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Wireless much faster than wired (ethernet)
Hello community,
I recently dropped my Optik TV service and upgraded my internet from Telus 75 to 150/150. I hardwired to the TV and did a speed test. At very best, I got 97Mbps downloads. Swap out the ethernet cable and tired again with the speed test. Received the same results, 96-97Mbps. Disconnected the ethernet cable and went wireless. Download & upload speeds were 150 Mbps plus. Tried ethernet cable again, speed below 100 Mbps. Tried a 3rd cable in a different wall port, same results. Went back to wireless, speeds are were they should be.
What is going on here? I thought wired should be at least as fast as wireless and more stable. Now before someone just answers "use the wireless and forget the wired". I don't care much for mysteries. Gateway/router is a T3200M with fibre to the router but copper to the wall port(s). Would copper coaxial be that restrictive? Oh, I also tried a different LAN port on the router as well.
The TV ethernet port is the bottleneck being a 10/100 Mbps and not a gigabit port. Mystery solved, thanks xray.
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The TV ethernet port is the bottleneck being a 10/100 Mbps and not a gigabit port. Mystery solved, thanks xray.
stonehorse wrote:I hardwired to the TV and did a speed test
What does this mean? You did a speed test from your TV?
Some TV's (Sony for example) only have a 100 MBps ethernet port but support higher WiFi connection speed.
Yes, speed test app on the TV.
Port on TV limited to 100 Mbps? On a 2020 model smart TV, I would hope that is not the case. I'll look into the TV's specs. Thanks for the tip.
The TV's port is limited to 100Mbps because the TV does not require more bandwidth than that for any of it's smart TV functions. Manufacturers are not going to spend $ to put in a gigabit ethernet card that is not required by the TV.
