why is my laptop getting only 1 mbps when my wifi connection is 500 mbps

[OctupleGolf001]

when i was testing my laptops wifi speed i kept it right infront of my router , my wifi card is the qualcomn qca9377 most of the websites dont properly even load, what do i do?

 

[Logan7]

Is this all the time or only sometimes?
New laptop?
I assume you tried latest drivers?

I would try something like WifiInfoView to check the strength of the signal received, shown as RSSI in WifiInfoView.
It's only a 367 KB download.
https://www.nirsoft.net/utils/wifi_information_view.html

 

[Ferd]

Do you have admin access to the access point ? Maybe traffic shaped by someone lol

 

[eidairaman1]

Check the settings of wifi modem, wifi adapter, check qos. Also the more devices attached the more the svc is divided.

25mbps /4= 6.75mbps

 

[OctupleGolf001]

This is a new laptop with latest drivers and I have admin access to thr access point

 

[Ferd]

This is a new laptop with latest drivers and I have admin access to thr access point

Can you fin QOS settings? Check if any rules are applied, see if any of those rules set a limit of 1000 , or maybe 1 depends on how your AP represents 1mbps

 

[OctupleGolf001]

Can you fin QOS settings? Check if any rules are applied, see if any of those rules set a limit of 1000 , or maybe 1 depends on how your AP represents 1mbps

What's qos settings?

 

[TheLostSwede]

What's qos settings?

Quality of service, it can restrict bandwidth to other devices if the main QoS assigned device requires a lot of bandwidth.

Quality of service - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Note that your Wi-Fi card is a fairly basic 1x1 solution that will never perform great, but it should do a lot better than 1Mbps.

What router do you have? Might be some compatibility issue.

 

[OctupleGolf001]

Quality of service, it can restrict bandwidth to other devices if the main QoS assigned device requires a lot of bandwidth.

Quality of service - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Note that your Wi-Fi card is a fairly basic 1x1 solution that will never perform great, but it should do a lot better than 1Mbps.

What router do you have? Might be some compatibility issue.

I have a drink router

I have a drink router

Dlink

 

[TheLostSwede]

I have a drink router


Dlink

That doesn't really help you know. When someone asks a question like that in a tech forum, they want to know the exact model and revision.

 

[OctupleGolf001]

Model noIR 853,p/n:IIR853BET ....A3E

Model noIR 853,p/n:IIR853BET ....A3E

Model no : DIR853

 

[TheLostSwede]

Model noIR 853,p/n:IIR853BET ....A3E


Model no : DIR853

Ok, so that's a Mediatek based 802.11ac router.
Can't find any compatibility issues.
Have you made sure you updated the firmware on the router?
The latest firmware seems to be from 2020.

 

[Valantar]

How did you test the wifi speed? Something like speedtest.net? A local iperf server?

 

[Logan7]

My guess is still that the connector(s) on the card aren't connected properly. Testing signal strength would tell you if this was or wasn't the problem.

 

[eidairaman1]

My guess is still that the connector(s) on the card aren't connected properly. Testing signal strength would tell you if this was or wasn't the problem.

Walls and other signals can impede on performance

Ive owned Dlink equipment back then and was always disappointed.

They are like belkin...

Change the router channel to avoid emi from other routers.

 

[OctupleGolf001]

Ok, so that's a Mediatek based 802.11ac router.
Can't find any compatibility issues.
Have you made sure you updated the firmware on the router?
The latest firmware seems to be from 2020.

yes

Walls and other signals can impede on performance

Ive owned Dlink equipment back then and was always disappointed.

They are like belkin...

Change the router channel to avoid emi from other routers.

well i tested it right infront of the router

 

[Valantar]

yes


well i tested it right infront of the router

As I asked above, how did you test your connection speed?

 

[P4-630]

@OctupleGolf001 test your speed here: https://fast.com/

 

[Valantar]

@OctupleGolf001 test your speed here: https://fast.com/

This is why I asked: the OP is talking about "WiFi speed" without specifying if it's local network speed or internet connection speed. Those are entirely separate measurements, after all. Having a fast router doesn't change your internet speed if your uplink is slow; having a slow router will choke any internet connection faster than its capabilities. The OP has told us about their router, now we need to know how they have been testing (+their (advertised/contractual) internet connection speed if internet connection speed is what is being tested here).

 

[P4-630]

This is why I asked: the OP is talking about "WiFi speed" without specifying if it's local network speed or internet connection speed.

Yes I did the OP earlier a post about that, but he did not reply me so I removed that post..

 

[OctupleGolf001]

This is why I asked: the OP is talking about "WiFi speed" without specifying if it's local network speed or internet connection speed. Those are entirely separate measurements, after all. Having a fast router doesn't change your internet speed if your uplink is slow; having a slow router will choke any internet connection faster than its capabilities. The OP has told us about their router, now we need to know how they have been testing (+their (advertised/contractual) internet connection speed if internet connection speed is what is being tested here).

I tested from fast.com and it shows 1 maps in my laptop whereas my phone gets 250mbps where my laptop was placed....

 

[TheLostSwede]

And you've tried both the 2.4GHz and 5GHz bands? If you get 1Mbps on both, then you either as suggested above, have a loose connection or your Wi-Fi device in the laptop is faulty somehow.

 

[Valantar]

I tested from fast.com and it shows 1 maps in my laptop whereas my phone gets 250mbps where my laptop was placed....

Have you checked the WiFi link speed of your laptop? Click "properties" in the network selection menu and scroll down. Also, what laptop? (And what phone?) What wifi adapter does it have?

 

[OctupleGolf001]

And you've tried both the 2.4GHz and 5GHz bands? If you get 1Mbps on both, then you either as suggested above, have a loose connection or your Wi-Fi device in the laptop is faulty somehow.

I get 9mbps with 5ghz

Have you checked the WiFi link speed of your laptop? Click "properties" in the network selection menu and scroll down. Also, what laptop? (And what phone?) What wifi adapter does it have?

My laptop is the Lenovo ideapad s340 15iml with Qualcomm qca 9377 wifi card , my phone is the galaxy s8+

 

[TheLostSwede]

Ok, even so, there's something seriously wrong.
If this is a new laptop, take it back to where you bought it from and ask for your money back.
Alternatively, contact the manufacturer and have them fix it.