How to get full speed

[migeo]

This tuesday, I had an internet upgrade at my house and I now have 220 Mb/s download and 30 Mb/s upload. My computer is connected by ethernet (cat 6) to a Linksys EA6400 AC1600 router. I haven't been able to have the full 220 Mb/s and the fastest download speed I was able to achieve on speedtest is 98 Mb/s. I know next to nothing about networking and I'm wondering what I'm missing to actually experience the full speed. Thanks.

[BlueChinchillaEatingDorito]

I assume your computer has gigabit Ethernet instead of 10/100 right? 

[migeo]

yep. Gigabit LAN 10/100/1000 Mb/s  <-- from specifications of my mobo

[Mira Yurizaki]

You also shouldn't expect the advertised speed, but that's also really low for it.

[jj9987]

Most likely cause - some part(s) of the path from your computer to the WAN is 100Mbps. If it is not the router or the PC, it is one of the cables.

[migeo]

Just now, M.Yurizaki said:

You also shouldn't expect the advertised speed, but that's also really low for it.

I know that's why I'm asking

[Tiwaz]

6 minutes ago, migeo said:

This tuesday, I had an internet upgrade at my house and I now have 220 Mb/s download and 30 Mb/s upload. My computer is connected by ethernet (cat 6) to a Linksys EA6400 AC1600 router. I haven't been able to have the full 220 Mb/s and the fastest download speed I was able to achieve on speedtest is 98 Mb/s. I know next to nothing about networking and I'm wondering what I'm missing to actually experience the full speed. Thanks.

might be the lan ethernet connector or the provider, often those speed specs are best case scenarios and the speed you actually have depends on how many people around also use the internet at the moment

[migeo]

Just now, Tiwaz said:

might be the lan ethernet connector or the provider, often those speed specs are best case scenarios and the speed you actually have depends on how many people around also use the internet at the moment

The thing is I did the speed test when there was nobody home. That's why I found it really low

[Oshino Shinobu]

Have you tested with other devices to see if they're getting better speeds? 

 

I'd also check your link to your router to make sure it is actually running at 1Gbps. If you check the speed and duplex settings for your NIC, you should be able to set it manually to 1Gbps. If it refuses to work or the option is not there, it's likely a hardware issue, most likely the cable. 

[Mira Yurizaki]

You could test the network itself by transferring files between two computers as a sanity check.

[migeo]

Just now, M.Yurizaki said:

You could test the network itself by transferring files between two computers as a sanity check.

I'll try once I'm home

[Tiwaz]

16 minutes ago, migeo said:

The thing is I did the speed test when there was nobody home. That's why I found it really low

i meant other people in your area, like people in the same street as you since htey are all connect to that internet line that yours goes through as well.

[BlueChinchillaEatingDorito]

How's the speed via WiFi? Have you tested? There's a Ookla Speedtest app for both Android and iOS.

[Donut417]

2 hours ago, migeo said:

This tuesday, I had an internet upgrade at my house and I now have 220 Mb/s download and 30 Mb/s upload. My computer is connected by ethernet (cat 6) to a Linksys EA6400 AC1600 router. I haven't been able to have the full 220 Mb/s and the fastest download speed I was able to achieve on speedtest is 98 Mb/s. I know next to nothing about networking and I'm wondering what I'm missing to actually experience the full speed. Thanks.

Im guessing your on Cable Internet. If thats the case, you could have signal issues, be on a congested node, or they sent the wrong config file to your modem. The config file tells the modem what speeds to operate at. 

 

 

[migeo]

1 hour ago, BlueChinchillaEatingDorito said:

How's the speed via WiFi? Have you tested? There's a Ookla Speedtest app for both Android and iOS.

Wifi 5ghz, in the room with weakest signal, I get 134.65 Mb/s. Much better than ethernet. That's why I'm like wtf

 

39 minutes ago, Donut417 said:

Im guessing your on Cable Internet. If thats the case, you could have signal issues, be on a congested node, or they sent the wrong config file to your modem. The config file tells the modem what speeds to operate at. 

 

 

Nope wifi on 5ghz is 134.64Mb/s

 

3 hours ago, Tiwaz said:

i meant other people in your area, like people in the same street as you since htey are all connect to that internet line that yours goes through as well.

I understand what you mean. I really do suck with everything that's networking. Bear with me

[BlueChinchillaEatingDorito]

8 minutes ago, migeo said:

Wifi 5ghz, in the room with weakest signal, I get 134.65 Mb/s. Much better than ethernet. That's why I'm like wtf

 

Nope wifi on 5ghz is 134.64Mb/s

 

I understand what you mean. I really do suck with everything that's networking. Bear with me

Have a laptop and a spare Ethernet cable to test with?

[Donut417]

12 minutes ago, migeo said:

Nope wifi on 5ghz is 134.64Mb/s

No your cable modem signals. Not WiFi. 

