My modem from comcast (southeast US service area) died on me today. Figured it was time to go buy one as I had been meaning to but put it off. Go the Motorola SBG 6580. Getting awesome WIRELESS speeds of 60mbps down, but only getting around 9mbps WIRED. Yes, WIRELESS is faster > than Wired. Any help? I file this under First World Problems. I usually run one computer wired and the other wireless.
Thanks in advance for the help.
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Thanks all. Turned out it was a bad ethernet cord. Getting upwards of 70mbps now wired!
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I have the same modem through Time Warner, and what I don't get, I have a 50mbit connection, I can regularly download at 4.3mB/s, wireless or wired.
But I can only transfer from one computer to another at BEST around 2.3mB/s! Even when one computer is wired, the other is wireless..
I'm assuming the router that's built in is just junk.. I just don't understand how it could be THAT slow!
IT transfers fine when both computers are wired, but I hate dragging out a wire almost daily to transfer media -
This doesn't make much sense.
Let's not confuse switching with routing. When you are downloading something from the Internet- it's routing, when you transfer something from a local computer to another one it's switching.
It's routing that has lower throughput than switching (with some exceptions that do not apply here)- so it stands to reason than downloading to a computer connected via Wi-Fi would be slower than doing the same thing in the same direction on local network. But somehow it isn't in your case.
Also- it's weird that it doesn't go above 2.3MB/s which happens to be a practical limit for 801.11g. Are we talking about the same laptop for both situations and the same direction (as in laptop is the receiving device in both cases)? -
My bad, switching/routing, I should have known that much LOL
It runs about the same both directions, even if its small files, or one large file. I 'may' have broke 2.3 a few times, but I never get above 2.5-2.6mB. My laptop connects at 144mbit according to network status, The other one connects at 72mbit.
With the other laptop wired, I have tried THREE wifi adapters on my laptop (I have external usb adapters), and still no difference. My laptop has a intel 6205 internal adapter.
I really don't understand why it could be so slow on transfers, when downloads online go 4.3mB average. I already plan on 'eventually' getting a new wireless router anyways, just so I can transfer much faster from my laptop to/from the network.. But don't have the funds right now. I've changed multiple settings on the router, played around, still nothing. Tried 2.4ghz as well as 5ghz
Motorola SBG6580 / Comcast SouthEast US/ Slow wired
Discussion in 'Networking and Wireless' started by Ajfountains, Jan 1, 2014.