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WiFi speeds on 900mbps Upgrade

Wildcard — Tue, 23 Jan 2024 10:57:11 GMT

Hello, we recently upgraded to the 900mbps WiFi, now the speed test for the hub shows it’s got 800mbps however all of our devices won’t go above 60mbps, including the wired connection to my Gaming PC, I thought it could be the Ethernet cable so I bought a few brand new Gigabit cables and still the same result, I get maximum 65mbps and 900mbps upload speed, there’s only 3 of us at the house and not many devices on the WiFi so we’re not sure why the Gaming PC or Xbox don’t go above 65mbps

Re: WiFi speeds on 900mbps Upgrade

imjolly — Tue, 23 Jan 2024 11:04:25 GMT

this is from a previous post which may help

https://community.bt.com/t5/BT-Fibre-broadband/FTTP/m-p/2303599#M347829

Re: WiFi speeds on 900mbps Upgrade

Wildcard — Tue, 23 Jan 2024 11:09:59 GMT

Thank you for the reply!

Our Mobile Devices are not the problem unfortunately, they seem to be working fine! it’s the Computer and the Xbox which are limited, the Gaming PC has all updated drivers, the correct Ethernet cable but I still only get 65mbps and without the Ethernet it gets even lower.

Re: WiFi speeds on 900mbps Upgrade

Keith_Beddoe — Tue, 23 Jan 2024 11:19:20 GMT

@Wildcard

I doubt if the computer and Xbox are capable of a faster speed, do they really need anything faster anyway?

The purpose of your 900Mbs connection is to allow lots of users to share the connection, not for a single user to get the full speed. It may be possible with a very fast PC, to get close to the speed, but its really pointless for a single user.

I assume both devices are directly connected to Ethernet ports on the BT Smart Hub 2, and not via any discs or powerline adapters?

Re: WiFi speeds on 900mbps Upgrade

Wildcard — Tue, 23 Jan 2024 11:30:47 GMT

With the speeds I’m currently getting on my PC of 65mbps maximum, the games I play lag like crazy, especially when with friends, the Ethernet is plugged into the Smart Hub and not a disc.

Re: WiFi speeds on 900mbps Upgrade

countrypaul — Tue, 23 Jan 2024 11:32:25 GMT

@Wildcard how are you measuring your speeds, is it using: BTW Performance Tester (btwholesale.com) or are you using a third party site, if so which?

You say you have a 900 Mbps upload speed - is that a typo?

M for Mega (large)

m for milli (small)

Re: WiFi speeds on 900mbps Upgrade

Wildcard — Tue, 23 Jan 2024 11:41:00 GMT

Hello CountryPaul,

I am using the BTW Tester, I also tried Speednet, both came up with similar results, the download speed being 57Mbps on BTW Tester, and the upload speed being 88.99Mbps on the Upload speed.

yes it was a typo my apologies.

Re: WiFi speeds on 900mbps Upgrade

iniltous — Tue, 23 Jan 2024 11:46:01 GMT

As stated , if your speed test is in MB instead of Mb , then it’s approximately 8 times less , 65MB is 520Mb’s , that’s still low though for a 900Mb service.
Run the ‘BT’ speed test as that’s the speed to the ONT , if it’s OK , then the problem is not on the FTTP but your kit , your kits settings, another thing to try is connect your PC directly with an Ethernet cable to the ONT , set up a PPPoE session and run a speed test , this eliminates the BT SH2 from the setup

Re: WiFi speeds on 900mbps Upgrade

Wildcard — Tue, 23 Jan 2024 11:45:31 GMT

All of my recordings are in Mb, I know the difference rest assured.

Re: WiFi speeds on 900mbps Upgrade

Keith_Beddoe — Tue, 23 Jan 2024 11:45:40 GMT

@Wildcard

It could be your PC or something else connected to your home hub.

Make sure you are not uploading or downloading anything extra at the same time, as that will affect the response time, especially uploads.

Re: WiFi speeds on 900mbps Upgrade

Wildcard — Tue, 23 Jan 2024 11:56:44 GMT

I checked that just to ensure there was no background updates occurring, and at the moment my PC is the only thing connected, we disconnected all devices to check if it made a difference and it didn’t.

Re: WiFi speeds on 900mbps Upgrade

countrypaul — Tue, 23 Jan 2024 13:06:20 GMT

@Wildcard as @Keith_Beddoe suggested, setup a PPPoE connection from your PC to the ONT and see how that performs.

Re: WiFi speeds on 900mbps Upgrade

Razordogz — Mon, 22 Apr 2024 17:59:19 GMT

Have you changed the speed and duplex settings under network adapter?

If you don't know how look on YouTube but set it to 1gbps and your pc should be much faster on a speedtest.