Hi all
First up, sorry if this has been asked before - I tried to search but received an "(errno=113, msg=No route to host)" error message.
Short question:
With the Nexus 4, is there a known difference in internet speeds available to a tethered device, over Bluetooth versus wi-fi?
Full story:
I'm using a Nexus 4 (stock Android 4.2.2) and have been testing internet speeds when I tether my laptop, which is a Samsung 700G7C-S01UK, to the Nexus 4 over Bluetooth and wi-fi.
The Bluetooth card in the laptop is an Intel Centrino 6235, which is Bluetooth 4.0-capable.
Today I was running both laptop and Nexus on battery, and was in an area where Speedtest on the Nexus reported ~15Mbps download.
When I tethered the laptop to the Nexus over wi-fi, Speedtest on the laptop reported about the same download speed.
However, when I tethered the laptop to the Nexus over Bluetooth (moments later), Speedtest on the laptop reported speeds of ~1.5Mbps.
Obviously this is a huge difference and I repeated the tests a few times, getting similar results.
I wondered if the Bluetooth card in the laptop was in powersaving mode, due to running on battery - but then the same card provides the wireless connection, so I don't understand why the two connection methods would produce such widely different speeds.
Any ideas? TIA.
First up, sorry if this has been asked before - I tried to search but received an "(errno=113, msg=No route to host)" error message.
Short question:
With the Nexus 4, is there a known difference in internet speeds available to a tethered device, over Bluetooth versus wi-fi?
Full story:
I'm using a Nexus 4 (stock Android 4.2.2) and have been testing internet speeds when I tether my laptop, which is a Samsung 700G7C-S01UK, to the Nexus 4 over Bluetooth and wi-fi.
The Bluetooth card in the laptop is an Intel Centrino 6235, which is Bluetooth 4.0-capable.
Today I was running both laptop and Nexus on battery, and was in an area where Speedtest on the Nexus reported ~15Mbps download.
When I tethered the laptop to the Nexus over wi-fi, Speedtest on the laptop reported about the same download speed.
However, when I tethered the laptop to the Nexus over Bluetooth (moments later), Speedtest on the laptop reported speeds of ~1.5Mbps.
Obviously this is a huge difference and I repeated the tests a few times, getting similar results.
I wondered if the Bluetooth card in the laptop was in powersaving mode, due to running on battery - but then the same card provides the wireless connection, so I don't understand why the two connection methods would produce such widely different speeds.
Any ideas? TIA.
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