Question Download speed half the speed of upload

[oblivi0us]

If anyone can help I would be forever grateful.

TP-Link - Archer BE11000 Tri-Band Wi-Fi 7 Router
Using my fold 6, connecting to the 6ghz band/wifi 6e

I have 2g fiber, speed tests wired hit 2400Mbps down/up consistently. I am using cat6 ethernet cords. Had a nighthawk rs200 wifi 7 before this and it was hitting 1000-1600Mbps download pretty consistently. Upgraded to the tp link due to needing the 6ghz band for wireless pcvr. While it solved my pcvr lag issues, I am now getting half the speed on my downloads vs my uploads. It's rare to see my download hit above 1000mbps, versus the upload shooting straight up to 1400-1700mbps

i turned on MLO, made no difference, turned on OFDMA, no difference, turned on OFDMA + MU-MIMO, and no difference, tried using QoS for just my device I'm running speed tests on. I am running the speed tests sitting right next to the router. No one else is using the network but my fold6. Have testing over both wifi 6 and wifi 6e. Phone is connecting to the 160mhz channel on 6e.

Averaging 900 down/1700 upload. Image below of results. Please advise to any settings i can check. If you need me to take screenshots of any settings pages let me know. It almost seems the download is limited to 1000mbps?

Speed test results

thank you for any insights on this 😀

 

[oblivi0us]

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : EV
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

Ethernet adapter Ethernet 3:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Realtek PCIe GbE Family Controller #3
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 08-BF-B8-05-0D-3D
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Ethernet adapter Ethernet 4:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Realtek Gaming USB 2.5GbE Family Controller
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-E0-4C-68-04-D5
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::5eb3:7103:4ae5:1d08%4(Preferred)
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.155(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Saturday, January 18, 2025 7:02:36 AM
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Saturday, January 18, 2025 10:38:06 AM
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
DHCPv6 IAID . . . . . . . . . . . : 805363788
DHCPv6 Client DUID. . . . . . . . : 00-01-00-01-2C-30-3C-DA-7C-10-C9-53-04-54
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled

Wireless LAN adapter Wi-Fi 3:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : MediaTek Wi-Fi 6 MT7921 Wireless LAN Card
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 10-68-38-5C-91-DD
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Wireless LAN adapter Local Area Connection* 13:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft Wi-Fi Direct Virtual Adapter #5
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 12-68-38-5C-B1-FD
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Wireless LAN adapter Local Area Connection* 14:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft Wi-Fi Direct Virtual Adapter #6
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 12-68-38-5C-A1-ED
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Ethernet adapter Bluetooth Network Connection 2:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Bluetooth Device (Personal Area Network) #2
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 10-68-38-5C-91-DC
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Tunnel adapter Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft Teredo Tunneling Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IPv6 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 2001:0:34a2:52f8:3c3f:3f4:d2e7:393f(Preferred)
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::3c3f:3f4:d2e7:393f%18(Preferred)
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : ::
DHCPv6 IAID . . . . . . . . . . . : 285212672
DHCPv6 Client DUID. . . . . . . . : 00-01-00-01-2C-30-3C-DA-7C-10-C9-53-04-54
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled

 

[Ralston18]

What system is the source of the posted "ipconfig"?

Please provide a few more details about your network, devices, and network configuration.

Line diagram:

ISP (AT&T) === Fiber ====> Archer Router [LAN Ports] ----- Wired network devices (computers, printers, NAS, TVs, etc.) and ~~~~> Wireless network devices (Fold6) ?

----> representing a wired network connection, ~~~~> representing wireless connection,

Feel free to edit and correct my line diagram.

More information needed in order to get some understanding the "big picture".

The router's logs (if available and enabled) may prove helpful. Who has full admin rights to the router?

 

[bill001g]

I am very surprised you got those speeds using the 5ghz radio band. There are so many issues using 160mhz bands most people saw no difference between wifi5 and wifi6. I am guessing you were very close to the router.

What is strange is the transmit and receive speeds on wifi are negotiated separately. They actual can use completely different encoding methods for receive and transmit. Mostly this is because one side is receiving less signals. Both device likely transmit at the maximum allowed levels. Hard to say why this happens. Could be there is a source of interference closer to one end than the other so the received signal is being damaged more.

All you can really do is try to choose other wifi channels. Almost all the good setting on wifi are all locked up in the firmware on the radio chips.

If you dig around the status screen in windows for the wifi it will show you the transmit and receive speeds that were negotiated. These though are not actual speeds they more represent the data encoding that is being used.

The ipconfig you posted is of limited value since that is ethernet connected and if you get different download/upload speeds it is likely something outside your house.