Average speeds

[AzrealNoctis]

Out of curiosity, what would be the average speeds one should expect to get over Ethernet and wifi from a 200mbps plan?

[r2724r16]

Depends on many factors. Ethernet speeds should be close to advertised (I have a 1Gbps Internet connection and I get ~900Mbps). Wi-Fi speeds vary greatly depending on your position from your access point or router.

[AzrealNoctis]

18 minutes ago, r2724r16 said:

Depends on many factors. Ethernet speeds should be close to advertised (I have a 1Gbps Internet connection and I get ~900Mbps). Wi-Fi speeds vary greatly depending on your position from your access point or router.

Ok then, so my mother currently has a 200 Mbps plan and over Ethernet I only get a Max of around 60 Mbps, why might that be?

 

Edit: scratch that, only over small downloads do I get that high, downloading jc3 at an average of 40 mbps

[Escapenz]

Most likely a server issue, may have high load on it. 

[AzrealNoctis]

1 minute ago, Escapenz said:

Most likely a server issue, may have high load on it. 

Possibly, but it's been like this for a few months now

[Escapenz]

25 minutes ago, AzrealNoctis said:

Possibly, but it's been like this for a few months now

Mine is the same tho, I have 1gbps speeds and for the most part use half of it. Now and then as i change servers ill make it out but not to often. Tho can call your ISP and talk with them or look at upgrading hardware and see if it helps. 

[Naterr]

You literally opened an entire world of issues. MOST likely this is a server issue, whereas they limit the speeds to download. 

Go to speedtest.net and run a test to see what your download speed is there, don't base it off of game server.

[BlackManINC]

15 hours ago, AzrealNoctis said:

Out of curiosity, what would be the average speeds one should expect to get over Ethernet and wifi from a 200mbps plan?

Well if you are paying for 200mbps and you aren't actually getting that much, then you should have a chat with your service provider, because you are getting ripped off. You should also talk to your mother about upgrading your plan to 300mbps as well. For instance, if you go to Comcast's website in the link below, they will tell you that for certain activities like online gaming, they consider 300mbps the minimum. 

 

Link: Internet Service Plans from Comcast

[AzrealNoctis]

4 hours ago, BlackManINC said:

Well if you are paying for 200mbps and you aren't actually getting that much, then you should have a chat with your service provider, because you are getting ripped off. You should also talk to your mother about upgrading your plan to 300mbps as well. For instance, if you go to Comcast's website in the link below, they will tell you that for certain activities like online gaming, they consider 300mbps the minimum. 

 

Link: Internet Service Plans from Comcast

Im 99 percent sure I'm not going to be able to talk her into upgrading the internet speed, it took me like 2 years just to get her to upgrade from like 50mbps to 200, I'm planning on ordering a nighthawk router that is more appropriate for the large house I live in and we'll see how that works out, as it stands we have this old linksys e1550 that was bought back when we still lived in a apartment.

[BlackManINC]

52 minutes ago, AzrealNoctis said:

Im 99 percent sure I'm not going to be able to talk her into upgrading the internet speed, it took me like 2 years just to get her to upgrade from like 50mbps to 200, I'm planning on ordering a nighthawk router that is more appropriate for the large house I live in and we'll see how that works out, as it stands we have this old linksys e1550 that was bought back when we still lived in a apartment.

 Well, did you test your connection speed as others suggested with websites like the one below? It should show that you are getting the service you are paying for at 200mbps. It might even exceed it if your connection is that good. Whatever the case may be, I'd do whatever it takes to convince her that 300mbps is the way to go. If Comcast is saying 300 is the minimum for online gaming, they are saying it for good reason. If you are using wifi, you should try using the 5Ghz band if you aren't already. You might have to get a usb adapter to use it if your computers NIC adapter won't let you. 5GHz is preferred over 2.4 for gaming. 

 

link: https://www.speedtest.net/

[beersykins]

 

53 minutes ago, AzrealNoctis said:

we have this old linksys e1550 that was bought back when we still lived in a apartment.

Problem identified.

[AzrealNoctis]

17 minutes ago, beersykins said:

 

Problem identified.

Yep, figured it was probably the router that was the bottleneck

[Alex Atkin UK]

1 hour ago, AzrealNoctis said:

Yep, figured it was probably the router that was the bottleneck

A quick Google suggests you're lucky its getting over 30Mbit.   It only has 100Mbit ports which is never a good sign either.

That new router is going to be quite an upgrade.