WiFi on router slower than on wired

[KCT3P0]

I've noticed that when I do a speed test on my phone, it is slower than on my wired PC. I am getting around 36MB/s on computer while about 17MB/s on phone and tested on Chromebook and was about 22MB/s.

I am running Buffalo WHR-G54S with Tomato 1.28 and have logging turned off and most of settings set to the default.

I changed to several different channels but haven't seen much if any improvement. I am wondering if there is something I can do to improve WiFi speeds.

 

[HutchinsonJC]

Wireless traffic, like wired, will be dependent on the device at both ends of the communication. Is the phone capable of wireless downloads in excess of 17MB/s? That's about 136mbps, btw.

You should probably let us in on which phone you're using and which chromebook you're using.

WEP/WPA (password protection on wi-fi) adds probably almost as much as 30% overhead to the traffic flow. The speed at which the device can encrypt/decrypt WEP/WPA could influence things, too.

 

[KCT3P0]

Yep, my Galaxy S8 is capable of higher speeds. At someone elses house I got 59MB/s.

WPA2 Personal (PSK) + AES

https://imgur.com/a/O4Yq8MG

 

[HutchinsonJC]

I was just looking at that Buffalo WHR-G54S. That's wireless G. It maxes at 54mbps. You shouldn't be getting 22MB/s or 17MB/s with that router.

Caps on MB/s vs mb/s makes a huge difference. Are you sure you mean MB/s?

megabits per sec = mbps = mb/s
mega bytes per sec = MB/s

 

[KCT3P0]

I write megabits per second as MB/s, LOL

 

[HutchinsonJC]

Well, apparently I shouldn't glance Wireless-G and assume 54mbps.

"The AirStation Whr-G54S Wireless Cable/DSL Smart Router combines the 125 Mbps High Speed Mode wireless performance with Buffalo's AirStation One-Touch Secure System (Aoss). It increases "real world" wireless performance up to 35% compared to a standard Ieee 802.11g Router."

If you're getting 17 megabits per second, there's an issue. Because even a generic Wireless-G router should accommodate 30+ megabits per second even with any kind of WEP/WPA overhead.

 

[KCT3P0]

So I turned off Wifi security and notice that there appears to be less latency, websites slightly snappier on phone but speed is still the same.

 

[HutchinsonJC]

For better understanding of the big picture, what kind of plan are you paying for with your ISP?

 

[KCT3P0]

Up to 30 Mbps download

 

[HutchinsonJC]

Well, it's hard to tell you what to do next, but if I were in your shoes, I'd be looking at upgrading my router. That beast looks like it's originally from 2004.

Though admittedly, I can't fathom what you'd need more than 17mbps for on a phone. That's surely good enough for any kind of streaming/video watching, and phones aren't typically used for any other massive downloads.

 

[KCT3P0]

anyone else here?

 

[Mayne]

do you have utorrent running in the background on another computer? those programs to suck up upload speeds

 

[KCT3P0]

nope, nothing running.

 

[KCT3P0]

I've been trying numerous things, changing some of the advanced settings in Tomato then restarting speed test. 20 megabits per second so far max on Galaxy S8 mobile device.

 

[sdifox]

time to upgrade router.