 

5/14/2017 192.168.100.1/cmSignal.htm

Downstream	Bonding Channel Value
Channel ID	13	14	16	17	18	19	20	21
Frequency	681000000 Hz	687000000 Hz	699000000 Hz	705000000 Hz	711000000 Hz	717000000 Hz	723000000 Hz	7290 Hz
Signal to Noise Ratio	38 dB	39 dB	39 dB	39 dB	38 dB	39 dB	38 dB	34 dB
Downstream Modulation	QAM256	QAM256	QAM256	QAM256	QAM256	QAM256	QAM256	QAM
Power Level The Downstream Power Level reading is a snapshot taken at the time this page was requested. Please Reload/Refresh this Page for a new reading	2 dBmV	2 dBmV	2 dBmV	2 dBmV	1 dBmV	2 dBmV	1 dBmV	1 dB

 

Upstream	Bonding Channel Value
Channel ID	2	1	3	4
Frequency	29400000 Hz	35800000 Hz	23000000 Hz	16600000 Hz
Ranging Service ID	12861	12861	12861	12861
Symbol Rate	5.120 Msym/sec	5.120 Msym/sec	5.120 Msym/sec	5.120 Msym/sec
Power Level	54 dBmV	54 dBmV	53 dBmV	54 dBmV
Upstream Modulation	[2] QPSK [1] 32QAM [3] 64QAM	[2] QPSK [1] 32QAM [3] 64QAM	[2] QPSK [1] 32QAM [3] 64QAM	[2] QPSK [1] 32QAM [3] 64QAM
Ranging Status	Success	Success	Success	Success

 

Signal Stats (Codewords)	Bonding Channel Value
Channel ID	13	14	16	17	18	19	20	21
Total Unerrored Codewords	3359315324	3359323576	3359332457	3359342168	3359309216	3359310243	3359311416	3358539
Total Correctable Codewords	81	29	21	10	73	132	241	801201
Total Uncorrectable Codewords	611	472	761	605	701	692	615	1828

 

Looks like this. If your modem isnt operating in the certain signal range it can slow down. Such as if you have interference on a downstream channel and such. 

192.168.100.1_cmSignal.pdf

[migeo]

1 minute ago, Donut417 said:

No your cable modem signals. Not WiFi. 

 

5/14/2017 192.168.100.1/cmSignal.htm

Downstream	Bonding Channel Value
Channel ID	13	14	16	17	18	19	20	21
Frequency	681000000 Hz	687000000 Hz	699000000 Hz	705000000 Hz	711000000 Hz	717000000 Hz	723000000 Hz	7290 Hz
Signal to Noise Ratio	38 dB	39 dB	39 dB	39 dB	38 dB	39 dB	38 dB	34 dB
Downstream Modulation	QAM256	QAM256	QAM256	QAM256	QAM256	QAM256	QAM256	QAM
Power Level The Downstream Power Level reading is a snapshot taken at the time this page was requested. Please Reload/Refresh this Page for a new reading	2 dBmV	2 dBmV	2 dBmV	2 dBmV	1 dBmV	2 dBmV	1 dBmV	1 dB

 

Upstream	Bonding Channel Value
Channel ID	2	1	3	4
Frequency	29400000 Hz	35800000 Hz	23000000 Hz	16600000 Hz
Ranging Service ID	12861	12861	12861	12861
Symbol Rate	5.120 Msym/sec	5.120 Msym/sec	5.120 Msym/sec	5.120 Msym/sec
Power Level	54 dBmV	54 dBmV	53 dBmV	54 dBmV
Upstream Modulation	[2] QPSK [1] 32QAM [3] 64QAM	[2] QPSK [1] 32QAM [3] 64QAM	[2] QPSK [1] 32QAM [3] 64QAM	[2] QPSK [1] 32QAM [3] 64QAM
Ranging Status	Success	Success	Success	Success

 

Signal Stats (Codewords)	Bonding Channel Value
Channel ID	13	14	16	17	18	19	20	21
Total Unerrored Codewords	3359315324	3359323576	3359332457	3359342168	3359309216	3359310243	3359311416	3358539
Total Correctable Codewords	81	29	21	10	73	132	241	801201
Total Uncorrectable Codewords	611	472	761	605	701	692	615	1828

 

Looks like this. If your modem isnt operating in the certain signal range it can slow down. Such as if you have interference on a downstream channel and such. 

192.168.100.1_cmSignal.pdf

Yep I understood what you meant (I think) but what I was trying to say is that there is a problem with my ethernet connection since my wifi connection (in a room with a below average connection) was faster than my ethernet one. Either way, hard resetted my router and it's fixed now

 

 

9 minutes ago, BlueChinchillaEatingDorito said:

Have a laptop and a spare Ethernet cable to test with?

I made a hard reset on my router and speeds are much better. However, I was hoping on breaking the 200 Mb/s since I have an advertized 220 Mb/s

 

 

 

 

Do you guys think there still something wrong ot for 220 Mb/s, this is normal? Thanks