Question WIFI Speeds on Phone vs PC

[Scarpoint]

Hi guys. I'm getting roughly half as fast wifi on my PC compared to my Samsung S10.

Router is a TP-Link Archer C3200.

PC Mobo: Asus TUF Mark 1
OS: W10 Pro 64
PSU: EVGA SuperNova G3 850

Using a Asus AC-53 for Wifi as my TP-Link PCI card had to go to make way for other things. It is updated to the latest driver.

This is on my PC:
https://www.speedtest.net/result/8446205135.png

This is on my S10:
https://www.speedtest.net/result/a/5149631572

Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks!

 

[jeremyj_83]

When you are doing these tests are the phone and computer the same distance from the router? Could also be that the phone has a higher end WiFi adapter than the computer. On the computer click the Start Menu and type Control Panel. Once in the Control Panel go to Network and Internet > Network and Sharing Center and click on your WiFi adapter to see what your connection speed is to the router.

 

[DeauteratedDog]

All of the very small 'nano' USB Wi-Fi adapters are pretty terrible. There just isn't room for much of an antenna.
Either go with a physically large USB adapter or one with external antennas - all else equal, they will have much better performance.

 

[Scarpoint]

It says speed: 867.0 Mbps in network and sharing center.
That should be good enough, no?

 

[jeremyj_83]

It says speed: 867.0 Mbps in network and sharing center.
That should be good enough, no?

That should be enough. Overall you will lose about 50% of said speed on WiFi to overhead. When you do the speed tests are they going to the same server? With the desktop and phone going to different servers that can also change the speed.

 

[DeauteratedDog]

Yes, 867 should be plenty for at least 400-500 Mbps (like you are seeing on the S10) but, potentially, every frame can be at a different data rate and there isn't any good way to see the retransmission rate without specialized tools.

I still suspect that the adapter is just crap. Can you borrow another one and test with it?