Slow Speeds Nexus 5


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I have a fairly small place (one level, not large house) so wireless coverage is quite awesome.

 

I have a WRT1900AC Router, and an ISP that provides me with 150/15Mbps connection.

 

My 2 main computers run off Ethernet, and max out the connection. My iMac on 2.4Ghz maxes out at about 100Mbps. Which I am fine with.

 

My issue is my Nexus 5 on 2.4Ghz maxes out at about 35Mbps, if on 5Ghz, it hits 85Mbps.

 

Can anyone tell me why this is the case? Is it hardware, software?

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first things first: are those tests being made at the same rage (the iMac and the Nexus)?

 

Also is the Nexus 5 on the latest firmware, as well the router?

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that's why i asked if he was on the latest firmware, i believe that issue was fixed with the latest Nexus 5 firmware.

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that's why i asked if he was on the latest firmware, i believe that issue was fixed with the latest Nexus 5 firmware.

 

Indeed, Android 4.4.4 has radio improvements.

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Its hard to see that as a problem.  it would make me curious.  I would expect a small handheld device to have trouble swallowing a lot of bandwidth.  none of my small devices use the same bandwidth as my computers, tablets downward.

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Hey that's my post... thanks. I was basically gonna come write the same thing again but you saved all that :p

 

I'd imagine your Mac has a 3x3 radio in it which links at 300Mbps vs the Nexus 5 which links at 75Mbps. In general you'll get 40-50% of the link rate in real world. Wireless is half-duplex and since TCP works in duplex you'll only get 1/2 of that link rate at any point. So your MAC at 100Mbps is about 33% while the Nexus at 35Mbps is about 45% which is probably all you're ever gonna get. 5Ghz might be better because of noise but it wont get to 100Mbps. If you look at the link rate in Settings - Wifi - Tap your connected AP it should say 75Mbps.

 

If you want faster you'll need AC as that's a 467Mbps link rate in a 1x1 configuration. Obviously the Nexus 5 supports AC so you would get 100Mbps on your phone speedstest but would you be able to use that much speed? Prolly not :p

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huh?

 

My router which I mention in the first place is AC, and speedtest is how I have been testing this (and downloads). So you just said all that, but then said AC should support it lol

Hey that's my post... thanks. I was basically gonna come write the same thing again but you saved all that :p

 

I'd imagine your Mac has a 3x3 radio in it which links at 300Mbps vs the Nexus 5 which links at 75Mbps. In general you'll get 40-50% of the link rate in real world. Wireless is half-duplex and since TCP works in duplex you'll only get 1/2 of that link rate at any point. So your MAC at 100Mbps is about 33% while the Nexus at 35Mbps is about 45% which is probably all you're ever gonna get. 5Ghz might be better because of noise but it wont get to 100Mbps. If you look at the link rate in Settings - Wifi - Tap your connected AP it should say 75Mbps.

 

If you want faster you'll need AC as that's a 467Mbps link rate in a 1x1 configuration. Obviously the Nexus 5 supports AC so you would get 100Mbps on your phone speedstest but would you be able to use that much speed? Prolly not :p

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huh?

 

My router which I mention in the first place is AC, and speedtest is how I have been testing this (and downloads). So you just said all that, but then said AC should support it lol

 

True - my bad! For some reason I didn't see that even though I know that router model number and wanna get one myself. Think I had too many tabs open :p

 

In any case my mentioned issue still stands as you are connected to the AC router via 2.4Ghz. AC ONLY works on 5Ghz. See below image of what AC link rates look like:

 

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So once you have that setup you'll get better speeds.

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Well as I said, on 5Ghz I hit maxed out 85Mbps. Which is obviously quite good, and close to what the iMac gets, but I just felt like it should be maxing out my connecting.

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Well as I said, on 5Ghz I hit maxed out 85Mbps. Which is obviously quite good, and close to what the iMac gets, but I just felt like it should be maxing out my connecting.

 

well, you haven't answered my question: are those tests with the Nexus being made at the same rage as the iMac? even if you get close to the router, the speed increases? And the router has the latest firmware?

 

 

True - my bad! For some reason I didn't see that even though I know that router model number and wanna get one myself. Think I had too many tabs open :p

 

 

Don't bother with that router, the price is awful and the number of problems that it has and still aren't fixed, i would stay away from it, at least for now.

 

http://community.linksys.com/t5/Wireless-Routers/WRT1900AC-Sudden-Disconnects/td-p/814076 <- 43 pages of people with random reboots, internet drops, etc.

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Yes I did answer that awhile ago, I Said yes yes and yes to a previous post. They are the same range.

 

And I have had no issues AT ALL with that router since day one. It can also only get better with custom firmware.

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