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onis
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Hi,
Just doing some testing on my new 5G connection, my Macbook pro is getting a download speed of around 450Mbps/100Mbps up and my Win11 machine on the same desk is getting 250Mbps/70Mbps.

The Mac is only on wifi5- 802.11ac with a link seed of 585Mbps and the windows 11 machine is working on wifi6 802.11ax with a connection seed of 750Mbps............and I have no idea why it would be this much slower on a PC with much higer specs?

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Are you using integrated wifi or a card?

I hit 700W on an i5 with a NHD15

Also I'm 14 so please just confirm anything I say with someone more experienced

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Hi, i'm using the intergrated chip on my mobo, Intel(R) Wi-Fi 6 AX200 160MHz, with 2 wifi antennae.

 

I have seen speeds on this PC before of over 350mbps, so just cant figure out why its so slow now, and the lesser spec'd macbook is 200mbps faster??

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On 3/29/2023 at 7:40 AM, onis said:

Hi,
Just doing some testing on my new 5G connection, my Macbook pro is getting a download speed of around 450Mbps/100Mbps up and my Win11 machine on the same desk is getting 250Mbps/70Mbps.

The Mac is only on wifi5- 802.11ac with a link seed of 585Mbps and the windows 11 machine is working on wifi6 802.11ax with a connection seed of 750Mbps............and I have no idea why it would be this much slower on a PC with much higer specs?

probably either the quality of the modem chipset, or the bandwidth that they are connected at. (my vague guess)

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39 minutes ago, Block0 said:

probably either the quality of the modem chipset, or the bandwidth that they are connected at. (my vague guess)

I agree, chipset differences such as TX power on the chipset is definitely a possibility.

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On 3/29/2023 at 3:40 PM, onis said:

Hi,
Just doing some testing on my new 5G connection, my Macbook pro is getting a download speed of around 450Mbps/100Mbps up and my Win11 machine on the same desk is getting 250Mbps/70Mbps.

The Mac is only on wifi5- 802.11ac with a link seed of 585Mbps and the windows 11 machine is working on wifi6 802.11ax with a connection seed of 750Mbps............and I have no idea why it would be this much slower on a PC with much higer specs?

I've noticed weird things on Windows too, such as needing a 160Mhz channel to get the same speed as my phone can do on 80Mhz.

Router:  Intel N100 (pfSense) WiFi6: Zyxel NWA210AX (1.7Gbit peak at 160Mhz)
WiFi5: Ubiquiti NanoHD OpenWRT (~500Mbit at 80Mhz) Switches: Netgear MS510TXUP, MS510TXPP, GS110EMX
ISPs: Zen Full Fibre 900 (~930Mbit down, 115Mbit up) + Three 5G (~800Mbit down, 115Mbit up)
Upgrading Laptop/Desktop CNVIo WiFi 5 cards to PCIe WiFi6e/7

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