Question Significantly different Speedtest results on devices running on same network?

[aaroncmichael]

Hello all! I'm brand new here and this is my first post, so please forgive if this has been discussed here. I did search but did not find. Also I'm not sure whether to post as discussion or question... but it's a question so I'm going with that. 😊

All my hardware is providing significantly different Speedtest results. The router is the Eero Pro 6E mesh (two units.) My M1 Mac Studio is getting 40 download. My 2013 MacBook Air (running Linux Mint) is getting around 150. iPhone is also around 150. AppleTV is getting 330. I pay for 300 down. I think I am going to just go buy a cat6 as the router is only about 15 ft from the Studio. The phone is definitely good enough and the Linux laptop is just for fun and learning. But the TV and Studio I want both at 300. Is there any reason for the Studio (which has 6E capability, same as the router)? I am planning adding more computers eventually so this would be good to know.

THANK YOU FOR ANY THOUGHTS!

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[bill001g]

Tv doesn't matter lot for speed. Even 4k netflix will us maybe 30mbps. You only use large bandwidth for large file downloads. It not like a tv is going to install some large game off steam.

There are massive number of variable that affect speed in wifi. It is a combination of the end device and the router. Many times the devices do not support all the fearture the router does. Not having wifi6e would be a example. In addition many devices only have 2 antenna and do not support 160mhz radio bands.

In the end it doesn't matter a lot. Most wifi devices do not actually need faster wifi. Again they are not downloading large amounts of data since they have no place to store it. A larger bandwidth number does not make video runs better or make web surfing better, assuming you are getting at lease say 30mbps or so.

Anything that does need large download....which for most people on this forum is a gaming machine...you should find a way to use ethernet if it is possible.

 

[aaroncmichael]

Tv doesn't matter lot for speed. Even 4k netflix will us maybe 30mbps. You only use large bandwidth for large file downloads. It not like a tv is going to install some large game off steam.

There are massive number of variable that affect speed in wifi. It is a combination of the end device and the router. Many times the devices do not support all the fearture the router does. Not having wifi6e would be a example. In addition many devices only have 2 antenna and do not support 160mhz radio bands.

In the end it doesn't matter a lot. Most wifi devices do not actually need faster wifi. Again they are not downloading large amounts of data since they have no place to store it. A larger bandwidth number does not make video runs better or make web surfing better, assuming you are getting at lease say 30mbps or so.

Anything that does need large download....which for most people on this forum is a gaming machine...you should find a way to use ethernet if it is possible.

Thank you! Yes I'm already plugged into a freshly purchased cat6. I originally got the speed I have now because running two 4k at one time on spectrum 100mb always caused one of the tvs to look awful and there would be buffering. Of course a combination of various computers, gaming systems and iOS devices would also be in use. One would not think that would not be so, but it was. So I moved up to 300 (which is now the base plan) and that problem went away. There are times when I do a lot of downloading of programs, OS's music and videos over cloud and other services. You are right, usually I don't need it, but sometimes it makes a huge difference. Plus if I'm paying for something, I want it to be available on everything. I'm going to learn about bundling wifi and ethernet now, thank you again!