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Download speed question

sebsebcbien Posted messages 21 Status Member -  
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Hello,

1) I am on fiber optic, and the city where I am, my subscription allows me to have 1gb/s. When I update a video game on my console, the speed varies between 80Mb/s and peaks a little over 100Mb/s, but it depends, I’ve already experienced speeds of 8 meg, is that normal? Is my speed on the console correct?

2) And my other question is why I don't reach those speeds when downloading a video using a download software on my PC, I only get 6Mb/s. Even though I am using an ethernet cable. I was told it could be due to the PC's network card?

Thank you.

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    sebsebcbien Posted messages 21 Status Member
     

    I have already done these tests, and it varies between 300 and 500 mb/s. Why such a big difference between my console and the PC?

    On my phone via Wi-Fi, I get 500 mb/s, and on the PC, I have much less, with a subscription of 1 gb/s.

    • Download speed

      46.32 Mb/s

    • Upload speed

      36.7 Mb/s

    • Latency

      14 ms

    • Provider

      Free

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  2. brupala Posted messages 111155 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   14 451
     

    Hello,

    You might be mixing up the units as well.

    In principle, speeds are expressed in Mbit/s or Mbps while downloads are in MB/s or Mo/s or MBS, and since one byte equals 8 bits, then 1 MBS == 8 Mbps.

    Also, how is your console connected?

    Finally, the download speed depends more on the load of the servers than on the speed of your connection. To compare, try here:

    https://testdebit.info

    Is the PC connected via direct Ethernet or through powerline adapters?

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  3. sebsebcbien Posted messages 21 Status Member
     

    The PC is connected via Ethernet, and my console is also connected via Ethernet.

    And on the same site, Speedtest, with my phone, I get between 300 and 600 mb/s, and with the PC via Ethernet, I get between 36 and 40 mb/s.

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    1. brupala Posted messages 111155 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   14 451
       

      There must be some software or an antivirus installed that limits the bandwidth.

      Start with a test by booting in safe mode with network support.

      We've seen things like this before, once it was Avast, another time it was a utility installed by Asus, I think, if I remember correctly, I should look it up on the forum.

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  4. sebsebcbien Posted messages 21 Status Member
     

    I'm going to try, though I'm running without an antivirus, I installed this yesterday, and on my other machine running Linux, it was the same. Is it possible that the ethernet card is limited as I was told?

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    1. brupala Posted messages 111155 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   14 451
       

      Not to that extent, no.

      And on my other PC running Linux, it was the same

      What do you mean?

      Could you run a test with iperf 3 between the two PCs locally?

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  6. sebsebcbien Posted messages 21 Status Member
     

    I will try iperf3

    Whether it's the Linux PC or the Windows one, the results on speedtest or dégrouptest range between 30 and 40 mb/s and with the phone on Wi-Fi on the same sites, I get over 500 mb/s. And is this 500 mb/s result normal, considering that my subscription is 1 gb/s? That's half less, isn't it?

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    1. brupala Posted messages 111155 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   14 451
       

      For Wi-Fi, it's excellent, yes, hard to do better even with Wi-Fi 6E.

      I suppose the phone is on Wi-Fi 5? (ac).

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