150mb broadband. 35 on wifi

jsd1004 · 11-12-2013 07:46PM #1

I have a 150mb line (Spain) but my ipad mini is speed testing at only 20-40. The tech guy says there is nothing wrong and it is my devices fault. Wired it gets at or near 140mb. Thoughts please

Captain Chaos · 11-12-2013 07:48PM

Around 35mb is about the best you can get on wifi. Thats it basically, it's a tech barrier.

ScouseMouse · 11-12-2013 07:50PM

Thats normal. I have 100 meg BB and 35 is the tops I can get on wifi and thats sitting next to the router.

L1011 · 11-12-2013 07:53PM

Normal wifi has a theoretical max throughput of 54mbits and realistic well below that. If you've 802.11n you can get a bit faster but in an urban area, you're unlikely to do much better.

colm_mcm · 11-12-2013 07:59PM

How do you use an ipad wired? I think my regular ipad gets 57mb max, and I've been on 100, 120 and 150mb speeds.
I don't really think you need massive speeds on an ipad anyway.

bealtine · 11-12-2013 08:04PM

jsd1004 wrote: »

I have a 150mb line (Spain) but my ipad mini is speed testing at only 20-40. The tech guy says there is nothing wrong and it is my devices fault. Wired it gets at or near 140mb. Thoughts please

Get a better router and/or device that might help but wifi will always be much slower than the cable speeds. Such is life

ZiabR · 12-12-2013 10:17AM

I imagine you have your wireless N router set to 2.4Ghz which means the max you are ever going to get is 37.5mb/s. If your router supports it, you can change the frequency from 2.4Ghz to 5Ghz and this will increase the throughput to 56.25mb/s. This is the max you are going to be able to achieve via wireless.

lynchie · 12-12-2013 01:58PM

logik wrote: »

I imagine you have your wireless N router set to 2.4Ghz which means the max you are ever going to get is 37.5mb/s. If your router supports it, you can change the frequency from 2.4Ghz to 5Ghz and this will increase the throughput to 56.25mb/s. This is the max you are going to be able to achieve via wireless.

2.4Ghz N will go up to 72Mb on a single 20mhz channel and 150Mb on a 40mhz channel. Increase the spatial streams to 4 and you can do 600Mb on a single 40Mhz channel assuming both the AP and the client can support the additional antennae

jsd1004 · 12-12-2013 02:03PM

Thanks guys. Just on the ipad. That was not the wired device obviously.

kippy · 12-12-2013 02:10PM

Nowadays when broadband speeds are increasing so fast the bottle neck is usually within your own home.
Perhaps a wireless network, or a card on a PC that is only capable of gigabit.

Generally if you want fast, reliable and secure network/internet access you wire up as much equipment as you can. For mobile devices this usually isnt feasable but then again for wireless devices you dont really need the speeds being offered.

Its worth having a read through a few of the sets of slides here for some easy to read reasoning.
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Why_WiFi_is_slower_than_wired_connection?#slide1

crawler · 12-12-2013 03:06PM

802.11n with MIMO will do more than 54Mbps but naturally both the modem and device need to support it.

Most NGA modems, Vodafone Huawei HG658c, eircom Zyxel etc have 802.11n

Not sure about UPC....I'd imagine the newer Cable modems have but older ones probably have only a/b/g

ZiabR · 12-12-2013 04:54PM

lynchie wrote: »

2.4Ghz N will go up to 72Mb on a single 20mhz channel and 150Mb on a 40mhz channel. Increase the spatial streams to 4 and you can do 600Mb on a single 40Mhz channel assuming both the AP and the client can support the additional antennae

Wireless N operates at a maximum net data rate from 54 Mbit/s to 600 Mbit/s not 600Mb/s.

ED E · 12-12-2013 11:57PM

logik wrote: »

Wireless N operates at a maximum net data rate from 54 Mbit/s to 600 Mbit/s not 600Mb/s.

*sigh*

Mbit and Mb are the same thing. Its Mbit and MB that arent the same. The capital matters.

ZiabR · 13-12-2013 04:06PM

ED E wrote: »

*sigh*

Mbit and Mb are the same thing. Its Mbit and MB that arent the same. The capital matters.

That is what I meant.... christ....

150mb broadband. 35 on wifi

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