Maximum of 10Mbps download speed even though my connection is 87.6Mbps

[Verin_ESC]

My current maximum connection speed (down) is 10Mbps however in my internet adapter's status window it is 87.6Mbps. I was wondering why my downloads seem to max out at 1MBps and this seems to be the reason, anyone know why and is there any way to fix this?

10Mbps:

86.7Mbps:

 

[Someone Somewhere]

That speed is the maximum between you and the router. Your internet speed is limited by the slowest link in the chain, which is usually either the originating server or the connection between your router and your ISP.

Can you post a speedtest (hit the 'share this result' button), and what plan you're on with your ISP.

 

[Verin_ESC]

That speed is the maximum between you and the router. Your internet speed is limited by the slowest link in the chain, which is usually either the originating server or the connection between your router and your ISP.

Can you post a speedtest (hit the 'share this result' button), and what plan you're on with your ISP.

http://beta.speedtest.net/result/5378436325

Here's that result link, it seems that for whatever reason my bandwidth has been lowered by quite a lot. I was getting up to 35Mbps when I signed up with them. I'll give them a call and report back when I know what's going on

 

[Solandri]

86.7 Mbps in your second pic is the raw communication speed between your wifi router and wifi adapter. Wifi protocols have a ton of error correction built into them which takes up most of that bandwidth. Typically, best case (device right next to the wifi router) actual throughput is about 1/2 the raw connection speed. In more realistic use (10-30 ft from the router) actual throughput of 1/3 to 1/4 the speed is normal. When the connection is poor (greater distances, more obstacles like walls, interference from neighboring wifi networks), it is not unusual for throughput to drop even lower.

So it's possible (likely even) that there is no problem with your ISP. To test the ISP's service, you really need to use a wired connection. If there's absolutely no way to run a bandwidth test over a LAN cable, use a laptop or phone (1) using 5 GHz, (2) 802.11ac, and (3) placed right next to your wifi router.

Can you tell us more about what sort of equipment you have (router, wifi adapter) and what your environment is like (apartment, house in dense suburb, house in rural location), and how many other devices you normally have connected to your wifi?

 

[RARRAF]

home plug networking will get you much better speeds than wifi

 

[bill001g]

86.7 is a very strange rate to connect..took me a while to find it in the tables.

You are not effectively using your 802.11ac devices.

First make sure you have different SSID for the 2.4g and 5g bands. You want to force your pc to connect to the 5g band. You also want to be sure your router is not set to only support 20mhz bands. You want it to use 80mhz for 802.11ac.

For whatever reason your end device is getting connected at 20mhz wide bands