band could peak at that point.

go wired, or upgrade your network and that will cost you about hundreds more bucks if not more.

That's not true at all...

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WiFi

N150 - 35Mbps

N300/600 - 70Mbps

AC1200 - 200Mbps

AC1900 - 450Mbps

AC2600/3200/5300 etc - 450Mbps but with less slowdown when you add more devices

 

Powerline

AV200 - 40Mbps

AV500 - 70Mbps

AV600/1200/2000 - 130-200Mbps

 

Ethernet

.... more or less what it says on the box

 

 

The speed you get will be determined by the lowest spec device in the link. Or with WiFi the lowest spec of any one band. For example with your situation N300 is generally 2Ghz only but "AC600" is dual band. Worked out by having 450 on 5Ghz and 150 on 2.4Ghz. So your pair of devices are running at N150 speeds. As opposed to your Mum's iPad which is getting the full N300 spec. 

 

edit: @YT2002 I'll make it easy for you given that you're an Australian. If my brother was in your position I'd suggest he'd walk into his closest JBs and grab these two items:

- https://www.jbhifi.com.au/computers-tablets/networking/d-link/d-link-dwa-182-wireless-ac1200-dual-band-usb-adapter/424847/

- https://www.jbhifi.com.au/computers-tablets/networking/d-link/d-link-ac1200-wireless-dual-band-gigabit-range-extender/511964/

 

First one is a better NIC for your PC, should more than do the trick. There's also a Netgear one that has a bigger antennae but it's another $10. The other one is a "range extender" but I wouldn't use it as a range extender. I have one myself and use it as an access point. Haven't had any issues with it at all. There are probably better access points on the market and probably better NICs but that combo should be good enough. Also far easier to get a hold of than something by Ubiquiti.

Eh, I'll probably get a powerline adapter, much cheaper. Thanks though

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