Speeds too low for router use

[benjaminfarias313]

I recently upgrade my wifi speeds to 100 download 10 upload, and I am not receiving those speeds on my laptop when connected to wifi that is given off by my router which is a Linksys EA6350, but when I plug my laptop directly into the modem with an ethernet cord I get the 100 download and 10 upload, does anybody know whats going on?

 

[Scottray]

What model of laptop do you have? Maybe the wifi in your laptop is not the latest AC module.

 

[benjaminfarias313]

What model of laptop do you have? Maybe the wifi in your laptop is not the latest AC module.

I have a toshiba satellite p775-s7215, which although is old, before the problem started I would get wifi speeds of 60 down and 5 up, which is what I had before

 

[Doctor Rob]

you didn't say what your connection rate is with your router. and does it matter if you are next to it or not? and what speed are you getting on wifi?

 

[benjaminfarias313]

you didn't say what your connection rate is with your router. and does it matter if you are next to it or not? and what speed are you getting on wifi?

I am not exactly sure what you mean by connection rate, yes it does matter if I am next to it, because it is in a living room, and my laptop is in my room. I also get around 40-60 down and always a constant 5 up, 40 down in my room and 60 in the living room

 

[photonboy]

First, you said "upgrade my wifi" but then say you plugged into Ethernet and got the 100/10 performance so I assume you mean the ISP (Internet Service Provider) download/upload limits your plan has?

Anyway, wi-fi is limited by the performance of either the wi-fi adapter in the PC or the router/gateway unit's wi-fi capability. That is also affected by interference by walls/ceilings in combination with distance from the router.

What performance do you get just a FEW FEET from the router without any object in between the laptop and router?

Also you said:
"before the problem started I would get wifi speeds of 60 down and 5 up"

What problem do you mean? You don't state any values lower than this so your performance was that but is now lower?

I'm still not clear what you mean by the wifi "upgrade" though. If you simply got a better ISP plan that should not reduce wi-fi performance. It should either get better or stay the same (depending on whether your wi-fi bandwidth between your PC and Router is fast enough to keep up with the Internet connection speed).

When you say "100" do you mean to say you run SPEEDTEST and get 100Mbps (12.5MBps) download performance?

If so, I know cheaper wi-fi devices are roughly 3MBps to 7MBps, and good ones are 7MBps+ (depending on router, whether it's 2.5 or 5GHz, distance etc).

So 40Mbps would be 5MBps which is about right for many laptops probably.

 

[Scottray]

Your laptop has an old Intel 802.11b/g/n wireless LAN wifi module (versus a 802.11a/g/n/ac wifi module). You're get the max out of it. That's why you're getting lower speeds on wifi, than on an ethernet cable.