WiFi Speed

[qwerty607]

I received my new nexus 6p this afternoon and got it all setup with Verizon and going through speed tests. My home wifi connection typically maxes out in the 175mbps range using my older note 3 and other devices capable of connecting at that speed. This 6p claims to be connecting at 866mbps but speed tests show an upper throughput limit of around 54mbps. I still have my note 3 and can confirm it is still getting 175mbps through the speedtest app

Anyone else have this problem?

 

[karmamule]

Mine is getting 149/152 when I use speedtest on wifi, and that's right where I'd expect to be because I have 150/150 through Verizon FiOS....

 

[qwerty607]

A quick update. I went through all the settings on my 6p, tried switching to 2g which claimed 144mbps but tested at 30mbps, went through my router settings and updated the router firmware. None of which helped. Finally I decided to reboot and now I am getting good WiFi throughput. I'm concerned it will drop again after a few hours of usage but we will see.

 

[nrfitchett4]

A quick update. I went through all the settings on my 6p, tried switching to 2g which claimed 144mbps but tested at 30mbps, went through my router settings and updated the router firmware. None of which helped. Finally I decided to reboot and now I am getting good WiFi throughput. I'm concerned it will drop again after a few hours of usage but we will see.

Just curious, what is your phone going to do with that much bandwidth? Memory can't write that fast and even 4k video doesn't need those speeds.

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[qwerty607]

Oh I know 175 vs 54 isn't going to matter for my normal usage. However it would indicate it wasn't using the 802.11ac bands correctly which could indicate higher battery usage or worse range or connection stability. Hard to know without more investigations into why it was doing that.

 

[hpilot]

Oh I know 175 vs 54 isn't going to matter for my normal usage. However it would indicate it wasn't using the 802.11ac bands correctly which could indicate higher battery usage or worse range or connection stability. Hard to know without more investigations into why it was doing that.

I think this phone might have trouble with 802.11ac. Mine kept dropping out, so I had to switch to 2.4GHz. I get 125/25 now with no drops.