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jgg123
6 years agoNeighbour
Slow wifi speeds with gigabit
Hi folks I recently upgraded from 150 internet to gigabit. I'm frustrated with the lack of upgrade (for lack of better words) at the devices over WiFi. Long story short this is what we've done s...
jgg123
6 years agoNeighbour
I also have an older refurbished samsung chromebook 2, which ironically gets the highest speeds.
Kalhas
TELUS Team Member
6 years agohi there jgg123
Wireless speeds is also dependent on signal noise that might exist in your neighborhood; the more clustered houses are the worse the results.
I would test first using a hardwired connection (using ethernet network cables). the most reliable test happens through iperf v3 and not your usual flash web browser app.
note: your network test also is limited on the capacity of the server on the other side to meet the speeds.